Genetic Mirroring - Why Is it Important in Adoption?
Why is Genetic Mirroring Important in Adoption? Because it provides a basis of familiarity with your cultural, ethnic, and racial roots.
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Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T.
- May 26, 2022
- 5 min
Helping Children Process Scary Events by Jeanette Yoffe M.F.T.
What mitigates trauma for a child, is having a kind, gentle, nurturing parent who is able to listen and join with their child’s experience.
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Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T.
- May 2, 2022
- 2 min
How to Explain Child Welfare (Foster Care) to a Child by Jeanette Yoffe M.F.T.
In 2021 I created an animation to help children understand What is Foster Care, by explaining what happens behind the scenes in a court...
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Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T.
- Mar 16, 2022
- 3 min
How to Talk With Children About Ukraine For Ages 6 and Up by Jeanette Yoffe M.F.T.
How to Talk With Children About Ukraine For Ages 6 and Up by Jeanette Yoffe M.F.T. “During times of stress and crisis, children will observe
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Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T.
- Feb 7, 2022
- 1 min
How to Explain Adoption to a Child by Jeanette Yoffe M.F.T.
"Sometimes families just can't live together and a plan for adoption is made...." is the beginning of the children's book I made for...
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Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T.
- Jan 15, 2022
- 4 min
12 Ways to Support Teens by Jeanette Yoffe M.F.T.
Teens are individuating and separating from their parents, in order to transition into the world as a young adult, AS WELL AS regressing and
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Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T.
- Oct 28, 2021
- 4 min
How To Support Children Who are Hard on Themselves: The Shamewich Technique by Jeanette Yoffe M.F.T
4 FACTS ABOUT SHAME A PARENT IS WISE TO UNDERSTAND: #1. Children who have experienced trauma believe it was their fault. As cited from...
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Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T.
- Oct 19, 2021
- 3 min
How To Find The Right Therapist by Jeanette Yoffe M.F.T.
The best predictor of therapy having a good outcome, is the quality of “relationship” between the therapist and client. Healing happens...
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Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T.
- Aug 9, 2021
- 2 min
Ways Foster and Adoptive Parents Can Keep Identity Intact by Jeanette Yoffe M.F.T.
The goal is to help the child stay connected to his/her roots, by bathing the child in a variety of culturally rich experiences which...
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Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T.
- Aug 1, 2021
- 2 min
What Simone Biles and Naomi Osaka Did Is So Important by Jeanette Yoffe M.F.T. Psychotherapist
We are all human, despite our strengths and weaknesses, and we all have needs. We can want anything, in the pursuit of dreams, and for some
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Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T.
- Jul 9, 2021
- 2 min
Recommended Therapy for Children in Foster Care and Adoption by Jeanette Yoffe M.F.T.
Types of Evidence-Based Treatment for Trauma 0-5y Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) is a treatment for conduct-disordered young...
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Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T.
- Jun 13, 2021
- 6 min
10 Recommended Therapies for Adult Adoptees by Jeanette Yoffe M.F.T.
The number of challenges and vulnerabilities they face every day can be daunting to keep hidden inside. These "invisible wounds" that societ
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Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T.
- May 18, 2021
- 2 min
How to P-A-C-E Yourself In The World Right Now By Jeanette Yoffe M.F.T.
We get sweaty palms, our breathing becomes fast, our hearts pound, and we feel out of control! This is stress, anxiety! The world is...
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Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T.
- Feb 18, 2021
- 5 min
Roadmap to Reunion: A Framework for a Successful Adoption Reunion
Disclaimer: This article provides a framework for setting boundaries in an adoptee and first birth parent reunion. Both parties work...
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Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T.
- Mar 17, 2020
- 3 min
Questions and Answers BOX Intervention for Fostered and Adopted Children by Jeanette Yoffe M.F.T.
Therapeutic Intervention for children to ask questions about the loss of their parents due to foster care, adoption or traumatic grief.
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Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T.
- Mar 16, 2020
- 3 min
REFRAMING COVID19: Coping On With Vigilance, Insight & Direction 19 Ways by Jeanette Yoffe M.F.T.
While regaining focus and control may feel like an uphill battle for all of us at this time, overcoming overwhelm is possible when you step
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Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T.
- Jan 5, 2020
- 10 min
Understanding the Transition from Foster Care to Adoption: A Personal and Professional Perspective
Understanding the Transition from Foster Care to Adoption: A Personal and Professional Perspective
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Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T.
- Nov 23, 2019
- 4 min
Why Some Adoptees Are Not Ready for Reunion By Jeanette Yoffe M.F.T.
This article originally was posted in PsychBytes on November 23, 2019. As an adoptions psychotherapist and an adoptee, I want to help...
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Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T.
- Sep 19, 2019
- 6 min
Attachment Parenting: Building Safety & Trust With Foster & Adopted Children/Teens by Jeanette Yoffe
Attachment parenting techniques for building emotional safety and trust with foster and adopted children and teens with Jeanete Yoffe.
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Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T.
- Sep 5, 2019
- 5 min
Understanding a Foster/Adoptee’s Challenges Paves the Way to Parenting by Jeanette Yoffe M.F.T.
Assumptions a parent must make when parenting a child with attachment challenges.
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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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