Resources written by Cheyne Bull for VANISH on issues affecting people impacted by adoption and family separation
For friends, partners, loved ones: Understanding the experience of being adopted
Supporting a partner, friend or family member who is searching for family
Navigating grief and loss: Finding out that the person you are looking for has died
When a family member doesn’t want contact: Navigating grief and loss, holding hope
Understanding the experience of fathers separated from children by adoption
FURTHER RESOURCES
Adoption and Family Separation resources
Trauma and addiction specialist Paul Sunderland being interviewed about relinquishment trauma
Adoption and Loss - The Hidden Grief: experiences of birth
Emotional Regulation resources
Guide to understanding your window of tolerance by Mind My Peelings
Grounding and mindfulness resources
Safe place imagery visualisation