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 for prospective adoptive parents. Her advice is particularly focused on adoption from China.
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, like biological parents, love their children and want the best for them. It explains that adopted children face specific challenges that family therapy can help resolve or manage.
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 allows users to filter by state. Users can view profiles by years of experience, language, and specialization.
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, location, options for virtual therapy, background checks, and more. Users are also able to filter by doctors, conditions, or procedures.
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, and other countries.
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 and romantic relationships.
An article written by a Korean-American adoptee about the Side by Side project, where adoptees discuss their lives, relationships, and origins. Side by Side also considers the need for parents to ask how their children feel about their adoption.
An article about the complexities of the adoptee identity. It discusses how parents are not only adopting a child, but also their child’s culture in international and transracial adoptions.
An article that spotlights diverse adoptees and their families. Adoptees explain how their identity has been shaped by social unrest and the ways it has affected their family dynamic.
