Adoptee Coping Strategies| Internalizing | Therapeutic adoption parenting

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In this video, I talk about one of the main ways in which adoptees cope - internalizing. Learn more about what you might notice and how to encourage your adopted child to create space outside of themselves for their feelings safely in order to build trust. Therapeutic parenting | adoption parenting towards wellbeing in the adult adoptee.
These findings follow my research into wellbeing in adoptees. I am an adoptee, psychotherapist and adoption researcher and wellbeing is very close to my heart. It really matters that we try and understand how to make the transition into adolescence and adulthood as smooth and easy as possible for adoptees.
Please start conversations around this topic. These conversations are happening too infrequently!
Thank you, Lara x