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TherapyTherapy““Adoptees have a driven Adoptees have a driven need for human need for human connectedness. This connectedness. This craving grows with time, craving grows with time, experienced subjectively experienced subjectively by some adoptees as by some adoptees as equivalent to starvation.”equivalent to starvation.” ~Dr. David Brodzinsky and Dr. Marshall ~Dr. David Brodzinsky and Dr. Marshall SchecterSchecter

SUPPORTS:●National Association of Adoption Pediatricians●American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT)

● Offers workshops annually at their national conference

Adoptee Adoptee FriendshipsFriendships•They can and often do last They can and often do last foreverforever•A sense of belongingA sense of belonging•Vent Feelings while feeling Vent Feelings while feeling understood and not judgedunderstood and not judged•Have a Unique Emotional Have a Unique Emotional LanguageLanguage

Support GroupsSupport Groups•Adoption Forum-Adoption Forum-Philadelphia and New YorkPhiladelphia and New York•American Adoption Congress American Adoption Congress Male Adoptees (males only)Male Adoptees (males only)

OrganizationsOrganizations

Support:● KidsPeace● National Voice of Foster Parents● Foster Care Alumni Association● Center for Adoption Support and Education, Inc● Local Private Foster-Adopt Agencies● National Council on Adoptable Children- NACAC● Jewel Among Jewels Adoption Network, Inc

Links:●Adoptioninstitute.org●Rainbowkids.com●Tapestrybooks.com●Choseninternational.org