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Follow the link to complete registration for the Adoptee Art Therapy Support Group. Once registration is complete I will email the link to sign up for dates. Need more information please scroll down.

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What to Expect

Create art in a supportive online environment to process adoption trauma. This is a space where participants can learn, create, process, express, and grow. No prior artistic experience needed all skill levels welcome!

Ages
18+ Adoptee only

Date(s)/Time
Saturday 10/13 5pm-6:30 Identity: Explore questions of who we are, where we come from, and how adoption has shaped our understanding of ourselves while honoring the individuality of each adoptee's story.

Saturday 10/10 5pm-6:30 Grief and Anger: Express emotions regarding disenfranchised grief, ambiguous loss, separation, unmet needs, and anger.

Saturday 10/24 5pm-6:30 Constellation: Discuss the impacts of adoption on the constellation (adoptive parents, adoptees, biological parents). Experience with the constellation can include reunion, estrangement, loyalty, rejection.

Friday 10/30 12pm-1:30 Culture: Reflect on cultural heritage, family traditions, race, ethnicity, community, and navigating multiple cultural identities.

Saturday 11/7 5pm-6:30 Belonging: Explore feelings related to inclusion, exclusion, attachment, difference, and the desire to feel understood and accepted.

Friday 11/13 12pm-1:30 Life Transitions: Explore the unique emotional experiences adoptees may encounter during life transitions such as school, work, moving, relationships, marriage, parenthood, aging.

Friday 11/20 12pm-1:30 Healing and Reclaiming: Honor complex emptions, losses, strengths, disconnection, and reconnection with values and identity. Explore what it means to reclaim one's story, voice, relationships, culture, and sense of self.

Location
Virtual

You will receive the link to sign up for dates once you register. After picking your dates your confirmation email will contain the meeting link. (Please remember to check your spam folder.)

Frequently Asked Questions

Still have questions? Take a look at the FAQ or reach out anytime to mmelamed@dovetaletherapy.com

  • Art Therapy is an alternative way to give voice to that which is not easily expressed with words. Art Therapy uses art process to work through and deal with problems many people face to help them develop their potential to live healthy and satisfying lives. Art making can be calming and therapeutic in nature, as well as be an outlet for self-expression

  • The beautiful thing about art therapy is participants can be any age and be at any skill level. You do not need any experience in art making to participate. Art Therapy focuses on the process of creating and expressing yourself rather than the finished product.

  • Madeleine Melamed is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Art Therapist Provisional. She specializes in Art Therapy and adoption competent therapy. Explore the rest of this website to learn more about her.

  • The group will be 6 participants and 1 facilitator.

  • The group costs $40 dollars per participant per session.

  • We accept credit/debit cards. Credit card payments are processed through a secure platform. Once registered you will gain access to my scheduling link where you will upload your card to my secure platform.

  • Yes. I do not want price to deter adoptees from joining. Sliding scale is when you feel you do not have the financial means to pay the full price of the group. Instead we agree on a rate between $10-40 that financially works for us both. There will be limited sliding scale seats available. First come first serve basis. Once the sliding scale seat is filled it will not open up again until the next group cohort. If you would like to discuss and reserve the sliding scale seat please reach out via email mmelamed@dovetaletherapy.com.

  • Cancellation must be 24 hours in advance. For example if you sign up for Sat 10/3 5pm-6:30 you must cancel on Friday before 5pm.

    If cancelled with less than 24 hours the group session fee will be applied.

    If you no show the group session fee will be applied and you may be removed from future group sessions you signed up for.