It’s Not About You
In 2015, in conjunction with Entourage Publishing, I organized a wonderful group of adoption therapists, adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive parents to write It’s Not About You: Understanding Adoptee Search, Reunion & Open Adoption.
Adoption Therapy
I was honored to be asked to contribute to Adoption Therapy: Perspectives from Clients and Clinicians on Processing and Healing Post-Adoption Issues (2014) as the only contributing author who is not also an adoptee.
Therapeutic Workbooks for Kids
When I stumbled across an old project I created for a client called “The Bully Book”, I sought the guidance of Entourage Publishing regarding best practices to make an e-book or a downloadable PDF so more kids could benefit from what we had created; I was surprised that not only did she want to publish The Bully Book: A Workbook for Kids Coping with Bullies (2016) as an e-book and a paperback, but that she also wanted me to create a series of therapeutic workbooks for kids.
The Bully Book
The Bully Book: A Workbook for Kids Coping with Bullies was published in 2016.
The Loss Book
The Loss Book: A Workbook for Kids Coping with Loss was first published in 2017.
The Choices Book
The Choices Book: A Workbook for Kids About Making Choices was first published in 2019.
Additional Written Works
In addition to these books, I have been blogging for various platforms since 2008 when I was hired as the Mental Health Expert Contributor by DietsInReview, which was named one of the Top 50 Healthy Bloggers by Mamavation in 2013. I have also been published by MSNBC, Today, TraineoPLUS, Current.com, Reuters.com, the Chicago Sun Times, the International Business Times, Health Bubble, Yahoo Buzz, Adoption Today, Expert Beacon, iVillage, and more.
11 People Triggered by Photo Sharing Assignments
Getting to know you, back to school, introduce yourself exercises asking kids (or adults) to share photos can be a trauma trigger for way more people than you realize.Senior year and graduation events can be especially painful. I would recommend moving toward sharing “favorite photos” rather than “little you” pics.
Expectation Failed: Aim for Success with Appropriate Expectations
If we want to see growth, we have to set expectations that can be achieved. Expectations must be individual and we cannot set them without truly knowing and understanding another. Expectations cannot be set on chronological age, education, appearance, or even past performance
Adoption: All is welcome here
It was a joy to get to talk with Dr. Mark Grixti about our shared passions of Brainspotting and Adoption Therapy on his podcast. Therapists and attachment figures can benefit from fully meeting the child’s expression of their emotional world unconditionally to let their system feel heard and facilitate co-regulation. Pressures of time and expectation of outcome can inadvertently impede the sense of trust and safety in the therapeutic relationship
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*This is not an exhaustive list of resources, nor does it mean that all resources included are appropriate for each individual or situation. This list is not to be considered therapeutic advice or take the place of indivudal or couples counseling. If you purchase something through any of these links, I will earn a very small commission from Amazon. These lists are provided for your convenience and information only.
