Adoptee Resources
mental health + adoptee centered groups + Panels + podcasts + books
Mental Health
Adoptee Therapist Directory - Beyond Words Psychological Services (growbeyondwords.com)
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National Alliance on Mental Illness - Helpline at 800-950-6264
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services - 800-662-HELP (4357)
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Suicide and Crisis Lifeline- 988
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The Trevor Project | For Young LGBTQ Lives- 1866-488-7386
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adoptee support groups
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Network of Bolivian Adoptees - international
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Paraguay Adoption / Paraguayos Adoptados
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Network of Peruvian Adoptees Monthly Happy Hour Chats
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Adoptees Connect International
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Origins: The meeting point for children by adoption in Mexico
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Bolivian & International Adoptees USA | Facebook
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books by adoptees
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The Lived Experience of Colombian Adoptees-Abby Forero-Hilty
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All You Can Ever Know- Nicole Chung
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The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade - Ann Fessler
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Inconvenient Daughter-Lauren Sharkey
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You’ll Always Be White to Me: A Memoir- garon wade
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My Name Is Why - Lemn Sissay
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I Met Myself in October- Jacob Taylor-Mosquera
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What White Parents Should Know About Transracial Adoption: An Adoptee's Perspective on Its History, Nuances, and Practices- Melissa Guida-Richards
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Home Sweet Casa- Mariela Andersen
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20 Life-Transforming Choices Adoptees Need to Make- Sherrie Eldridge
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Outsiders Within: Writing on Transracial Adoption- Jane Jeong Trenka, Sun Yung Shin, Shannon Gibney
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Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew - Sherrie Eldridge
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podcasts
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The Adoptee Next Door with Angela Tucker
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Once Upon a Time in Adoptee Land
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Little Did You Know: Abolitionist Podcast
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