RESOURCES FOR ADOPTEES

Books/TV Shows/Movies
The Adoptee Survival Guide: Adoptees Share their Wisdom and Tools by Lynn Grubb

The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child by Nancy Verrier

Worthy to be Found by Deanna Doss Shrodes

Adoption Healing by Joe Soll

Philomena movie https://en.wikipedia….

Long-Lost Family, a new TV show on TLC http://www.tlc.com/tv…

Therapeutic
Seek counseling with a therapist with experience and expertise in adoptees, trauma, or both

Join a meetup or support group for adult adoptees
Join facebook or other internet groups for adoptees

Make friends with other adoptees and talk about adoptee thoughts/feelings/issues

Other Action Steps:
Express yourself and your story (in writing, scrapbooking, art, dance, film, web, you name it!)

Consider if you are interested in search and reunion, and if so, begin your search. Possible steps:
• Hire a private investigator
• Do DNA testing on sites that match you with relatives, like Ancestry.com or 23andme.com
• See if your state of adoption has a reunion registry
• See if your adoption agency has any information they can share, whether it be non-identifying or identifying!