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The Inner Courtroom Intervention: Trauma Healing Support by Jeanette Yoffe M.F.T.
The Inner Courtroom Intervention: A Practice for Trauma Survivors by Jeanette Yoffe M.F.T. Purpose: To externalize internalized shame, betrayal, and unresolved anger by symbolically placing a perpetrator, nemesis, rejector, or critic on trial. This allows the client to express truths, challenge harmful narratives, and restore justice within their own psyche. Who Can Be Put on Trial? A perpetrator of abuse or harm, a parent who abandoned or neglected, person who rejected, si
Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T.
Aug 53 min read
Navigating Your Child’s Anger: A Guide for White Parents of Latino Adoptees Witnessing Political Trauma By Jeanette Yoffe M.F.T.
A Guide for White Parents of Latino Adoptees Facing Political Trauma. Even if your child isn’t directly affected, the trauma of hearing about kids in cages or deported parents can reawaken their own fears of abandonment and loss. Many transracial adoptees grow up feeling like they don’t quite belong at home, at school, or in their community. When injustices happen to “people who look like me,” they feel it personally. Racial Identity Trauma is real.
Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T.
Jun 304 min read


Ghost Kingdom: Exploring the Imagined Life of Adopted Children By Jeanette Yoffe, MFT
Every adopted child carries invisible threads of curiosity—questions about where they came from, who their birth family might be, and what life could have looked like in a different world. This inner world is what psychologist Betty Jean Lifton called the “Ghost Kingdom”...an imagined space where children fill in the blanks of their story.
Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T.
Jun 262 min read


6 Therapeutic Wildfire Interventions to Support the Mental Health of Children with Jeanette Yoffe M.F.T.
Discover wildfire mental health support for children with Jeanette Yoffe M.F.T. Explore 6 interventions to foster resilience and stability.
Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T.
Jan 183 min read
Jeanette writes about many topics related to mental health, growing up in foster care and adoption, foster and adoptive parenting, and best practices in mental health for children, teens, adults, and their families.
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