Adoptee Voices Heard at “Voices Unheard!”

By Lisa Coppola, M.Ed, LMHC | December 17, 2019

Lisa Coppola & Jennifer Eckert at Voices Unheard

BPAR’s first Voices Unheard event for sharing adult adoptee voices took place on November 12, 2019. The event, which helped raise awareness of post adoption thoughts and emotions, gave deeper understanding and insight to the friends and families of those who are adopted or who had grown up or spent parts of their lives in foster care.

Book Review: FROM SCRATCH: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home by Tembi Locke

By Jennifer Eckert, LICSW | December 5, 2019

Tembi Locke, an actress, author and advocate, writes a heartfelt memoir entitled FROM SCRATCH: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home, a personal story of love, loss, adoption and family. As clinicians, we were drawn to this quote: “At the heart of adoption is this love and this loss, all at once. Your daughter will know this feeling one day. It is the realization that she had to say good-bye in order to say hello.”

National Adoption Awareness Month

By Jennifer Eckert, LICSW | November 20, 2019

Adoption is a lifelong journey and we are on our own individual path. In honor of National Adoption Awareness Month, our founder tells her own post adoption story and encourages other adult adoptees to say: “This is really hard but I want to come through this. I want to make sense of this journey and I want to heal from its impact. I want to live in a better way. I want to move forward.”

Open vs. Closed Adoptions: A Post Adoption Mental Health Perspective

By Erica Kramer, MSW | October 23, 2019

The decision around maintaining an open or closed adoption is an important one. Over the years, Boston Post Adoption Resources has noticed a shift in the number of adoptions that include some type of contact with birth family members. Access to education, support and post adoption services are key to helping families navigate the unique issues around birth family contact.

Puzzle Pieces: Identity and My Birth Mother Search

By Guest Writer | October 8, 2019

As adoptees try to piece together the puzzle of their identities, they begin to ask questions. Why did my birth mother give me up? Does she ever think about me? Does my birthday carry any significance to her? Our guest writer shares her international journey to answer these questions and precious moments of reunion between her adoptive family and birth family.