Posts Tagged ‘support’
Adoption, Addiction, and Recovery — A Poem
At BPAR, our clinicians understand the connection between adoption and addiction. We are proud to highlight this piece written by an adoptee who has found their way into ongoing recovery from addiction.
Read MoreChild Therapy FAQs — What Parents Want to Know
Have you ever wondered exactly what child therapy is like? Or if your child’s therapy is truly “working”? Here are some answers to questions that parents and caregivers often ask about therapy with children at BPAR.
Read MoreWhy BPAR Has to Talk About the Hard Stuff in Life After Adoption
Over the course of our eleven years at BPAR, we have witnessed a drastic change in the complexities faced by the clients coming for post-adoption therapy, especially in the past three years. To address the realities of post adoption challenges, BPAR has to take a stance and do what is right: we have to talk about the hard stuff.
Read More5 Tips: How to Help Someone Who is Struggling with Addictive Behavior
When you love someone who is struggling with an addiction, it can be heartbreaking, frustrating, and confusing to know how you might help them. As an addiction specialist for thirteen years, these are my top tips that I strongly recommend.
Read MoreAdoption-Competent Therapy — What It Is, Why It Matters, and How to Find It
Adoption-competent therapists have a trauma lens and understand that our body has memory through our senses even before we had verbal language.
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