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Affirming the Adoptee’s Reality: A Way to Intimacy by Marcy Axness, Ph.D., Adoptee
Affirming the Adoptee’s Reality: A Way to Intimacy by Marcy Axness, Ph.D., Adoptee The young child knows when the truth is being told and when it isn’t. It’s just amazing how much little children know of you, within and without.—Patricia McNulty, adoptee and Waldorf...
We Come From A Place Not So Safe by Paula Free
We Come From A Place Not So Safe by Paula Free, Adoptee The Darkness Inside Me There is a quiet rage burning through my soul. It’s lived inside me for years. Buried. Deep beneath the layers of abandonment, rejection, worthlessness, self-pity, and self-hate. I’m trying...
Foster Challenge Fundraiser May 5, 2020
Did you know that there are over 500,000 kids in the Foster Care system across the country??? Through the amazing collaborative efforts of Philip Bailey of Earth, Wind and Fire and his Music is Unity Foundation and Korean Adoptee, Founder and President, Holly Choon...
Seven Core Issues in Adoption and Permanency Book Reading with Authors ***March 4, 2020
Sharon Roszia and Alison Davis-Maxon presented their new book to the Celia Center Community in March 2020 right before the pandemic titled: Seven Core Issues in Adoption and Permanency: A Comprehensive Guide to Promoting Understanding and Healing In Adoption, Foster...
Attachment Parenting: Building Safety & Trust With Foster & Adopted Children/Teens by Jeanette Yoffe
This article was published in Fostering Families Today Magazine November/December 2019 I am always thinking of ways "out of the box" and "practical tools" to help families understand the "inner world" of foster and adopted children. Because this inner world is an...
My Journey As An Alcoholic and Adoptee By Miguel Caballero
AA & Adoption "Here is something I have believed about myself and my adoption since I was a child, since before I knew I was an alcoholic: My birth mother took one look at me and knew that I was worthless and unlovable and unredeemable. She didn’t want to keep me...
A First Birth Mother’s Heartfelt Poetry by Alison
5 hours left...to tell my parents about you.. Today mocks my delicate mood The clouds cry for me and together we brood The air is calm and comfortable But inside there’s a storm My inside is real but outside I must perform Everything is bleak and gray My problems...
Adoptee Voices Community Arts Project for National Adoption Awareness Month
Adoptee Art Therapy Event at Celia Center. Adoptees ages 9 and up gathered to create a community art piece displaying their experience growing up adopted! Watch the film here!
How to Cope with the Ups and Downs of Being a Foster Parent by Dr. John DeGarmo
How to Cope with the Ups and Downs of Being a Foster Parent by Dr. John DeGarmo As a foster parent, you NEED to take care of yourself. You NEED to ensure that you are watching out after yourself, finding the time you need for you, and the help you need to care for...