Many adopted teens eventually question why they were given up, and may grapple with feelings of isolation, abandonment, and broken trust. This workbook is designed to help these teens open the door to questioning about their birth family, explore painful feelings, and develop skills that will provide the strength, resilience, and confidence they need to thrive on the road to adulthood.

All adopted teens have questions-questions about their adoptive family, about their birth parents, and about how adoption has affected and will continue to affect their lives. But not every adopted teen knows how to approach these questions or how to handle the intense emotions and high stress often associated with them. This guide has answers. Based on true stories, extensive research, and Danea Gorbett's own in addition to her background in psychology and education, Adopted Teens Only delivers: Suggestions for bringing up sensitive topics with all types of adoptive parents Insight on what your adoptive parents might be going through True stories of birth mothers Practical information on whether and how to search for birth parents Seasoned advice on what to expect and how to prepare for reuniting with a birth parent. Gorbett offers confirmation that what you feel, think, wonder, and worry about as an adopted teen is normal and important, and she helps you acknowledge and celebrate the unique gifts and many advantages of growing up adopted. Comforting, empowering, and ultimately practical, Adopted Teens Only is the indispensable survival guide for adopted adolescents and anyone who loves them.

Written for teens who were adopted, this compassionate workbook will help give you the strength, resilience, and confidence you need to thrive—now and on into adulthood. If you’re like many other adopted teens, you may wonder about your birth family. You may question why you were given up. And you may even grapple with feelings of isolation, abandonment, and broken trust. These feelings are valid and deserve to be addressed. This workbook is designed to help you open the door to questioning, explore painful feelings, and develop the skills needed to be a happy and grounded adult. The Adopted Teen Workbook teaches powerful self-resiliency, mindfulness, and somatic skills to help you explore your unique identity as an adopted teen. You’ll find tools to manage loss and grief, and activities that include checklists, contemplations, skill-building, and journaling to help you chronicle present, past, and future relationships with both your adoptive and birth parents. This workbook begins with your first recognition of having been adopted and the feelings that come with that. You will then explore memories of the past and begin work on understanding emotions of anger, shame, and loss. Finally, you’ll learn ways to heal these wounds, learn to trust, and fully connect with both yourself and others.

As a follow up to C.A.S.E. CEO and co-author Debbie Riley's signature book Beneath the Mask: Understanding Adopted Teens, written for clinicians and parents of teens, the C.A.S.E. Team has created this new companion workbook specifically for the teens themselves, featuring personal, heartfelt stories written by teen and young adult adoptees who graciously shared their feelings about their own adoption journeys. Filled with engaging exercises, journaling pages and thought-provoking activities, this workbook offers teen adoptees, their parents and the clinicians who support them a valuable resource. Watch An Interview with Daniel: Young Adult Contributor to Beneath the Mask: For Teen Adoptees: http: //bit.ly/danielsinterview

This book covers common open adoption situations and how real families have navigated typical issues successfully. Like all useful parenting books, it provides parents with the tools to come to answers on their own, and answers questions that might not yet have come up.

Adoptees from all walks of life offer their thoughts and advice in this compilation designed for adopted teens who are on the path to discovering and formulating their identities. Its teen-centric graphics and information will help readers find a place where they fit and belong.