Resources for adoptees and those supporting adoptees
Books
Adopted and Seen: Your Personal Guide and Journal - Lara Leon
Blue Plastic Cow - Barbara Attwood
Twice Born: Memoirs of An Adopted Daughter - Betty Jean Lifton
The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child - Nancy Verrier
Recovery of Your Inner Child - Lucia Cappachione
You Don't Look Adopted - Anne Heffron
Support
Gilli Bruce - adoptee, adoption researcher, integrative counsellor - gillianbruce69@gmail.com
Alison Knight - adoption-competent and an adoptee: www.alisonknightcounselling.co.uk
David Benjamin, adoptee and therapist and EMDR practitioner: www.davidbenjamintherapy.com
Diane Pedder adoptee and qualified counsellor, registered with BACP. dipeddercounselling@icloud.com
Nicky Harris: adoptee and integrative counsellor with a master's degree and a level 7 practising certificate in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy; Remote and in person sessions. Website: Nickyharriscounselling.com Email: Nhcounselling@outlook.com
Emma Groves: Adoptee in East Berkshire. I am a qualified Integrative Counselling Therapist (BACP registered) and I am passionate about supporting fellow adult adoptees. Please contact me to book a free, 15 min chat at Emma@evolve-well.co.uk or visit www.evolve-well.co.uk
Sara Shalloe: Adoptee offering heart-centred coaching for body, mind and spirit using a blend of several modalities and working with a person as a whole. Online and in-person based in Gloucestershire. Contact details: stshalloe@yahoo.co.uk
Freddie Louise Bicker - Adoptee, BSc (Hons) Humanistic-Integrative counsellor, BSc (Hons), MBACP. Online and phone counselling. freddielouisebicker22@outlook.com
PAC-UK https://www.pac-uk.org/ - Email advice@pac-uk.org
Websites / Blogs / YouTube Channels
How to be Adopted (website and blog)
PAC-UK (website)
Lara Leon (YouTube channel)
This Adoptee Life (website)