Posts Tagged ‘identity’
Adoptees 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.
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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