Adult Adoptee Groups – Community, Support, Connection

By Guest Writer | May 31, 2017

As I sit with fellow adult adoptees of color every month, I hear the voices of my adoptee tribe and realize how an adult transracial adoption group can…

Motherly Self-Love

By Jennifer Eckert, LICSW | May 10, 2017

Can we honor ourselves this Mother’s Day by beginning a daily practice of self-care? To many of us, motherly self-love is a foreign idea. Here are practical

The Magic of Baking as Therapy

By Kelly DiBenedetto, LMHC, ATR | March 22, 2017

Baking can help you build a connection with your child – and your inner self. Here’s a fresh way to think about baking as therapy.

Gaining Perspective by Reading Fiction

By KC Craig, LICSW | January 30, 2017

In giving us a healthy space from my reality, reading fiction often helps us gain perspective, similar to the work we do in expressive therapies at BPAR.

Book Review – The Graveyard Book

By KC Craig, LICSW | January 12, 2017

THE GRAVEYARD BOOK, a great read for adoptive parents, runs parallel themes with an adopted child’s coming-of-age story and a parenting journey.