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Felicity Counseling Services

410-608-6232 Prospect Harbor, 04669


Dr. Christina Reese has been working with children impacted by trauma and their families for the last 20 years. She is a licensed clinical counselor in Maine, Maryland and Pennsylvania and is a licensed clinical supervisor. She is an internationally recognized trainer for mental health professionals in creating Trauma-Informed Schools, working with Mental Health in the Classroom and Attachment and Trauma in Children. She is a TBRI practitioner and owns Felicity Counseling Services. Dr. Reese authored the books Attachment, Puzzle Pieces, The Attachment Connection, Trauma and Attachment, The Soc...

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Lori Red Rocks 2020

Lori Holden Adoption Educator

Denver, 80202


Lori began writing about and researching myriad perspectives on adoption when her children were toddlers. She began exploring and writing about adoption in 2007, and later wrote The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption with her daughter's birth mom, published in 2013. Lori continues to learn from a diverse set of adoption viewpoints through her podcast, Adoption: The Long View. Lori's daughter and son are now young adults, and Lori is passionate about passing on to newer adoptive parents all she wished she'd known earlier. Lori writes essays articles regularly at LavenderLuz.com. Her latest boo...

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Adoption Articles

Spanky and blanky book cover Marissa Jo Cerar, television writer and producer, has released her heartwarming debut children’s book, Spanky and His Blanky. Inspired by her own experiences, t...

Adoption home study process Introduction to the Adoption Home Study Adopting a child is a transformative and heart-warning journey, but it's also a process laden with complexities and reg...

Mother in open adoption Placing my baby girl for adoption when I was sixteen years old was immensely difficult because I love her deeply. But I also wanted more for her than what I cou...