Posts Tagged ‘adults’
EMDR Therapy for Trauma Recovery and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
EMDR or Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing therapy helps the body remember or process a traumatic experience, while preventing our brain from reacting as if it is still in danger. This blog explains the value of EMDR and debunks some EMDR myths.
Read MoreAdoptees in 3: Connecting Mind, Heart and Action – Episode 2: Alisha Bennett
In Episode 2 of the Adoptees in 3: Connecting Mind, Heart, and Action interview series, guest Alisha Bennett, an adoptee social worker, mother, and writer, talks about her adoptee journey with adoptee host Lisa “LC” Coppola, LMHC, a trauma-informed therapist at BPAR.
Read MoreAdoptees in 3: Connecting Mind, Heart and Action – Episode 1: Sara Easterly
In Episode 1 of the Adoptees in 3: Connecting Mind, Heart, and Action interview series, guest Sara Easterly, an adoptee, writer, author, and the founder of an online storytelling community talks about her adoptee journey with adoptee host Lisa “LC” Coppola, LMHC, a trauma-informed therapist at BPAR.
Read MoreAdoption Trauma – Part 1: What is Adoption Trauma?
Few of us stop to consider the earliest experiences that predate the adoption process and how the body and mind might record them as trauma. This is the first of a series of BPAR blogs incorporating adoptee voices and research that will address these issues and the challenges they may cause.
Read MoreSharing Our Voices — Watch Nine Adoptee Speakers from BPAR’s 2023 Voices Unheard Series
“The Voices Unheard event offered me more insight into my daughter’s challenges and struggles as an adoptee than anything else in my past quests for knowledge.” Watch this video of BPAR’s 2023 Voices Unheard: Real Adoptee Stories creative forum to learn more about adoptee experiences.
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