In this workshop, Katie Naftzger will discuss how to help your adopted teen feel empowered and optimistic about the future and strengthen your relationships along the way. Katie will take you through the four essential tasks – “unrescuing,” setting adoption-sensitive limits, having connecting conversations, and envisioning the future. She will also include mental health and answer that burning question, “Is this adoption or teen hood?”

WHO: Open to Public
WHEN: Saturday, January 20, 2018, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
WHERE: Manhattan location to be announced
COST: $20 per parent / couple, and FREE for Also-Known-As Members (use code MEMBER on check out; note that all families in our mentorship program are Members and therefore qualify for free).  Purchase tickets on the AKA website.
INFO: Send any questions to Michael Mullen 

Katie’s recent book Parenting in the Eye of the Storm: The Adoptive Parent’s Guide to Navigating the Teen Years will be available for purchase and autographing at the event.

KATIE NAFTZGER, LICSW, Korean, adopted psychotherapist, works with adoptive parents and adoptees through the life cycle. She maintains a private practice in Newton, MA and speaks nationally about adoption, race, and parenting. She leads online and local groups for adoptive parents. She is the author of Parenting in the Eye of the Storm: The Adoptive Parent’s Guide to Navigating the Teen Years. You can also see her work in Adoptive Families magazine, Adoption Today. She is on the advisory council for the Korean-American Adoptee Network Conference. Katie has also been interviewed on several podcasts, including The Rambler, AdopteesOn and Creating a Family. Learn more and join her mailing list at www.adoptiontherapyma.com.