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Here you can find various contributions to and from the media.

Jeanette Yoffe is frequently requested to speak in the media on many different topics related to Adoption and Foster Care. She speaks, as a former foster youth and adoptee expert, community leader, as well as educating and advocating to foster change in the child welfare system today.

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Contact info:
310-351-8113 | Or email info@yoffetherapy.com

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Watch On T.V.

Check out Jeanette Yoffe on the TV show Raising Whitley on the Oprah Winfrey Network

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Listen To Podcast

Listen to Jeanette Yoffe on the Podcast "Adoptees On"

Talk about complex trauma.

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Awards

In 2023, Awarded the Certificate of Recognition from the California Legislature Assembly for her lifelong advocacy for serving foster youth, her fearlessness in sharing her experience, and her shifting the conversation.
In 2006, Jeanette was honored with a ‘Foster Care Hero Award from the County of Los Angeles for her work with children in Los Angeles County working as a foster care social worker with Southern California Foster Family and Adoption Agency.

Animations

What is Family Court? For Kids! November 2024. Jeanette-ically Speaking Youtube Channel.
What is Foster Care? For Kids! August 2021. Jeanette-ically Speaking Youtube Channel.
What is Adoption? For Kids! November 2020. Jeanette-ically Speaking Youtube Channel.

AudioBooks

Archaeology of You: Grief Journey to the Primal Wound. Yoffe Therapy Publishing. April 5, 2023.
What's Your Name, Who's Your Daddy? A-One Woman Show About Growing Up in Foster Care and Adoption Audible. November 2019.

Publications

The Therapist Magazine. Adoption Competency: How to Distinguish Normal Developmental Challenges from Adoption and Trauma-Related Behaviors. November/December 2025.
The Therapist Magazine. Understanding the Transition from Foster Care and Adoption From Both Personal and Professional Perspectives. November/December 2019.
Fostering Families Today Magazine. Attachment and Trust Techniques that Truly, Madly, Deeply Meet the Needs of Your Foster and/or Adopted Child, Tween and Teen. October 2019
Lifelines Magazine Bethany. Reframing the Story. Spring of 2018.
Post Institute Inner Circle Magazine. 10 Tips for Keeping Your Cool as a Parent. Winter 2012.
Post Institute Inner Circle Magazine. Hold Onto My Feelings: Attachment Intervention. Summer 2014.

North American Council on Adoptable Children. Adoptalk Speak Out Corner. Chosen Child. Winter 1999.

Television

NTD News. Teachers Say Children are Lacking Motivation. March 2022.
Lifestyles Magazine. Orphans, Foster Children and Adoption Segment. March 2021.
Spectrum News Los Angeles. How Families Can Manage Stress During the Pandemic. March 2020.
Fox 5 Las Vegas News. How to Help Children With Stress. June 2020.
ABC 10 News Sacramento. Stress Bags for Your Child. February 2020.
TLC Television Channel. Long Lost Family “Am I Who I Think I Am.” Season 1. April 3, 2016.
Raising Whitely, Docu-series on the OWN Network. Featured in the Webisode, “Kym Gets Support From Other Adoptive Parents.” Premiered December 2013.

Webinars

DMH + UCLA Prevention Center of Excellence. Attachment, Trauma, and Healing. November 2025.
PESI Education Seminars. Kids in Foster Care: Transformative tools to treat the trauma of abandonment, abuse, grief, and loss.
PESI Education Seminars. Adoption and Foster Care Strategies: The “Internal World of Kids to Build Connection and Engagement.
National Adoption Conference 2020. Open Adoption Open Foster Care.
Kidsave International. General Experiences with Adopted Children.
Kids in the House Online Parenting Resource. Featured Expert on Adoption.
Pennylane. Transracial Adoption Training.

Podcasts

Become a Calm Mama. Regulation Strategies for Kids. December 2025.
Game On Girlfriend. DIY Therapy Techniques For Healing. November 2025.
CASA Connection. Accidentally Placed in Foster Care. October 2025.
Adoptive Mom Life. Normal vs. Trauma Behavior: How To Tell the Difference. October 2025.
The Adoption & Foster Care Journey. Supporting the Adoption Constellation. October 2025.
Wards of the State. Jeanette shares her story. November 2025.
From Foster to Forever. Family Dynamics: The Unique Needs of Adoptive Children. February 2025.
Unearthing Adoption. Normalizing Positive Perspectives. September 2024.
Creating a Family. Attachment Informed Tools for Working with Kids. July 2025.
Bonus Babies. You Need to Go Into the Grief and Loss and Trauma to Heal. March 2025.
The Perfectly Blended Podcast. Meet Adoption Therapist Jeanette Yoffe. September 2023.
Parenting in the Trenches. Foster Care to Adoption Transitions, Siblings Support. November 2022.
Family Twist. We are Not Responsible for our Birth Parents Unavailability, Part I. November 2023.
Family Twist. We are Not Responsible for our Birth Parents Unavailability, Part II. November 2023.
Thriving Adoptees. The 7 Core Issues in Adoption. January 2022.
Dear Family. Adoption Psychotherapist: Jeanette Yoffe. April 2022.
Poetic Resurrection. Exploring Adoption: Jeanette Yoffe. January 2022.
The Story Attic. Parts to Perform: Jeanette's Story. November 2021.
Adoptees On. Support Groups. February 2018.
Adoptees On. Foster Care and Complex Trauma. February 2018.
Post Institute. How to Raise Resilient Children in Foster Care & Adoption. July 2018.
Overcoming Odds. How to Find Your Inner Strength. June 2018.

Radio

Talk Recovery Radio 100.5. Adoption and Addiction Recovery. August 26, 2022.
Word of Mom Radio. The Parents Corner Talking Foster Care and Adoption. December 2021.
Radio Health Journal. The Psychology of Adoption: Birth Mothers. August 2021.
Genesis Communications Radio. Bright Side Radio Show. The Trauma of Displaced Children. October 21, 2020.
MHNR Network. Mental Health Radio Network. Foster Care and Mental Health. Featured Guest.
WESU/Wesleyan Radio, 88.1 FM. Transracial Adoption Expert Interview. Interviewed and discussed the psychological, emotional, and systematic issues in the current Foster Care System. December 1, 2015.
KISS FM. Interview w/DJ Boy Toy Jesse on Kiss FM Radio Show. Fostering Imagination- Talking with Foster Youth. February 11, 2011.
The New Projects Radio, 830AM. Foster Care Awareness Month Radio Show. Interviewed and discussed the psychological, emotional and systematic issues in the current Foster Care System. May 23rd, 2010.

Press

Imprint News. Is The World Really Safe? A Former Foster Youth Turned Therapist. January 2025.
The Argonaut Newsweekly. A Healing Experience: Festival brings together adoptees, foster children. Nov 2024.
CanvasRebel Digital Stories. How I Found Meaning and Purpose. February 29, 2024.
Bold Journey Magazine. Meet Jeanette Yoffe: How did you develop your work ethic? November 2023.
Good Times. Reunification Fail. Santa Cruz kids escape mother’s custody after reunification. June 20, 2023.
Newsweek. Adoptive Parent Slammed for "Selfishly" Keeping Child from Biological Mom. October 26, 2022.
Cronkite News Arizona PBS. Child Welfare Systems Face New Challenges During Pandemic. August 2021.
The Argonaut Newsweekly. A Constellation of Creativity. Celia Center Arts Festival interview. April 10, 2019.
LA Voyage Magazine. Meet Jeanette Yoffe of Celia Center. January 15, 2018.
The Los Angeles Times. Internet Lifts Shroud of Secrecy in Adoption. December 11, 2013.
Backstage Magazine. Creativity and Depression. Lost Vouchers. March 17, 2010
St. Mary’s College Magazine, in*tense. “What’s Your Name, Who’s Your Daddy?” A theatrical play about one child’s journey through foster care and adoption. Published in 2001.
The Jewish Journal. Are You My Mother? The odyssey of one adoptee serves as a healing lesson for others. Interviewed by Naomi Pfefferman. Published July 30, 1999.