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Understanding the Transition from Foster Care to Adoption: From a Personal and Professional Perspective by Jeanette Yoffe, M.A., M.F.T.
The transition from foster care to adoption can be very difficult for a child and there are many challenges to take into consideration. The challenges center around separation and loss, trust, rejection, guilt and shame, identity, intimacy, loyalty, and mastery or...
Adopt Salon Constellation Support Group- How it all Began? by Jeanette Yoffe M.F.T.
My first job in the Los Angeles child welfare system was as a paraprofessional volunteer at the Stephen S. Weiss Temple Adoption Support Center under the supervision of Stephanie Siegel, PhD. I mentored children who were adopted, assisted with support groups, and...
Healing Series: Support Groups – Podcast Feb 16, 2018
Jeanette Yoffe was interviewed for this podcast on February 16, 2018. Podcaster Haley Radke invites Jeanette Yoffe to share what inspired her to begin a support group for adoptees. Discussion covers how to start your own group and best practices for peer-facilitated...
Post-Adoption Transitional Support – New Five-Part Video Series
Meet Jeanette Yoffe
Executive Director of the Celia Center, Inc. Jeanette’s desire to become a child therapist with a special focus on adopted and foster care issues derived from her own experience of being adopted and moving through the foster care system in New York City. Her personal...
ADOPTION AWARENESS FILM SCREENING GALA
Schedule of Evening: 7-8pm Wine Tasting 8-9:30 Film Screening 9:30-10pm Panel Moderated by Jeanette Yoffe with Filmmakers, Adoptees, and Birthparents When: Friday, November 11th 2016 7:00pm to 10:00pm Where: Electric Lodge 1416 Electric Ave Venice, CA 90291 Fee: $20...