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Why Does Therapy Cost So Much?

By Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker | April 18, 2025

One of the most common—and completely understandable—questions I hear is: “Why does therapy cost so much?” It’s a question I welcome, because the answer helps humanize therapists and sheds light…

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“Did You Always Know?” and Other Personal Questions that Shouldn’t Be Asked of Adoptees or Trans/Non-binary Folx

By Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker | March 31, 2025

An adoptee reflects on the weird questions people ask trans and non-binary folks—and how familiar they sound. As an adopted person, I’ve spent my life navigating an oddly specific kind…

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The Costa Rican Ficus Tree: An Adoptee’s Reflections

By Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker | March 26, 2025

I recently returned from speaking at the Gross Global Happiness Summit in Costa Rica, and while the scenery and wildlife were amazing, it was the story of one particular type…

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Chocolate, Starfish & Your Genuine Worth: A Crucial Lesson Learned as an Adoptee

By Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker | January 31, 2024

As adoptees, we often have a strong desire to contribute to the world in significant ways in order to prove the worth of our existence to others. This frequently manifests…

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The Bedtime Narrative for Kids Who Struggle with Sleep Anxiety

By Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker | April 11, 2023

Throughout the years, I’ve had a number of requests for support from adoptive parents who are struggling with their child’s sleep anxiety. It’s an all-too-familiar scenario: “They refuse to let…

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What Does Play Therapy with an Adoptee-Therapist Look Like?

By Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker | November 18, 2022

If you haven’t engaged in therapy before, it can feel like a mystery. Here are the guidelines I give to the caregivers of all of my young adoptee clients, which outlines the therapy process and expectations.

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“Where Have All the Child Therapists Gone?”

By Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker | April 15, 2022

“Why is it so hard to find a therapist for my child?” It’s a question that’s come up with increasing frequency over the past few years, and I’d like to…

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Seven Hidden Harms in Performative Racial Allyship

By Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker | March 26, 2021

If you are white, it may be easy to view performative racial allyship as benign. It’s short-lived and superficial nature does not look much different from other trends – a…

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Why “I’m Ready to Listen” is Not the Beginning of Your Allyship

By Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker | June 8, 2020

It’s inevitable. Every time there is a major headline involving the murder of an unarmed Black person at the hands of a law enforcement officer, I see the same pattern…

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The Single Item that Made Me Understand Racism

By Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker | November 11, 2019

It was a Band-Aid. Well, not actually a Band-Aid – just the image of a Band-Aid. So small, yet so damaging. It changed my life – the entire way I…

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