I once again had the opportunity to present to Dr. Samantha Wilson‘s class at the Medical College of Wisconsin titled Adoption and Foster Care: Considerations
My beautiful, sweet mother died last week at the age of 90 years old. She passed while I was on a plane on my way
I was relinquished at birth, then adopted into a new family at the age of one-week old. I entered this world without the safety net
ANNOUNCING: A NEW PARTNERSHIP, A NEW HOPE Click here to read an introduction I wrote to the Adoption Constellation. I have the honor of collaborating
Addiction and Adoption Constellation Support Group Meets every other Tuesday at 5:30 pm PST, 8:30 pm EST Register Here As you know from
I often go back to the topic of trust as someone who had spent the majority of his life unsure if it was safe to
I’ve had a lot of breakthroughs in my life, but it wasn’t until I started to share my story that I understood that my experiences
From a very young age, most people strive to belong to a group. Whether it’s their immediate family, peers, or people with similar interests, we
It’s hard to not make it sound as if it’s not my ego that needs stroking, but when I think about my work as an
For many of us the real new year starts in September. This is the time when kids and young adults go back to school, when
Recently, I experienced a profound personal loss. The details are not important as they are private, but this was the loss of the greatest caliber
“The butterfly effect is the idea that small, seemingly trivial events may ultimately result in something with much larger consequences – in other words, they
What every adoptee/ relinquishee wants you to know is that we are not all the same. We have all, however, gone through trauma, whether we
Have you too been feeling this “sweet” pressure to feel good, the way I have lately? I’m talking about the pressure to triumph over negativity
“I’ve got the sweetest hangover/ I don’t wanna get over” ~ Diana Ross Recently, I was a part of a beautiful event that made
There’s no doubt that we’re going to be here for a little longer—here meaning the unstable and unpredictable world we find ourselves in. Nothing seems
Wisconsin Adoptees: Wisconsin Adoption and Permanency Support is working hard to provide service and offer support to the Wisconsin Adoption Community. That includes providing a
In the following series I will talk about composite case studies based on clients who came to my practice looking for help with their emotional-
