Janet Nordine, MS, LMFT is back and talking with us about when relinquishment and adoption is not our only trauma. Janet teaches us about how plastic our brains are, we talk about the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) questionnaire and we even discuss Play Therapy! Janet will leave you feeling hopeful even while discussing challenging topics.

Show Notes

Full episode transcript available here

Recommended Resources

Janet has graciously sent along a ton of different resources to dive deeper into this topic:

Find your ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) and your Resilience scores
Poll from NAAM 2018 - has responses regarding trauma https://adopteesconnect.com/2018/12/12/naam18-november-poll-results-powered-by-adoptees-connect/
Brain Development - KNOWLEDGE IS POWER - understanding how our brain works, helps normalize our responses
- The Developing Mind - Dr. Dan Siegel
- The Whole Brain Child - Dr. Dan Siegel
- The Polyvagal Theory - Dr. Stephen Porges
Healing Your Brain and Resiliency
- Childhood Disrupted -Donna Jackson Nakazawa (How your biography becomes your biology and how you can heal)
- Nurturing Resilience - An Integrative Somatic Approach - Kathy Kain and Stephen Terrell
Parenting - Which can help us understand our own developmental trauma
- The Connected Child - Karyn Purvis and David Cross
Information on parenting and recovery for adopted children - Trust Based Relational Intervention - TBRI - https://child.tcu.edu/about-us/tbri/
Blog - Kate Murphy - adoption competent therapist in Atlanta Area https://katemurphytherapy.com/ - specifically - Identity Trauma / Identity fraud https://katemurphytherapy.com/2019/01/feeling-like-a-fraud-an-imposter-is-stealing-your-power/