Posts Tagged ‘identity’
Who Am I? How a Tool Like the Enneagram Might Help Adoptees and Their Family System
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.
Read MoreAdoptees in 3: Connecting Mind, Heart and Action – Episode 4 Grace Newton
In Episode 4 of the Adoptees in 3: Connecting Mind, Heart, and Action interview series, guest Grace Newton, a writer and PhD candidate, talks about her adoptee journey with adoptee host Lillian Hexter, MA, a therapist at BPAR.
Read MoreAdoptees in 3: Connecting Mind, Heart and Action – Episode 3: David B. Bohl
In Episode 3 of the Adoptees in 3: Connecting Mind, Heart, and Action interview series, guest David B. Bohl, a clinical substance abuse counselor, talks about his adoptee journey with adoptee host Lisa “LC” Coppola, LMHC, a trauma-informed therapist at BPAR.
Read MoreHow Does Play Therapy Help Adoptees and Therapists?
Play therapy acts as a medium for communication, rapport building, and the exploration of themes related to safety, abandonment, identity, and integration for adoptees. Therapists strategically use play to help children express what is troubling them when they don’t have the verbal language to express their thoughts and feelings.
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.
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