USA

Here we provide a list of intercountry and transracial adoptee led formal post adoption services located in the USA:

Search Reunion Services

325Kamra (DNA testing kits provided to all Korean intercountry adoptees)

CCI Birth Family Search (Chinese adoptee peer support in searching)

Colombian Birth Family Searching

The Eftychia Project (Greek adoptee searching support)

Healing Puentes (based in Colombia, USA Colombian adoptee provides a search/reunion service for Colombian adoptees and families)

Operation Reunite (Vietnamese adoptees internationally searching for their Vietnamese families using DNA)

The following are Adoptive Parent led organisations that facilitate search and reunion:

Catalyst Foundation (return to country and searching service for Vietnamese adoptees)

Ethiopian Adoption Connection (EAC) (searching service for Ethiopian adoptees)

International Adoption Birth Family Search (searching service for Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Georgia, Armenia, and other countries of the former Soviet Union)

International Child Search Alliance (searching service for Chinese adoptees)

Research China (searching service for Chinese adoptees)

Counselling Therapy Services

Adoptee Therapists (a comprehensive list for counselling)

Adoption Mosaic / Astrid Consulting (counselling, peer support, education)

Adoption Wellness (counselling, based in Wisconsin)

Beyond Words Counselling & Consulting (counselling, based in California)

Copihue Counselling (based in Arizona, TX)

Forbes Psychotherapy Practice (based in New Haven, CT)

Hiking the Heart Counselling Services (based in Wisconsin, Florida & Hawaii)

Jade Shapiro (based in Maryland)

Marcella Moslow (trauma and play therapy, based in NY)

Meg Eifrig Grief Therapy (based in Illinois)

Meggin Nam Holtz (counselling based in NY)

Mindful Forgiveness (based in Hawaii, provides free Mindfulness Training over zoom)

MCSCounsel (counselling, based in Texas)

Nooma Consulting (peer mentoring for adoptees & adoptive parent consulting)

Therapy Redeemed (counselling, free initial consultation for adoptees and adoptive families)

Unconditionally Adopted (therapy & mentoring for adolescent and young adult adoptees, specialises in sexual abuse counselling)

Yoffe Therapy (therapy for child, adult, parent)

Adoptee led organisations that provide financial assistance with a mental health provider: The Adoptee Group and IAMAdoptee

Therapists who are adoptees, featured at AdopteesOn (podcast run by Hayley Radke in Canada – domestic adoptee)

Other professional C.A.S.E adoption competent therapists (not adoptee led)

Other Post Adoption Services led by Adoptees

AdopteeHub (variety of post adoption services, based in Minnesota)

Adopted, Chosen, Loved (A Chinese adoptee mentorship space)

AdopteeBridge (variety of post adoption services, based in Minnesota)

Amara (post adoption program, based in Seattle, WA)

Celia Center (adoption, foster care support for all in the constellation, based in LA)

Spence-Chapin (teen mentor program with adult adoptee, based in NY)

The Inclusion Initiative (for foster alumni and transracial adoptees looking for career and professional development support and network)

Legal Services

A domestic USA adoptee and lawyer who specialises in helping intercountry adoptees with cases of citizenship, deportation, accessing paperwork, adoption discharge, see Adoptee Rights Law Centre and Adoptees United run by Gregory Luce

Informal Peer Support

For a list of intercountry adoptee led informal peer supports click here.

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