International Young Adult Adoptee Group

By BPAR | October 13, 2023

This young adult adoptee group explores the unique and complex factors related to international adoption including integration and loss of dual identity, birth country, culture/language, ethnicity/race, naturalization, etc. The group is designed to promote self-exploration and emotional processing of the international adoptee experience.

International Young Adult Adoptee Group

By BPAR | October 13, 2023

This young adult adoptee group explores the unique and complex factors related to international adoption including integration and loss of dual identity, birth country, culture/language, ethnicity/race, naturalization, etc. The group is designed to promote self-exploration and emotional processing of the international adoptee experience.

International Young Adult Adoptee Group

By BPAR | October 13, 2023

This young adult adoptee group explores the unique and complex factors related to international adoption including integration and loss of dual identity, birth country, culture/language, ethnicity/race, naturalization, etc. The group is designed to promote self-exploration and emotional processing of the international adoptee experience.

Make a Wish

By Maya Rogers-Bursen, LMHC, Expressive Therapist | February 7, 2022

Maya’s ice cream cake recipe isn’t just an ordinary recipe. See how she crafts the layers to reflect the complexities of her experience as a transracial adoptee and the idea of family.

Adoption In the Media: The Unseen, Unrecognized Struggle of JuJu in “The Chair” TV Series

By Marta Isabella Sierra, LMHC | September 15, 2021

As an adult adoptee, Marta watched the Netflix series “The Chair” through the eyes of JuJu, the lead’s daughter. “My heart felt rage, grief and deep isolation. I see a child so completely alone in her trauma and loss that she has had to abandon her own narrative.