Adoption Network Cleveland invites all adult adoptees to attend this all-day retreat.

Adoptee Journeys Retreat

• Sign In: 9:30 am (Coffee and Pastries)
• Retreat: 10:00 am – 5:30 pm (Lunch Included)

 

$50 for Adoption Network Cleveland members / $60 for non-members

Register: bit.ly/journeysretreat17  Register early as space is limited!

If you’d like to register at the member price and get other great benefits all year round, you can sign up to be a member at bit.ly/ancJOINUS.

Information sheet: http://bit.ly/journeysretreat17

For questions or more information about the Adoptee Journeys Retreat, please contact Traci Onders at traci.onders@adoptionnetwork.org or (216) 482-2323.

We invite adult adoptees to join us for the day to explore these important topics with leading professionals in the field.

Workshop: Navigating Relationships, presented by Dr. Tom Rogat

Being separated from biological parents / family by adoption can have a profound affect on what adoptees believe about themselves and others. We will explore how these beliefs can impact important relationships by identifying some common, and often hidden, interpersonal patterns that may emerge across adoptees’ lives. The workshop will also address strategies for creating more meaningful and gratifying relationships.

Workshop: Grief & Loss, presented by Dr. Zoë Breen Wood

“Aren’t you lucky?! … that you were adopted?” This kind of message ignores the truth that the way to all adoption is through loss. For many adopted persons, this loss and associated grief is neither recognized nor addressed. In this session, we will talk about some of the typical losses that occur through adoption, how those losses may be experienced, and explore strategies for healthy grieving. 

About the Presenters

Dr. Tom Rogat: Tom provides short-term and long-term psychotherapy to adults, children, and adolescents in Beachwood, Ohio. His specialties include adoption, adult survivors of childhood trauma and abuse, and relationship problems. He also works with a broad range of other emotional challenges in his general practice.

Dr. Zoë Breen Wood: About the presenter: Dr. Zoë Breen Wood is an Assistant Professor and member of the faculty and at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University with over 30 years’ experience as a practitioner, manager, trainer and consultant in the field of social work. Her research focuses on factors that contribute to positive adoption outcomes. Dr. Wood and her husband are also the proud parents of three daughters who are sisters by birth.

The Adoptee Journeys Retreat will be facilitated by Estes Turner, a Certified Life Coach and provides life coaching through Adoption Network Cleveland. He is an adoptee and has been co-facilitator of our Heights General Support and Discussion Meeting for over 20 years.

 

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