by Hana Crisp | Dec 16, 2025 | Articles & factsheets, Resources
By Cheyne Bull, General Psychologist & Adoptee Adoption, like other poorly understood life experiences, can attract all sorts of myths and singular narratives. Just a few of these are: Adoptees are lucky and/or have a lot to be grateful for People who adopt...
by Hana Crisp | Dec 15, 2025 | Articles & factsheets, Resources
Adoption and family separation have lifelong impacts and many people benefit from longterm counselling or other therapeutic support, either on a regular basis or intermittently at different points in their lives. VANISH understands the importance of accessing...
by Hana Crisp | Nov 24, 2025 | Articles & factsheets, Resources
Dr Jeanette (Jenny) Conrick is a social work clinician and academic who provides counselling through the VANISH Counselling Brokerage Program. Drawing on over 30 years’ experience in practice, research and education, Jenny has worked alongside many adopted people and...
by Hana Crisp | Nov 19, 2025 | Articles & factsheets, Resources
By Cheyne Bull, General Psychologist & Adoptee Family contact and reunion The decision to try and make contact with people from your family of origin can be a long time in the making. As we discuss in other VANISH articles, people impacted by family separation can...
by Hana Crisp | Oct 21, 2025 | Articles & factsheets, Resources
By Cheyne Bull, General Psychologist & Adoptee The right to search for family Knowing your birth family (family of origin) is part of our fundamental human right to know our identity. It is natural and normal to want to know about and try to develop a...
by Hana Crisp | Sep 24, 2025 | Articles & factsheets, Resources
Right now, across Australia many people are searching for a lost family member. In some cases, the cause of the separation is adoption, but this is not always the case. For example, a person may have grown up in a single parent household and now wishes to search for a...
