A documentary following the lives of four teenage girls adopted from China. The film explores their struggles with racism, identity formation, belonging, race, gender, and searching for birth family.
This is an hour-long documentary revealing the filmmaker’s journey as a birthmother. It also features the stories of adoptees, birthparents, and adoptive parents. A wide variety of perspectives and topics about adoption are considered, especially the connections between birth families and adoptive families.
The story of three adopted Chinese-American girls who discover they’re cousins on 23andMe. Their online meeting inspires the young women to confront the burning questions they have about their lost history and travel back to China.
A documentary on the psychological aspects of growing up with and without parental love. The story follows the Diaz family, who chooses to adopt three children from Russia. It explores the family’s new relationship dynamics and how their new and old kids handle family together. It also covers their work with individualized family therapy, which helps them communicate more effectively.
An article on preparing for adoption by Ashley Yeager — a family therapist and Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) practitioner. She offers five pieces of advice for prospective adoptive parents. Her advice is particularly focused on adoption from China.
This article discusses the role that family therapy plays in adoptive families’ lives. It explains why therapy is important and encourages readers to choose a therapist that’s right for their needs.
This article provides an introduction to family therapy. It offers advice about what qualities to look for in a therapist, therapy sessions, and how to make the best of it.
This article explains how adoption and the attitudes surrounding it have changed. It explains different reasonings behind the decision to adopt, and how adoptive parents, like biological parents, love their children and want the best for them. It explains that adopted children face specific challenges that family therapy can help resolve or manage.
An article and search directory, this source discusses the decision to find a marriage and family therapist online. It also links to a directory that allows users to filter by state. Users can view profiles by years of experience, language, and specialization.
A search engine that allows users to search for family and marriage counselors. Users can filter by state and browse therapists’ profiles by rating, testimonial, location, options for virtual therapy, background checks, and more. Users are also able to filter by doctors, conditions, or procedures.
