Boston Post Adoption Resources

09/05/2025

Adoptees of all ages and adoptive parents -- it's time to sign up for Fall 2025 group therapy sessions! Take a look at our new groups: Social Skills for Pre-Teens & Teens, Expressive Therapy for Teens, and more.

https://bpar.org/group-therapy-2/

06/02/2025

We are starting a new Anti-Racism Parent Group for adoptive parents, 6 sessions that begin June 26. This learning and support group for parents who have adopted transracially will expand your racial literacy and enable to discuss issues as they relate to race, racism, anti-racism, and transracial adoption. Visit our Group Therapy page to learn more and sign up!

05/13/2025

Adult adoptees--Learn simple practices to feel grounded, safe, and present in your body in a supportive group setting. This Embodiment Skills group will explore a mixture of approaches including short meditations, breathwork, and somatic (body-based) techniques.

Sessions start June 10 and run through August 12 from 5:30-6:30 pm. Sign up now! See link in comments.

03/20/2025

Have you heard about our illustrated book for adoptive families? Though National Reading Month is wrapping up, if you're an adoptive parent, you can use Adoption Is a Lifelong Journey to open a dialogue with your child all year long. It's narrated by Charlie, an adoptee who shares what's on his mind through various phases as he grows up in his adoptive home.

Scan the QR code to learn more.

03/20/2025

Why is group therapy good for children? Children gain a feeling of acceptance, empathy, self-esteem, expression, and self-regulation. At BPAR, we are strong believers in the value of group therapy for adoptees during their developmental years. Here’s a blog explaining what kids can expect in group therapy.

(Link in comments.)

03/07/2025

An adoptee’s struggle with their own identity can create challenges.

Here's a blog discussing a tool called the Enneagram, a unique personality framework, which can help to ground an adoptee in the personality of who they are in the present, as well as give them insight into how their early life experiences may have contributed to their childhood wound.

BPAR clinician Madison Janke, LMHC, R-DMT, introduces the Enneagram and provides additional resources for adoptees and families who seek a common language, potentially resulting in better communication and advocacy skills.

Link in comments.

03/05/2025

Here is a little gift from "Adoptees in 3" to you. Despite our differences, we tend to share some common struggles. Listen with an open heart and find some hope and a little laughter as adult adoptees reflect on their expanding awareness, growth, and healing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1zeKQJkBS0

Adult adoptees reflect on expanding awareness, growth and healing in the "Adoptees in 3: Connecting Mind, Heart and Action" video discussions with Boston Pos...

02/27/2025

Adoptive parents in Massachusetts: BPAR has started a new Parenting through Disconnection group for adoptive parents of children of all ages, a space for adoptive parents to share with one another and receive support around the challenges of parenting through disconnection, as well as to learn tools for supporting healthy connection. We've also restarted our Parents of Teen Adoptees (ages 13-18) group.

Learn more and sign up for these virtual groups today! https://bpar.org/group-therapy/

02/18/2025

We are thrilled to share free videos from our November 2024 Voices Unheard: Real Adoptee Stories live event in Somerville. BPAR’s fifth Voices Unheard brought with it a diverse crowd of adoptees and loved ones who were there to connect, witness, and understand. The night truly illustrated the healing power of storytelling and empathy. We hope this video can be shared far and wide and used to help people understand various and authentic perspectives of the adoptee experiences.

https://bpar.org/voices-unheard-forum/

01/23/2025

Boston Post Adoption Resources (BPAR) is hiring a new, full-time licensed clinician. Our nonprofit agency was founded to support ALL of those who are touched by adoption.

Read about this wonderful opportunity at https://bpar.org/job-openings-at-bpar/

12/19/2024

In Episode 8 of our Adoptees in 3: Connecting Mind, Heart, and Action interview series, guest Aimee Seiff Christian, a writer, teacher, and Voices Unheard speaker talks about her family’s wish to keep her adoption a secret, becoming a workaholic and looking for praise from the outside, teaching her daughters to do things because they matter to them and not just to please Aimee as their mother, and gaining a sense of purpose once she heard her biological parents’ story.

https://bpar.org/adoptees-in-3-connecting-mind-heart-and-action-episode-8-aimee-seiff-christian/

12/12/2024

Dan knows why he gives. Help us empower those in the adoption constellation and donate today.

https://bpar.org/donate/