Support Groups Conferences CalendarBPAR 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.

Event Series Teen Adoptee Group age 16-18

Teen Adoptee Group age 16-18

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BPAR's Adoptee Group for Teens Ages 16-18 offers a safe space for teens to meet other teens who are adopted and share their stories and experiences through writing, discussion, and art activities. Group Cost: $30* per person, per session. We accept cash, check, and credit card. Payment is due at time of group. If your…

$30

Parenting through Disconnection Group

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When 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…

$30
Event Series Search and Reunion Group

Search and Reunion Group

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This 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…

$35
Event Series Teen Adoptee Group age 13-15

Teen Adoptee Group age 13-15

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BPAR's Adoptee Group for Teens Ages 13-15 offers a safe space for teens to meet other teens who are adopted and share their stories and experiences through writing, discussion, and art activities. Group Cost: $35* per person, per session. We accept cash, check, and credit card. Payment is due at time of group. If your…

$35

Parenting through Disconnection Group

Zoom online with BPAR

When 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…

$30
Event Series Teen Adoptee Group age 16-18

Teen Adoptee Group age 16-18

Zoom online with BPAR

BPAR's Adoptee Group for Teens Ages 16-18 offers a safe space for teens to meet other teens who are adopted and share their stories and experiences through writing, discussion, and art activities. Group Cost: $30* per person, per session. We accept cash, check, and credit card. Payment is due at time of group. If your…

$30

Event Series Parents of Teen Adoptees Group

Parents of Teen Adoptees Group

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Restarting in March 2023! A virtual therapeutic group for parents of teen adoptees age 13-18. This group will meet for one hour. UPCOMING: We will meet Tuesday, March 21 at 5 p.m. and then Wednesday, April 12 at 6 p.m. After these two meetings, we will determine which time slot the most parents can make.…

$30