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Navigating Your Child’s Anger: A Guide for White Parents of Mexican Adoptees Facing Political Trauma By Jeanette Yoffe M.F.T.
A Guide for White Parents of Mexican 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.
1 day ago4 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.
5 days ago2 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


6 Tips for Helping Your Foster Child Transition Into Your Home and Family By Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T.
Tips for Transitioning a foster child into your home and family is a delicate process that requires patience, empathy, and understanding.

Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T.
Sep 5, 20242 min read


Building Trust in Foster Families with Jeanette Yoffe M.F.T.
Building trust in a foster family can be challenging but is essential for creating a stable and supportive environment for foster children.

Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T.
Sep 5, 20243 min read


Coping with Grief Through the Creative Arts with Jeanette Yoffe
Coping with Grief through the creative arts is a powerful tool is engaging in creative arts as a means to navigate the challenging journey.

Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T.
Jul 11, 20244 min read


How to Make an Adoptee Timeline? By Jeanette Yoffe M.F.T.
Creating a timeline can be an empowering way for adult adoptees to understand and reflect on their life experiences. Here are the steps.

Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T.
Jun 7, 20242 min read


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.

Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T.
Apr 25, 20236 min read


Helping Children Process Scary and Terrifying Events by Jeanette Yoffe M.F.T.
Just because your child is not talking about a scary event, does not mean they are not actively thinking about it!

Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T.
May 26, 20227 min read


How to Explain Child Welfare (Foster Care) to a Child by Jeanette Yoffe M.F.T.
How to explain foster care to a child with Jeanette Yoffe, Foster Care Expert in Los Angeles

Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T.
May 2, 20222 min read


How to Explain Adoption to a Child by Jeanette Yoffe M.F.T.
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...."

Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T.
Feb 7, 20222 min read


12 Ways to Support Teens by Jeanette Yoffe M.F.T.
Understand there are 4 developmental tasks of adolescents explained by Jeanette Yoffe

Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T.
Jan 15, 20224 min read


How To Support Children Who are Hard on Themselves: The Shamewich Technique by Jeanette Yoffe M.F.T
Jeanette Yoffe explains excessive shame prevents the development of guilt and also prevents children from accepting responsibility. Learn...

Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T.
Oct 28, 20214 min read


How To Find The Right Therapist by Jeanette Yoffe M.F.T.
Jeanette Yoffe says the best predictor of therapy having a good outcome, is the quality of “relationship” between the therapist and client.

Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T.
Oct 19, 20213 min read


Ways Foster and Adoptive Parents Can Keep Identity Intact by Jeanette Yoffe M.F.T.
Watch a training developed by Jeanette about Transracial Adoption and Understanding the impact of identity.

Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T.
Aug 9, 20212 min read


What Simone Biles and Naomi Osaka Did Is So Important by Jeanette Yoffe M.F.T. Psychotherapist
In order to achieve one’s full potential, we need to have our basic psychological and emotional needs met. Or else that dream...

Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T.
Aug 1, 20212 min read


Recommended Therapy for Children in Foster Care and Adoption by Jeanette Yoffe M.F.T.
Recommended Therapy for Children in Foster Care and Adoption by Jeanette Yoffe M.F.T.

Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T.
Jul 9, 20212 min read


10 Recommended Therapies for Adult Adoptees by Jeanette Yoffe M.F.T.
It isn't until a person who was adopted, an adoptee, grows into adulthood, they begin to realize the impact adoption has had on their life.

Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T.
Jun 13, 20216 min read


How to P-A-C-E Yourself In The World Right Now By Jeanette Yoffe M.F.T.
How to Pace yourself when life is overwhelming. Follow Jeanette Yoffe's Tips based in attachment theory.

Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T.
May 18, 20212 min read


Roadmap to Reunion: A Framework for a Successful Adoption Reunion
It is natural for people to want to connect with a newfound family member, especially an adoptee who feels a void in their personal history

Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T.
Feb 18, 20215 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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