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: Therapy
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…
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…
Cerebral Palsy Guide
This resource provides educational materials, financial resources, and support options for families affected by cerebral palsy and other birth injuries. This page discusses therapies, medications,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
The White Swan Express: A Story About Adoption
This is a children’s picture book that talks about the process of adoption from China. It shows the steps from the adoption agency paperwork, to…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
Spence-Chapin Mentorship Programs
Adoptee-centric programs in New York for young adoptees that meet monthly and are supervised by adult adoptee mentors.
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.).
TherapyDen: Adoption Issues
An online community of mental health professionals making therapy easy by providing a search directory of therapists that specialize in adoption.
Finding an Adoption Competent Therapist
A slideshow from the National Adoption Conference about how what adoptees should consider when choosing an adoption-competent therapist.
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 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.
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 Adoption Support and Education: About TAC
An article explaining what the TAC (Training and Adoption Competency) accreditation is and how it’s employed by mental health professionals.
Latinx Therapy
A Latinx therapy directory for users seeking therapists with diverse backgrounds (cultural identities, migration backgrounds, LGBTQ+) and specialties.
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…
