Adoption Identity Race Exploration (AIRE)
AIRE was created out of the need for an inclusive space for BIPOC adoptees (of all genders, identities, and experiences) to build and collaborate. AIRE…
Resource Tag: Mental Health
Child Mind Institute: “Trauma & Grief”
This webpage features countless articles about the basics of recognizing and addressing trauma in children. It includes topics like the effects, causes, and treatments of…
Nursing License Map with edX: “Anti-Racism Resources for Students and Professionals in Healthcare”
This article explores the history of mistreatment and discrimination in healthcare that puts people of color at a disadvantage. It also discusses the changes that…
The Racial Empowerment Collaborative (REC) at Penn GSE
REC is a research, program development, and training center that brings people together to promote racial literacy and health in schools and neighborhoods. They offer…
Psychology Today
Psychology Today is a media outlet that publicizes literature and resources about behavioral science and mental health. This directory in particular offers detailed listings for…
Beyond Words Psychological Services
This LLC, established by Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker, offers a directory of professional (medical and mental health) resources in the Denver Metro Area. Dr. Wirta-Leiker specializes…
The Association of Black Psychologists, Inc.
This association was formed in 1968 by Black psychologists hoping to serve the Black-American community. Their goal was to support the mental health of the…
Adoptee Restoration: “Adoptees and Trust Issues with Spouses and Significant Others”
This blog article shares the author’s experiences about how she overcame trust issues with her spouse. The center of the story is about how she…
Psychology Today: “Adult Adoptees in Relationships: Eleven Red Flags to Avoid Future Abandonment”
This article is about the red flags that adoptees should avoid when searching for a partner. Every adoptee and partnership is different, so this article…
Considering Adoption: “Adopted Adults and Relationships – How Are They Affected?”
This article explains how people’s relationships are affected if they’re adopted. It explains how adoptees often fear rejection, abandonment, and change or have low self-esteem.…
Adoptee Restoration: “Trusting & Fully Loving Your Spouse or Significant Other (10 Important Choices adoptees Can Make)”
This blog article shares the author’s experiences with creating trust and love with her spouse. She lists ten choices that adoptees can make in their…
Adoption Reconnect
The Adoption Reconnect Facebook page focuses on partners of adoptees. It validates their feelings, examines adoptees’ feelings, and explains how to care for their adoptee…
Transfiguring Adoption: “A Spouse’s Love for an Adoptee”
This blog article shares the author’s experiences and perspective about what it’s like to be the spouse of an adoptee. He empathizes with his wife’s…
Adopt a Love Story: “10 Needs Adoptees Want You to Know About”
This article explains some of the overlooked parts of being adopted that adoptees want others to know about. It explains how adoption is a lifelong…
Adoption.com: Spouse of adoptee issues/support
This forum is dedicated to supporting spouses of adoptees. It addresses attachment issues, self-blaming, and trust and commitment issues. These perspectives are not universally true…
Adoption.com: “Confessions of an Adoptee’s Dating Life”
This blog article gives an adoptee’s perspective on how adoptees handle dating, attachment styles, and feelings. This resource might help adoptees explain how their identity…
Colorado Marriage Retreats: “Do People Who Are Adopted Have Trouble Loving?”
This article answers whether adoptees have trouble with trust, intimacy, and attachment in romantic relationships. The author is the partner of an adoptee and a…
American Adoptions: “Your Adoption Relationships”
This is a beginner-friendly resource for adoptees who want to understand how adoption affects their relationships. The webpage features guides about friends, birth family searches,…
CCI (China’s Children International) Pride
This is a private Facebook group created by CCI (China’s Children International) for LGBTQ+ Chinese adoptees. It’s a network to discuss issues and topics relating…
Adoptiepedia
This interest group provides support for international adoptees. They discuss racism, identity, and birth family searches. It’s based in the Netherlands and is for all…
Confessions of a Chinese Adoptee
This group shares adoptees’ stories in order to help empower other adoptees, empower their self-growth, and change the narrative of adoption. It has resources for…
NPR: “I Found My Birth Mother. It Didn’t Rock My Life — And That’s OK”
This is a short, narrative story about an adoptee’s experience meeting her birth mother. This story will benefit adoptees who are considering conducting a birth…
Center for American Progress (CAP): “Welcoming All Families”
This is a report that discusses discrimination against LGBTQ+ foster and adoptive parents. It explains how religious exemptions allow agencies to discriminate against LGBTQ+ parents.…
Talkspace: “The History of the LGBTQ Community and Mental Health Treatment”
This article is for anybody seeking information about the history of the LGBTQ+ community and mental health treatment. It briefly explains LGBTQ+ history, classification of…
LGBT National Help Center: LGBT National Youth Talkline
The LGBT National Youth Talkline is for LGBT youth (age 25 and younger) who need free and confidential peer support. Their webpage features their Talkline,…
LGBT National Help Center Call Services
The LGBT National Help Center serves LGBTQ+ folks who need free and confidential peer support and local resources. Their page features hotlines, an online peer…
National Coalition for LGBTQ Health
These services are available to everybody in the queer community. This coalition is improves the health and well-being of LGBTQ+ individuals through federal and local…
Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
This organization serves LGBTQ+ youth in learning institutions. GLSEN works to activate supportive educators, uplift student-led movements, conduct extensive research, provide resources for educators, and…
GSA Network
The Genders & Sexualities Alliances (GSAs)serves LGBTQ+ youth in their local communities. GSAs clubs are student-run organizations that unite LGBTQ+ youth and allies to fight…
House of Rainbow
House of Rainbow serves LGBTQ+ people of color and faith. This organization works to combat religious homophobia and validates the belonging of LGBTQ+ in religious…
National Queer & Trans Therapists of Color Network (NQTTCN)
This organization works to advance healing justice by transforming mental health for queer and transgender people of color. They have lists of community and practitioner…
QMUNITY
This organization offers ten counseling sessions at a reduced cost and free sessions are available to people who cannot afford the fee. Services are available…
Trikone
This is a volunteer-based non-profit organization for LGBTQ+ South Asians. Their mission is to unite people and affirm their South Asian identity and sexual orientation.…
Massachusetts Asian + Pacific Islanders for Health (MAP)
This organization offers a safe space where API LGBTQ+ youth (ages 16-25) can unite to find support and make friends. They have drop-in centers, peer…
PFLAG NYC: API Parents & Caregivers Group
This group meets twice a month for a lunchtime discussion for API parents and caregivers whose children are part of the LGBTQ+ community. They are…
Rainbow LGBTQ Asians
This is a online Facebook group is a safe space for LGBTQ+ Asians. Group members are encouraged to share their experiences and media which discuss…
The Trevor Project: “Behaviors of Supportive Parents and Caregivers for LGBTQ Youth”
This is a resource for parents of LGBTQ+ children about how best to support queer youth. The importance of supporting gender expression, understanding LGBTQ+ issues,…
Talkspace: “6 Ways to Support the Mental Health of Your LGBTQ Loved Ones”
This is a brief article about how to support the mental health of your LGBTQ+ loved ones. It goes over 6 important tips for support,…
John Hopkins Medicine: Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity
This office specializes in serving patients and families who are part of the LGBTQ+ community. The webpage offers medical resources for patients, families, students, staff,…
Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
PFLAG is an organization that serves the LGBTQ+ community and their allies. It’s the “first and largest organization dedicated to supporting, educating, and advocating for…
Free Mom Hugs
Free Mom Hugs is an organization that encourages education, visibility, and conversation about the LGBTQ+ community. Their webpage offers education opportunities for everyone through speaking…
The Real Mama Bears
The Real Mama Bears is a resource that serves the LGBTQ+ community. The organization supports, educates, and empowers families with LGBTQ+ members. They offer private…
San Francisco State University: Family Acceptance Project
This is a research, intervention, education, and policy initiative to prevent health risks for queer youth. It specifically focuses on their well-being in the context…
National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse (NAPAFASA)
NAPAFASA serves and works with AAPI communities on initiatives addressing behavioral health within each community. It’s a private, non-profit, 501(c)(3) membership organization dedicated to mental…
Subtle Asian Mental Health
This is a Facebook group for Asians who want to be a part of an online community which focuses on mental health. It’s a private…
Project Lotus
Project Lotus focuses on Asian American mental health advocacy. Their mission is to destigmatize mental health in Asian-American communities by “tackling the model minority stereotype…
AA & NH/PI Health Central Directory
This directory is a great tool for AAPI members who want more information about mental health. Users can search by region, AANHPI subgroup, and focus.…
The Trevor Project
The Trevor Project is the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBT youth. On their website, users can find support through 24/7…
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
As a dynamic media force, GLAAD tackles tough issues to shape the narrative and provoke dialogue that leads to cultural change. They offer several programs…
It Gets Better Project
This is a nonprofit organization with a mission to “uplift, empower, and connect” the LGBTQ+ youth. Through sharing articles, education, and events, they’re making a…
Stonewall
This organization fights for freedom, equity, and potential for the LGBTQ+ community. Their campaigns drive positive change in public attitudes and public policy. Their website…
Transgender Training Institute (TTI)
The TTI serves people who want to better understand and be more affirming of transgender and non-binary people. This organization is made up of transgender…
Asexual Outreach: Ace Week
From Asexual Outreach, Inc, this webpage educates people about what asexuality is. The organization raises awareness for asexuality through promoting education tool resources, projects, and…
The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA World)
ILGA is a resource for everybody in the queer community. The organization supports LGBTI civil society worldwide through “advocacy and research projects, and gives grassroots…
National Library of Medicine: “Discrimination and Mental Health–Related Service Use in a National Study of Asian Americans”
This is an academic journal article about the association between perceived discrimination and use of mental health services. With data coming from the National Latino…
Asians Do Therapy
This is a website for anyone in the AAPI community who needs to motivate and destigmatize their journey with therapy. The site is packed with…
NYU Langone Health: NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health
The NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health (CSAAH) is based in NYU Langone’s Section for Health Equity. Its services research and evaluate…
Asian American Health Initiative (AAHI)
This organization was established to address the unique and neglected health needs of Asian Americans in Maryland. AAHI assists with many programs, projects, and activities…
Asian & Pacific Island American Health Forum (APIAHF)
The Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum’s services benefit the health of the AAPI community. The APIAHF supports the health of the community by…
Asian Health Services
AHS is a healthcare provider that offers a complete range of medical, dental, and mental health services. Asian Health Service (AHS)’s mission is to serve…
Asian Pacific Counseling and Treatment Centers (APCTC)
APCTC was established to meet the unique needs of AAPI immigrants and refugees. Their services are available to all ages of the AAPI community in…
CDC: Children’s Mental Health
This article can help those interested in learning about therapy for their children. It explains what therapy is, mental illness in children, and benefits of…
Medical News Today: “8 of the best online therapy programs for kids”
This article is for parents who are interested in learning about therapy for their children. It explains types of child therapy, identifying if a child…
Nemours Children’s Health: “Taking Your Child to a Therapist”
This is another great resource for parents to learn about therapy for their children. It explains what therapy is, what problems they help with, how…
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP): Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Finder
This therapist locator can help parents who are interested in searching for a therapist for their child. Users can filter results by location and can…
William James College: “Guide for Parents of Asian/Asian American Adolescents”
This guide benefits parents of Asian and Asian American adolescents. The guide and accompanying video is available in six languages. It covers the history of…
HuffPost: “How To Find A Therapist Who Focuses On Asian American Mental Health”
This article is for members of the AAPI community who are interested in finding a culturally-competent therapist. The author explains the importance of establishing a…
APA: “Recommendations for the Treatment of Asian-American/Pacific Islander Populations”
This resource is for mental health professionals who want to understand how to provide mental health support to the AAPI community. Sections in this guide…
Asian Counseling and Referral Service (ACRS)
ACRS promotes social justice and the well-being and empowerment of the AAPI and other underserved communities – including immigrants and refugees. They develop, provide, and…
APA: “Resources from the Ethnicity and Health in America Series”
This article explains how national heritage months impact the health of ethnic populations. Through the Ethnicity and Health in America Series, there are resources given…
Inclusive Therapists
Inclusive Therapists serve underrepresented communities through its mission to be a mental health liberation movement creating change through decolonial education, collective care, and activism. They…
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): “Asian American and Pacific Islander”
This article centers around AAPI mental health. It’s full of information with about barriers to mental health care, how to seek culturally-competent care, and also…
Asian American Federation: Mental Health Directory
This directory provides the New York AAPI community with resources and providers. Users can search by term and use filters to gain a better search.…
Southasiantherapists.org
This directory is “the largest South Asian mental health therapist community in the world.” It operates internationally, with a focus on the US, Canada, and…
Asian Pacific Community Counseling
Asian Pacific Community Counseling serves Asian Americans who live in California. They offer the Transcultural Wellness Center (TWC), the Supporting Community Connections (SCC), and the…
Korean American Wellness Association (KAWA)
KAWA offers services for Korean Americans. Users can search in directories for psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, and psychotherapists. Within each directory, users can search by keywords…
HealthRIGHT 360
This organization offers primary medical care, mental health services, substance use disorder treatment, dental services, and more. They have an Asian American specific program in…
Headway
Headway’s goal is to build the first asset-free national network of therapists who accept insurance. Users can search by location, concerns, and insurance. In a…
GoodTherapy
GoodTherapy’s purpose is to disseminate mental health news and information, challenge mental health stigmas, and promote ethical therapy. In the directory, users can search by…
Verywell Mind: “Best Mental Health Apps”
Medically reviewed and fact checked, this source lists out the best mental health mobile applications of 2022. In each summary, you can review the cost,…
Asian American Psychological Association: AAPA Fellows
The AAPA advocates on behalf of Asian Americans to advance Asian American psychology. The AAPA has 8 divisions, including one for multiracial and adopted Asian…
Asian Mental Health Collective (AMHC)
The AMHC’s mission is to normalize and de-stigmatize mental health within the Asian community. They offer a US and Canadian therapist directory. Users can filter…
National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association (NAAPIMHA)
The NAAPIMHA’s mission is to promote the mental health and well-being of the AAPI community. They provide training, resources, advocacy opportunities, and have been involved…
South Asian Mental Health Initiative & Network (SAMHIN)
SAMHIN’s services support the South Asian community in the United States. Users can search their therapist directory by location, name, and category. On professional’s profiles,…
Anxiety & Depression Association of America (ADAA): “Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders”
The ADAA’s purpose is to prevent, treat, and cure anxiety disorders and depression. It also has a webpage dedicated to Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.…
Asians for Mental Health
This organization was created to help Asians feel seen, heard, and empowered in their journeys towards better mental health. Their directory lets users filter through…
American Psychological Association (APA) Psychologist Locator
This APA service can benefit everyone. Users can search for a therapist by zip code, state, city, provider name, or practice area. In therapist’s profiles,…
American Board of Professional Psychology
This directory lists all current ABPP board certified psychologists. Users conducting basic searches can filter by name, specialty, or zip code. In advanced searches, users…
MyWellBeing
MyWellbeing offers therapist matching, educational contact, professional development, virtual group support, workplace mental health, and social impact & access services. Users can match with 3…
BetterHelp
BetterHelp offers accessible, convenient, and affordable professional therapy. By filling out a detailed questionnaire, users are assessed and matched with up to 25,000 licensed therapists.…
Unmute
This organization emphasizes serving traditionally muted or marginalized communities and destigmatizing mental health. In its search directory, users can search by state and insurance provider.…
The Primal Wound
This book clarifies the effects of separating babies from their birth mothers as a primal loss, affecting the relationships of the adopted person throughout life.…
ICAV Post Adoption Services
A list of intercountry and transracial, adoptee-led, post-adoption services located in the US. It includes search reunion services, counseling and therapy services, mentorship programs, and…
Adoption Support Alliance: Connection Groups
This alliance brings adoptive families together in North Carolina. They offer three types of groups: therapist-led, community-led, and a mix of support and education (“support-ucation”).…
Adoption Support Alliance
The ASA offers a beginner’s adoption course designed for prospective adoptive families. The class discusses various aspects of adoption, including logistical challenges, managing grief and…
Child Welfare Information Gateway: “Preadoption Training”
A brief article regarding different types of adoption training for prospective and adoptive parents. There’s also a list of trainings that are required or useful…
Holt International: “Parenting Adoptees”
This is a Christian organization that offers programs including Post-Adoption Coaching & Education (PACE) and Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI). Both programs help parents better understand…
America World Adoption: “Adoption Training”
This Christian adoption agency offers curriculum designed to help families prepare for the placement and care of a child. They also offer courses for post-adoption…
Adoption Training Online
This resource is from the Children’s Aid Society of Alabama and offers several adoption trainings. Trainings cover domestic adoption, international adoption, medical courses, and more.
Gladney Center for Adoption: “Why Are Foster Care and Adoption Training Required?”
This article explains why foster care and adoption training are required. It discusses pre-service training, foster parent in-service training, post-adoption training, kinship-specific training, and more.…
