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Adoption in Focus
Adoption in Focus is our adoption podcast series discussing adoption from a range of perspectives.
Guests on this adoption podcast have included adult adoptees, professionals, grandparents, and adopters from all backgrounds, each with their own unique experiences and areas of interest.
These include adopting brothers and sisters, LGBTQ+ adoption, transracial adoption, adopting as a single person, birth family contact, the matching process and the early permanence pathway.
We have many more episodes lined up and ready for release.
Adoption in Focus
Adoption in Focus - Adoption, Trauma, and Identity: Adoptee Chris’ Perspective
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Chris shares his personal journey as an adoptee, reflecting on the lifelong impact of early trauma after being removed from his biological parents as a baby and adopted at the age of two. Although he has no conscious memory of this time, becoming a father himself brought a powerful realisation of the significance of those early separations, prompting him to explore adoption, attachment, and identity more deeply
Chris highlights the importance of open conversations, mental health support, and community for adoptees, as well as greater understanding from society and adoptive parents. Through learning, therapy, and connection with other adoptees, Chris has gained clarity, self-compassion, and a stronger sense of who he is.
If you have something you'd like to talk to us about on the podcast please get in touch: podcast@adoption-focus.org.uk.