BPAR Group Therapy & Workshops Schedule
Here’s a schedule of therapeutic Post Adoption Support Groups and non-therapeutic workshops run by the clinicians at BPAR.
Please visit our Group Therapy page if you’d like to learn more about these peer groups for adoptees of all ages and adoptive and foster families.
To express interest in a group, please use our Peer Groups Form.
Parenting through Disconnection Group
Zoom online with BPARWhen attempts at parenting with empathy, compassion, and cultivating joy are met with withdrawal, avoidance, or defensiveness, parents may experience a stress response called blocked care that creates disconnection in the parent-child relationship. This support group will be a space for adoptive parents to share with one another and receive support around the challenges of…
People of Color Adult Adoptee Support Group
Zoom online with BPARPeople of Color group for people touched by adoption, ages 18+ This group is a brave therapeutic space in which we will explore and process what it is like to be a person of color in the world today. Racial identity development is already complex before adding adoption to it. Group leader: Marta Isabella Sierra,…
Adult Adoptee Group
Zoom online with BPARBPAR's Adult Adoptee Group is a monthly peer group for adult adoptees. This group offers a safe and supportive environment where individuals can share their adoption stories and experiences through discussion, writing, and other modes. Sharing is optional. Group Cost: $35*. We accept cash, check, and credit card. Payment is due at time of group.…
Adoptee Group for Kids Ages 8-10
Boston Post Adoption Resources - BPAR 235 Cypress Street, Brookline, MA, United StatesBPAR's monthly Adoptee Group for Kids Ages 8-10 offers a safe space for children to meet other children who are adopted and share their stories and experiences through writing, discussion, and art activities. This group meets in-person at the Boston Post Adoption Resources office in Brookline. Group Cost: $35* per person, per session. We accept…
In-Person Young Teen Group (age 12-15)
Boston Post Adoption Resources - BPAR 235 Cypress Street, Brookline, MA, United StatesIn-Person Young Teen Group: The Restorative Practice of Self-Care (Turn those lemons into lemon water!) An expressive arts group for young teen adoptees age 12-15 This experiential group will offer teen members an opportunity to explore various methods of self-care through expressive therapies, mindfulness, embodied practices, and cognitive behavioral therapy. Group members will learn and…
LGBTQ Adult Adoptee Support Group
Zoom online with BPARA group for adult adoptees who identify as LGBTQ to access support and build community to facilitate healing, ages 18+ This biweekly group will be a brave therapeutic space in which you will be able to explore the challenges of being adopted and being LGBTQ. Group will be led through an IFS lens and will…
Search and Reunion Group
Zoom online with BPARThis Search & Reunion group offers a safe, affirming space for adult adoptees to share and learn from one another about what it is like to search for and reunite with biological family members. Whether you are just curious, searching, in reunion or at some other point in the process, you are welcome in this…
Parenting through Disconnection Group
Zoom online with BPARWhen attempts at parenting with empathy, compassion, and cultivating joy are met with withdrawal, avoidance, or defensiveness, parents may experience a stress response called blocked care that creates disconnection in the parent-child relationship. This support group will be a space for adoptive parents to share with one another and receive support around the challenges of…