Let's get to the the truth and trauma of adoption so that we can have better relationships.
(Therapist specializing in adoption who happen to be adoptees) Dr. Juliana Deans deansjuliana@gmail.com Dr. Charmaine Borda, PhD., LMFT, LMHC Adoption Competent Counselor https://www.thebluecouch.org/ Phoebe Kroells kroells.higherele@gmail.com https://openpathcollective.org/clinicians/phoebe-kroells/ Search Adoption Therapist https://www.psychologytoday.com/us
What is your method for mental-health? There are many. Take time to choose a modality that meets you where you are.
How to talk about race:
Adult:
How to be an Anti-racist by Ibram X. Kendi
Weaving a Family: Untangling racism by Barbara Katz Rothman
One Child Nation documentary
13th (film) Ava Duvernay
When they See Us (film) Ava Duverney
Young Children: God Made me and You by Shai Linne
God's Very Good Idea by Trillia New Bill and Catalina Echeverri
Young Gifted and Black by Jamia Wilson
Little Legends: Exceptional men in Black HIstory by Vashti Harrison
Dad, Who will I Be? by G. Todd Taylor
Happy Face Sad Face by BIll Cotter
Looking for a Moose by Phyllis Root
My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me by Jennifer Teege
Preteen:
The CCrossover by Kwame Alexander
Miami Jackson series by Patricia and Fredrick McKissack
Julian Tells by Anne Cameron
Point Card Prank by Jake Maddox
Author for all ages: Vanda Micheaux Nelson
Lets Talk About Race by Julius Lester
Skin Like Mine by Latashia M. Perry
Amazing Grace By Mary Hoffman
Satuday by Oge Mora
Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry
NY Times list for anti-racism for kids:
Mental Health Books I love (non-adoption)
Co-dependency No More by Melody Beattie
Letting Go by David R. Hawkins
Woman Code by Christine Northrup
44 Mental Health Resources for Black People Trying to Survive in This Country https://www.self.com/story/black-mental-health-resources By Paul Gionfriddo, president and CEO, MHA here: When We Normalize Racism and Bigotry We Do Violence to our Mental Health https://mhanational.org/when-we-normalize-racism-and-bigotry-we-do-violence-our-mental-health Buzzfeed: 13 Black Mental Health Resources For Anyone Needing Support Right Now (MHA mention) https://www.buzzfeed.com/juliapugachevsky/black-mental-health-resources The Trevor Project: Supporting Black LGBTQ Youth Mental Health https://give.thetrevorproject.org/give/63307/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw0Mb3BRCaARIsAPSNGpWvZpoZ7QMJYBQyuetcV5Jf2GBtlYKHBk36_KkWGBXMeJarMNI6Uw4aAhRmEALw_wcB#!/donation/checkout?c_src=NCOD&c_src2=201910googleads Health.com: Racism Ruined My Mental Health—but These 5 Resources Are Helping The Root: A Black Psychologist's Guide to Talking With Your Children About Race and Police Violence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSeKOCDQF6Q Psychology Today: Racial Trauma Is a Public Health Emergency https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/take-care-black-women/202006/racial-trauma-is-public-health-emergency
Podcasts & article
Marriette Williams "How to Talk to Your Transracially Adopted Child About Race" https://www.whattoexpect.com/family/adoption/talking-to-transracially-adopted-children-about-race/ Podcast: The Enneagram, Trauma, and Adoption with Dr. Barbara Rila (three part series) https://www.theenneagramjourney.org/podcast/2019/episode73 Transracial adoptions and transcultural adoption training: https://www.familyworkstogether.org/for-families/education-and-training/on-demand-videos/transracial-transcultural-adoption-and-parenting/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwoaz3BRDnARIsAF1RfLcd9cDV9-XS_Gsk6Ma5KNqstao6qlcW2yHKE9ImSUcieiKRVOib_esaAmYNEALw_wcB Ten Things Not to Ask An Adoptee: https://www.parents.com/parenting/adoption/parenting/10-questions-not-to-ask-adoptive-parents/
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