Understanding adoption through an attachment lens: Common impacts and experiences

by Hana Crisp | Sep 24, 2025 | Articles & factsheets, Resources

By Cheyne Bull, General Psychologist & Adoptee What is attachment?  Attachment refers to the patterns of bonding that develop between an infant and their primary caregivers. These relational experiences are key to a baby’s survival and deeply impact comfort,...

Disenfranchised grief, ambiguous loss and adoption

by Michelle Blanchard | Sep 1, 2025 | Articles & factsheets, Resources

By Cheyne Bull, General Psychologist & Adoptee Loss and adoption   No matter how safe and loving an adoptive family may be, being adopted involves extensive loss. This can include the denial of access to your birth family, identity, language and a sense of...

For friends, partners, loved ones: Understanding the experience of being adopted

by Michelle Blanchard | Aug 19, 2025 | Articles & factsheets, Resources

By Cheyne Bull, General Psychologist & Adoptee Adoption isn’t an interesting anecdote – doing your own learning For non-adoptees, there is something about adoption that is naturally fascinating, and can understandably make you curious or excited to know more. In...

DNA Testing Kits Available for Vietnamese Intercountry Adoptees

by Lucy Whitfield | Aug 13, 2025 | News

Vietnamese intercountry adoptees now have access to free DNA testing kits through Viet Nam Family Search, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to reconnecting Vietnamese families separated by adoption. Earlier this year, MyHeritage donated DNA kits to the...

Understanding the experience of fathers separated from children by adoption

by Michelle Blanchard | Aug 5, 2025 | Articles & factsheets, Resources

By Cheyne Bull, General Psychologist & Adoptee Fathers erased Fathers separated from children by adoption are often decentred or even completely erased. The focus of adoption narratives tends to be on the mother/child relationship and excludes the father. Just one...