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Human beings are interrelational beings. Human beings come in families, tribes, and communities. It is easy for a person to feel alone in a crowd. It is easy for a person to feel he or she is the only one to have ever experienced something -- especially when it is not something the wider community seems to confront often.

In adoption (and emotional forms of adoption such as guardianship, kinship, foster care, etc.), for the birth families, the adoptive families, and for the kids, there is often this feeling of being "the only one".

The group model at CFFC provides trained clinicians -- and, as much as possible, a person in a leadership co-therapy role who has some of the same experience as the group -- to work with people as they make sense of, and normalize, their own life experience.

New Groups 2011

GLBTQ Adoptive Parents (6-session discussion and support group - starting December 1st)

Acting Out (expressive arts group for adopted and foster tweens & teens 10-15 - starting October 25)

Picking up the Pieces - Second Session Added! (6-session therapeutic group for adoptive and foster parents of children who have experienced trauma, loss and/or difficult beginnings - starting september 14th)

Adult Adopted People (3-session group for Adult Adopted People - Starting October 4)

Birthmothers (1 night group for Birthmothers - October 31)

Young Adopted Adults (1 night group for Young Adopted Adults - November 17)

It's My Life (3-session group for 7-10 year olds- November 2)

Previous 2011 Groups

Drawn Together (a therapeutic group for parents and kids (ages 7-10))

Just Like Me... (a group for adolescent girls ages 15-17 who are touched by adoption and foster care.)

Looking Back, Moving Forward (6-session therapeutic group for birth mothers.)

Adult Adoptees (6-session group for Adult Adoptees)

Men Touched by Adoption (an evening to meet with other birthfathers, adult adopted males, and adoptive fathers )

(see below for examples of our previous 2010 groups)

Pen and Think (an Adult Writing Group for adopted adults, adoptive parents, and birth parents)

Your-"Flix" - Second Session Added! (a group for adopted and foster teens ages 13-16)

Kids Connecting! - Second Session Added! (a group for adopted and foster kids ages 6-8)

Acting Out ( a group for adopted and foster kids ages 5-7)

Your-"Flix" (a group for adopted and foster teens ages 13-18)

Kids Connecting ( a group for adopted and foster kids ages 6-8)

Novel Thoughts ( a creative writing group for adults)

Big Kids! (a group for adopted and foster kids ages 5-7)

MOSAIC: a group for adopted and foster kids ages 10-12

Not Another Teen Movie (a group for foster and adopted teens, ages 13-18)

Please note:

Pre-registration and pre-payment are required for all groups. Registration fee is non-refundable.
MasterCard and Visa accepted.
Groups, dates, and times are subject to change.
Space is limited.
Groups are held at Center For Family Connections

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