Books

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The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind written by Daniel J. Siegel M.D. and Tina Payne Ph.D.

Authors Sara Easterly (adoptee), Kelsey Vander Vliet Ranyard (birth parent), and Lori Holden (adoptive parent) hold interviews with dozens of people involved in adoption where they share their challenges from their perspective.

Discover the Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom, written by Rick Hanson PH.D.

A seminal work which revolutionizes the way we think about adoption, written by Nancy Newton Verrier, a psychotherapist and adoptive mother.

23 Amazing Health Benefits of Mindfulness for Body and Brain by Courtney Ackerman

Adoption Awareness Month: The Effect of Early Trauma on Adopted Adolescents by Angus Whyte

Anxiety? Depression? Is Your Gut Microbiome to Blame? ~ Viome

Ashley Mills is a Licensed Professional Counselor, certified Synergetic Play Therapist and certified Professional Energy Healer. She specializes in inter-generational family trauma, in-utero/birth trauma and early life medical trauma. With an emphasis on attunement, emotional regulation and re-patterining the nervous system, Ashley collaborates  with parents, couples, children and whole families alike, to increase  awareness and co-create accessible tools to provide increased support  and balance individually and to the whole family system.

Tristam is a multi-faceted resource with a Neurofeedback Certification  from the Biofeedback Certification International Alliance (BCIA), and  certified experience in PACT Therapy (Psychobiological Approach to  Couples Counseling), qEEG Brain Mapping, Neurofeedback, and  Neurostimulation. His business, Openmind Neurofeedback is located in Boulder, CO.

Jacqueline Richards-Shrestha has 15+ years of experience, training, and  education. She specializes in working with women experiencing self-doubt, anxiety, and relationship issues. She strives to empower clients by using multiple evidence-based practices in her therapy while focusing on nurturing each client’s unique potential and highlighting their innate abilities. She specializes in mindfulness-based therapies, gestalt practices, and somatic/body-centered techniques. Find out more about her and her business via her website here.

Halley  Burkhardt provides private and personalized nutrition consultation. Halley believes that nutrition is fundamental to our health and enjoys  working with individuals to create healthy and sustainable nutrition habits to improve the quality of life.

Working alongside Dr. Burkhardt at Boulder F.I.T. Performance, her services are located in Boulder, CO.

Dr. Burkhardt is Board-Certified in Sports Chiropractic, Physiotherapy,  and Functional Neurology, a Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner,  and a triple-certified NSCA Strength and Conditioning Coach. Dr.  Burkhardt specializes in brain health, injury rehabilitation, and  concussion management; with post-graduate education training in clinical  neuroscience, concussion management, neurochemistry & nutrition,  strength & conditioning, functional medicine, and neurological  rehabilitation. His business, Boulder F.I.T. Performance, is located in Boulder, CO.

Dr. Missy Albrecht is a multi-faceted resource as a Certified Physical  Therapist, Certified Visceral Manipulation Therapist, Certified  BirthFIT, Certified RockTape/Rock Doc/Rock Blades Functional Movement,  Certified NSCA Strength & Conditioning Coach, Certified Graston  Tools specializing in Functional Visceral Mobility, Yoga and Visceral  Mobilization, and CrossFit Level 1 Coaching. Her business, Stay Invincible, is located in Boulder, CO.

Heritage Camps for Adoptive Families continues to be a leading  post-adoption resource and advocate, accessible to all adoptees and  adoptive families, growing and adapting as adoption changes worldwide.  Their mission is “to provide a post-adoption resource dedicated to  promoting healthy adoption, racial, and ethnic identities in  transracial, transnational, and domestic adoptees by creating an  intrinsic sense of belonging through our programming and community.”

Created by Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker, the National Adoptee-Therapist Directory provides an easy to use search based on the specific needs of adoptee and adoption therapy needs, while remaining private and comfortable for the user. The directory includes licensed U.S. mental  health professionals available in your state.

Beth Syverson, founder of Unraveling Adoption is an adoptive parent, certified adoption coach, pod aster, and adoptee  advocate who provides coaching, support and community events for adoptive families by creating an intentional space to delve into  adoption’s complexities together.