Category Archives: Adoptees

For the first blog in our three-part series, find out what things you should never say to an adoptee — and why.

You’ve finally located your birth family — but you’re not sure what to do now. Check out our 7 tips to get started.

So now you’ve done your search and successfully found your birth mother or father. And best of all, he or she is amenable to meeting. Perhaps you’ve exchanged letters, emails or a phone call. What’s the best way to proceed?

Finding an adoption competent therapist is harder than it sounds. Adoptees may have unique challenges to work through, and a general understanding of trauma is not the same as a specific understanding of adoption.

No matter if you are an adoptive parent, birth parent or an adoptee, it is important to have a complete understanding of the impact adoption has on everyone involved — especially adoptees. Follow these seven accounts to learn more about the unique journey of an adoptee.

Connecting to birth culture comes naturally for some adoptees but seems impossible for others. If you find it hard to connect, you’re not alone.