Who Am I? How a Tool Like the Enneagram Might Help Adoptees and Their Family System

By Madison Janke, LMHC, R-DMT | February 26, 2025

A tool like an Enneagram can help ground adoptees in the personality of who they are in the present, and give insight into how their early life experiences may have contributed to their childhood wound. BPAR clinician Madison Janke, LMHC, R-DMT explains how.

How Do You Know if Someone Is Trustworthy?

By Lisa Coppola, M.Ed, LMHC | November 15, 2023

Trust is hard for people with early childhood trauma and attachment disruptions. As adults who get to choose who we let into our lives, it can still be confusing for us to know who is worth investing our trust in. Here are some general ways to discern if someone is higher up on the trustworthy scale.