A New Way to Connect: Podcasts by Adoptees for Adoptees (and their loved ones)

By Lisa Coppola, M.Ed, LMHC | April 24, 2019

These podcasts by adoptees are a great way to easily plug in to the adoptee community, explore common themes, and learn about roads to healing. Clinician Lisa Coppola, LMHC, shares her favorite episodes that could be particularly beneficial for adoptees and their partners, friends and family members.

Researching Attachment: A Student’s Journey to Her Orphanage in the Philippines

By Lisa Coppola, M.Ed, LMHC | November 28, 2018

Desi studies attachment at the orphanage

As a psychology major, Desi Hartman returned to the Philippines orphanage she had left as a baby to research attachment theory in a multiple caregiver setting. In this interview, she reveals her findings, some of them surprising.

Adoptee Connections — What It Means to Find Others Who Get It

By Lisa Coppola, M.Ed, LMHC | March 8, 2018

As a new clinical member of the BPAR community, I wanted to write a blog on my personal experience of connection and feeling “a part of” adoptee circles and the therapeutic benefits of adoptee connections. These adoptee connections have guided me to a place where I am able to feel more steadily rooted…