Resources

Podcasts

Browne, Louise and Reinhardt, Sarah (Hosts) Adoption, The Making of Me [Audio podcast]. https://adoptionthemakingofme.buzzsprout.com/

Davis, Damon L. (Host) Who Am I Really [Audio podcast]. https://www.whoamireallypodcast.com

Dinwoodie, April (Host). Born in June Raised in April [Audio podcast]. https://aprildinwoodie.com/the-podcast

Ghoston, Jennifer Dyan (Host) Once Upon a Time in Adoption Land [Audio podcast]. https://www.jenniferdyanghoston.com/once-upon-a-time-in-adopteeland-1

Holden, Lori (Host) Adoption: The Long View [Audio podcast] https://www.adopting.com/adoption-podcasts/adoption-the-long-view

Marble, Heidi (Host) Pulled by the Root [Audio podcast]. https://www.pulledbytheroot.com/podcast

McDonald, Mike (Host) The Rambler [Audio podcast]. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-rambler/id1073467214

Radke, Haley (Host). Adoptees On [Audio podcast]. https://www.adopteeson.com

Shapiro, Dani (Host) Family Secrets [Audio podcast]. https://danishapiro.com/family-secrets/

Stanley, Ande (Host) The Adoption Files [Audio podcast]. https://theadoptionfilescom.wordpress.com

Online Groups and Websites

Adoptee Voices: Supporting Adoptee Storytelling. https://adoptee-voices.com

Adoptees and Addiction. https://www.adopteesandaddiction.com

Castro, A. Adoption Mosaic. https://adoptionmosaic.com (Resources for adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive parents).

McClintock, Reshma. Dear Adoption: giving voice to those most affected by adoption: adoptees. https://dearadoption.com

Grubb, Lynn. Lynn Grubb: A blog about the adoption experience. https://noapologiesforbeingme.blogspot.com

Joy, Lora K. My Adoptee Truth. https://www.myadopteetruth.com (Adoptee blog).

National Association of Adoptees and Parents. https://naapunited.org. (Conferences and resources).

Weatherford, Kirsten. No More Misfit. http://nomoremisfit.com (Adult Adoptee Blog).

Nordine, Janet. MS, LMFT, RPT-S. Experience Courage. https://www.experiencecourage.com (Therapist Adoptee Blog).

Pittman, L. Adoption My Truth: A Fill-in-the-Blanks Life. 50 years in the making. https://adoptionmytruth.com (Adoptee Blog).

The Invisible Threads. https://theinvisiblethreads.com/ (LGBTQ Adoptee Blog).

Documentaries

Hertzel, Michael and McClintock, Reshma. (Producers) & Alexander, Jeffrey and Vance, Sherie. (Directors). (2019). Calcutta is My Mother [Video file]. http://calcuttafilm.com

Sansom, Rebecca Autumn and Hawkins, Jill., PhD., (Producers) (2022) Reckoning With The Primal Wound [Video file]. https://reckoningwiththeprimalwound.com

Sunderland, Paul. (Lecturer) & LifeWorks: Dedicated to Recovery (Producer). (2011). Adoption and Addiction: Remembered Not Recalled. https://youtube/3e0-SsmOUJI.

Books

No Author. (2021) The Loving Parent Guidebook: The Solution is to Become Your Own Loving Parent. Adult Children of Alcoholics, Dysfunctional Families, World Service Organization, Inc.

Barhydt, K. (2020) Dear Stephen Michaels’s Mother: A Memoir.

Breaux, V. and /Kilgore, S. (2020). Rooted in Adoption: A Collection of Adoptee Reflections. Book Baby.

Carroll, R. (2021) Surviving the White Gaze: A Memoir. Simon & Schuster.

Coles, G. (2006). Ever After: Fathers and the Impact of Adoption. Clova Publications.

Cordano, P. (2020) 10 Foundations For A Meaningful Life (No Matter What’s Happened). Balboa.Press.

Dana, D. (2021). Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory. Sounds True.

Easterly, S. (2019). Searching for Mom: A Memoir. Heart Voices.

Frankl, V. E. (2006). Man’s Search for Meaning. Beacon Press.

Galbraith, M.C. (2021). The Guild of the Infant Saviour: An Adopted Child’s Memory Book. Mad Creek Books.

Glaser, G. (2021). American Baby: A Mother, a Child, and the Shadow History of Adoption. Viking.

Grubb, L. (2015). The Adoptee Survival Guide : Adoptees Share Their Wisdom and Tools.

Hansen, R. (2013). Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence. Harmony.

Heffron, A. (2016). You Don’t Look Adopted.

Heller, L. and LaPierre, A., (2021). Healing Developmental Trauma: How Early Trauma Affects Self-Regulation, Self-Image, and the Capacity for Relationship. North Atlantic Books.

Jakiela, L. (2015). Belief Is Its Own Kind of Truth, Maybe. Atticus Books.

Joy, L. K. (2021). Goodbye Hypervigilance: Healing Adoptee Worry. My Adoptee Truth.

Joy, L. K. and Foote, L. (2021). NoBODY Looks Like Me: An Adoptee Experience. My Adoptee Truth.

Joyce, K. (2013). The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking, and the New Gospel of Adoption. PublicAffairs.

Levine, P.A. (1997). Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma. North Atlantic Books.

Levine, P.A. (2015) Trauma and Memory: Brain and Body in a Search for the Living Past: A Practical Guide for Understanding and Working with Traumatic Memory. North Atlantic Books.

Lifton, B.J. (1995). Journey of the Adopted Self: A Quest for Wholeness. Basic Books.

Lockington, M. J. (2019). For Black Girls Like Me. Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR).

Lorde, A. (2000). The Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power. Kore Press.

Mate, G. (2010). In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction. North Atlantic Books.

Mate, G. (2019). Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder. Random House UK.

McDaniel, K. (2021). Mother Hunger: How Adult Daughters Can Understand and Heal from Lost Nurturance, Protection, and Guidance. Hay House Inc.

Monnig, R. (2021). The Keys Book: An Illustrated Story for the Adult Adoptee and the People who Need to Understand Them. BookBaby.

Pavao, Joyce M. (2005). The Family of Adoption. Beacon Press.

Perry, B. and Winfrey, O. (2021). What Happened to You : Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing. Flatiron Books.

Poole Heller, D. (2019). The Power of Attachment: How to Create Deep and Lasting Intimate Relationships. Sounds True.

Richardson, J. (2022). Dear Me .... Letters to Our Younger Adoptee Selves.

Richardson, J. (2021). Life In-Between: A Story of Adoption, Recovery and Connection.

Rogers, F. and Flowers, L. (illustrator) (2020). It’s You I Like: A Mr. Rogers Poetry Book. Quirk Publishing.

Roszia, S.K. and Davis Maxon, A. (2019). Seven Core Issues in Adoption and Permanency: A Comprehensive Guide to Promoting Understanding and Healing In Adoption, Foster Care, Kinship Families and Third Party Reproduction. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Strauss, Jean A.S. (2001) Beneath a Tall Tree. Arete - USA Pub Co.

Trinder, E., Feast, J. and Howe, D. (2005). The Adoption Reunion Handbook. Wiley.

Turner, T. (2017). Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home. Her Own Room Press.

Van Der Kolk, B. (2015). The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma. Penguin Publishing Group.

Walker, P. (2013). Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving: A Guide and Map for Recovering from Childhood Trauma. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.

Webster, B. (2021). Discovering the Inner Mother: A Guide to Healing the Mother Wound and Claiming Your Personal Power. William Morrow.

Verrier, N. (2003). Coming Home to Self: The Adopted Child Grows Up. Verrier Publishing.

Verrier, N. (1993). The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child. Gateway Press.

Webb, J. and Musello, C. (2012). Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect. Morgan James Publishing.

Weatherford, K. (2021). Finding My Way Home.