the adoptee experience:

where lived experience & clinical understanding collide

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how pre-adoption experiences impact post-adoption reality

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the power of language in shaping adoption stories

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making room for the real story, not just the highlight reel

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a new chapter of the same book

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disenfranchised grief in adoption

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when the past triggers the present

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when adoption feels like a gift you didn’t choose to open

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echos of the adoptee experience