Training:

The Adoptee’s Journey: From Loss and Trauma to Healing and Empowerment

Jul 16
Tuesday, July 16, 2024 – 4:00pm
4:00pm - 5:00pm

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Join us as we engage in a candid conversation with clinician Cameron Lee Small, author of The Adoptee’s Journey: From Loss and Trauma to Healing and Empowerment. Along with being a powerful memoir, The Adoptee’s Journey serves as a tool for all who wish to support those touched my adoption. As Cam shares. “Adoption is often framed by happy narratives, but the reality is that many adoptees struggle with unaddressed trauma and issues of identity and belonging. Adoptees often spend the majority of their youth without the language to explore the grief related to adoption or the permission to legitimize their conflicting emotions.” Cam describes these challenges beautifully, while also providing special focus on the impact of religious discourse on adoption narratives and identities.

WHEN: Tuesday, July 16, 2024

TIME: 4:00 – 5:00PM PST

WHERE: IG LIVE

Location:

Center for Adoption Support & Education (C.A.S.E) – WEBINAR


About the Author

Cameron Lee Small

Cam’s work has been featured in National Council for Adoption, Christianity Today, University Minnesota School of Social Work, and Center for Adoption Support and Education. Paired with his clinical practice, Cam serves as a training facilitator for the cohort-based Permanency and Adoption Competency Certificate, a program to enhance adoption competencies for mental health and child welfare professionals across Minnesota.”

His personal experience as an international adoptee from Korea informs and inspires his current professional work. He formed his own private practice, Therapy Redeemed, in 2018 to raise awareness and respond to the mental health needs of adoptees and their families wherever they may be in their adoption journey. Cam’s worldwide vision for adoptee-centered advocacy is evident through his 1:1 counseling services, live workshops and support groups, Masterclass trainings, and his unique blend of content creation/collaboration across diverse media channels. His book The Adoptee’s Journey: From Loss and Trauma to Healing and Empowerment (forthcoming through InterVarsity Press June 2024) will address the intersection of adoption, mental health, and social justice. Cam’s personal insight stands honestly next to his professional acumen, making him a transformative force within the adoptee community and throughout the fields of advocacy and mental health.

Cam holds a Master’s in Counseling Psychology from University of Wisconsin-Madison and is a licensed professional clinical counselor. Cam is PACC certified, and registered as an accredited service provider through TAC via Center for Adoption Support and Education. He is also a vetted clinician with Foster Adopt MN.

In addition, he is trained in biblical counseling, certified in non-violent crisis intervention and is a member of the American Psychological Association’s Minority Fellowship Program. Cam’s mental health and education services are accessible 100% online and uniquely tailored for individuals and families on the adoption and permanency spectrum.