The Dark Matter of Love (2012)
A documentary on the psychological aspects of growing up with and without parental love. The story follows the Diaz family, who chooses to adopt three…
Resource Tag: Mental Health
Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective (BEAM)
BEAM is a national training, movement building, and grant making institution. They’re dedicated to the healing, wellness, and liberation of Black and marginalized communities.
Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation
This foundation offers Black communities resources, connections, and support needed to help break the silence and stigma around mental health. It offers a directory of…
InnoPsych
An organization dedicated to “healing to communities of color by changing the face and feel of therapy.” Their goal is to make therapists of color…
Therapy for Black Girls
This is an online space dedicated to encouraging the mental wellness of Black women and girls. The site has a search directory where users are…
Mental Health America: “Black and African American Communities and Mental Health”
This is resource promotes mental health as a critical part of overall wellness — including prevention services. The site includes statistics about what Black and…
Psychology Today: Find a Family Therapy
This is a search engine that allows the user to search by city, zip code, or name. Profiles display credentials, qualifications, client focus, therapy type,…
Therapist Locator
A search engine that locates marriage and family therapists. Users can search using zip codes or a city name for therapists in the US, Canada,…
Counseling Directory: “Family therapy”
An article and a search engine combined, this resource addresses what systemic family therapy is, its purposes, how it works, and what it is. Users…
Healthgrades: Family and Marriage Counselors Near Me
A search engine that allows users to search for family and marriage counselors. Users can filter by state and browse therapists’ profiles by rating, testimonial,…
OnlineTherapy: “Marriage and Family Therapist Online”
An article and search directory, this source discusses the decision to find a marriage and family therapist online. It also links to a directory that…
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy: “Adoption”
This article explains how adoption and the attitudes surrounding it have changed. It explains different reasonings behind the decision to adopt, and how adoptive parents,…
Chris Massman (LMFT): “What to Look for in a Family Therapist”
This article provides an introduction to family therapy. It offers advice about what qualities to look for in a therapist, therapy sessions, and how to…
North American Council on Adoptable Children: “Therapy Plays an Important Role in Adoptive Families’ Lives”
This article discusses the role that family therapy plays in adoptive families’ lives. It explains why therapy is important and encourages readers to choose a…
No Hands But Ours: “Preparing for Adoption: A Family Therapist’s Perspective”
An article on preparing for adoption by Ashley Yeager — a family therapist and Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) practitioner. She offers five pieces of advice…
Safe Space Africa
Mental health educational products and therapy services for Africans on the continent, as well as the African diaspora.
Black Mental Wellness
An organization that provides access to evidence-based information and resources about mental health and behavioral health topics from a Black perspective. It highlights and increases…
Find Black Therapist
This is a search engine for searching for Black therapists in the US. Users can filter by state, city, issue (including adoption), and type of…
African Diaspora Mental Health Association (ADMH)
This association is an outpatient mental health clinic in Massachusetts. They offer many different mental health services, including individual therapy, family therapy, bilingual services, couples…
American Adoptions: “The Truth About Adopted Adults and Relationship Issues”
An article explaining that many adoptees feel they have relationship issues originating from their adoption. It cites that adoptees may have difficulties in both platonic…
Meggin Nam Holtz (LMSW)
Meggin focuses on child and adolescent trauma in a clinical setting. She provides therapy to youth, adolescents, families, and adults utilizing a strengths-based, trauma-informed, attachment,…
Adoptee Hub
This organization is dedicated to connecting, collaborating, and preserving adoption legacies through community, culture, and post-adoption services.
Chinese Adoptee Alliance (CAA)
A nonprofit organization founded to support Chinese adoptees and their families and friends. It was established in the early 1990s and was formerly Families with…
Spence-Chapin Mentorship Programs
Adoptee-centric programs in New York for young adoptees that meet monthly and are supervised by adult adoptee mentors.
Yoffe Therapy
A group psychotherapy practice by clinicians for the adoption and foster care community in Los Angeles.
Unconditionally Adopted
An organization that offers many different types of therapy for children, youth, and young adults which specializes in helping adoptive parents create healthy relationships with…
Hiking the Heart
A licensed therapist in the states of Wisconsin, Florida and Hawaii who specializes in psychotherapy for adoptees, teenagers, adults, and families.
Willow Bay Therapy
Joanna Kelly (founder of Willow Bay Therapy) is an adoption-competent therapist certified in PACC, RPT, and is a LMFT.
PAC-UK
The United Kingdom’s largest independent adoption support agency which offers adoptive parent and career support, adult adoptee support, birth parent support, and much more.
Adoptees On: 32 [Healing Series] How to Choose a Therapist
This podcast episode discusses tips and ways to find an adoption-competent therapist.
Trust Based Relationship Intervention (TBRI) Search Therapy Engine
A TBRI practitioner directory featuring professionals who specialize in treating traumatized children.
Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare: PACC
A registration page for the PACC (Permanency and Adoption Competency Certificate) accreditation. The PACC was developed to increase the competency of professionals serving adoptees and…
Latinx Therapy
A Latinx therapy directory for users seeking therapists with diverse backgrounds (cultural identities, migration backgrounds, LGBTQ+) and specialties.
TherapyDen: Adoption Issues
An online community of mental health professionals making therapy easy by providing a search directory of therapists that specialize in adoption.
Inclusive Therapists
A search directory of inclusive therapists where users can filter by therapist’s identity (age, race, gender, and more) and specialties (adoption, neurodivergence, etc.).
Amanda Baden, PH.D.
Dr. Baden is a licensed psychologist in New York City. She specializes in adoption, but also works with clients struggling with racial, cultural, and identity…
Finding an Adoption Competent Therapist
A slideshow from the National Adoption Conference about how what adoptees should consider when choosing an adoption-competent therapist.
Finding and Working with Adoption Competent Therapists
An article from the Children’s Bureau about therapy, finding the right therapist, and knowing how to work with them — particularly in the context of…
Grow Beyond Words Adoptee Therapist Directory
A directory of mental health professionals who identify as adoptees and work with the adoption community in public and private settings.
Florida Department of Children and Families
A compilation of adoption resources (adoption recruiters and specialists, adoption-competent therapists, post adoption services, etc.) in Florida.
Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare
A search directory of Permanency and Adoption Competency Certificate (PACC) certified therapists in Minnesota.
UCONN Health Adoption Community Network Therapy Directory
A therapist directory that identifies clinicians in Connecticut with special training to work with adoptive families.
I Am Adoptee
An organization for intercountry adoptees to create community and an online space for mental health and wellness resources.
