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Attachment and Relationships for Adult Adoptees

Name: Attachment and Relationships for Adult Adoptees
Start: 2024-12-16T12:00:00+00:00
End: 2024-12-16T14:00:00+00:00
Location: Zoom

December 16, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

$75

Adoptees have, for many years, been pathologized instead of having their own voices taken into account. The overall expectation that behavioral and emotional adjustments within the individual would solve mental health challenges, sexual challenges, and “issues” is the main narrative that has haunted the adoptee community for decades. The area of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) is deeply unprioritized for adoptees all over the world. The connection between mental health and sexual health is clearly established in research and our profession, but understanding of the adoptee-specific experience is still low.

This course will provide you with an important understanding based on narratives and personal stories from adoptees, described from a life perspective and from an SRHR perspective within our universal human rights framework. We will explore the intersections of adoption, attachment theory, race, and identity formation, and touch on some of the challenges in building intimate and deeper connections for this group. But also dive into the subconscious meanings that sexual and intimate experience could stand for.

NOTE: This course will be recorded and available for 30 days to registrants. CEs will be issued to those who attend live or watch the recording after completing the evaluation and post-test.

Learning Objectives:

Describe the deeper meaning and function of different sexual and intimate experiences across the lifespan for adult adoptees.
Discuss how the contemporary narrative surrounding adoptees SRHR is affecting adoptees as a group as well as the different mental health and sexual health consequences this might have.
Demonstrate an understanding of how different types of attachment styles contribute to sexual health challenges for adult adoptees.
Demonstrate applying an intersectional analysis to support adoptees in creating awareness around their unique experiences and expressing their own narratives and voices.

Instructor: Anna Linde, MS in Sexology (she/her)

Anna Linde, M.S. is a Dance & Movement Therapist and specializes in working in the somatic field of sexology – where the inner and outer movements are in focus. She also specializes in researching, advocating, and working with adult adoptees to work through attachment wounds. With a background in Social Work and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, her work is built on a foundation of understanding, especially around themes of privilege and intersectionality. With an exploring attitude, Anna has the capacity to create a safe space in her education and training spaces.