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  • From Struggles to Strengths: Reframing the Seven Core Issues in Adoption

    Virtual Webinar

    Hosted by Hudson Valley Professional Development for New York Psychologists seeking continuing education credits. The seven core issues in adoption are often perceived as barriers to an adopted individual's ability to be healthy and successful. But what if we viewed these issues – loss, rejection, guilt/shame, grief, identity, intimacy, and control – on a spectrum…

  • Delaware Valley Friends School: From Struggles to Superpowers: Reframing the Seven Core Issues in Adoption

    Virtual Webinar

    Webinar for parents and professionals at Delaware Valley Friends School. The seven core issues in adoption are often perceived as barriers to an adoptee’s ability to be healthy and successful. But what if we viewed these issues – loss, rejection, guilt/shame, grief, identity, intimacy, and control – on a spectrum that ranges from struggle to…

  • Gross Global Happiness Summit 2025: Embrace All Parts: From Struggles to Strengths

    University for Peace San Jose, Costa Rica

    “Embrace All Parts: From Struggles to Strengths” is a dynamic motivational talk aimed at recognizing the adaptive, resilient, and self-protective nature inherent in all behaviors. Our world has developed binary categories of “good” and “bad” and “right” and “wrong” that are not sufficient for reflecting the complexity of human experience, and their simplicity limits our…

  • Supporting Racial Attachment Needs with Transracially Adoptive Families

    Virtual Webinar

    Virtual training hosted by Hudson Valley Professional Development for New York Psychologists seeking continuing education credits. Join Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker for an insightful and enlightening discussion addressing the complex dynamics of transracial adoption. Through the lens of the seven core issues in adoption combined with her groundbreaking model of the racial and cultural identity needs…

  • PESI 2025 Play Therapy Summit: Play Therapy for Adoptive Children and Families: Navigating the Seven Core Issues in Adoption to Create Healthy Self-Expression, Attachment &Trauma Healing

    Virtual Webinar

    Adoption introduces unique emotional and behavioral complexities that significantly shape a child's needs and experiences. For clinicians working with adopted children, understanding the Seven Core Issues in Adoption—loss, rejection, guilt/shame, grief, identity, intimacy, and mastery/control—is essential for effective intervention.  Join Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker, PsyD, a licensed psychologist, international/transracial adoptee, and adoptive parent, alongside Sabra Starnes,…

    $249.99

  • From Blow-Up to Bonding: Finding the Balance of Attachment-Focused Discipline in Adoption

    Our Savior's Lutheran Church 909 W. 33rd Street, Sioux Falls, SD, United States

    Keynote speaker for conference hosted by Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota. How can you turn moments of struggle into moments of connection? Discover how brain development, implicit memories, and the “6 F’s” (Fight, Flight, Freeze, Friend, Fidget, Flop) can influence your adoptive or foster child’s reactions to traditional methods of discipline, and develop compassionate,…

  • Colorado Department of Labor & Employment: Lunch & Learn Panel Member

    Colorado Department of Labor & Education

    Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker will be featured as a panel member during the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment's Employee Lunch and Learn event. The discussion will focus on the topic of anger with questions addressing stereotypes, impacts, and healthy ways to manage anger in BIPOC populations.

  • Keynote: From Struggles to Superpowers: Reframing the Seven Core Issues in Adoption

    PACT Family Camp Riverhouse Lodge, Bend, OR, United States

    PACT Family Camp Keynote Presentation. The seven core issues in adoption are often perceived as barriers to an adoptee’s ability to be healthy and successful. But what if we viewed these issues – loss, rejection, guilt/shame, grief, identity, intimacy, and control – on a spectrum that ranges from struggle to strength? Join Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker…

  • Workshop: Launching: Supporting Your Teen Through Early Adulthood

    PACT Family Camp Riverhouse Lodge, Bend, OR, United States

    PACT Family Camp Breakout Presentation. Adoption is a lifelong journey, and adopted individuals face different challenges during each stage of life. The late adolescent and early adult years offer unique opportunities for growth, independence, and identity formation, but also create new obstacles as life experiences expand beyond the shelter of the familiar. Build your knowledge…

  • Webinar: Navigating First Family Connections in Adoption

    Virtual Webinar

    Hosted by Hudson Valley Professional Development for New York psychologists seeking continuing education credits. Navigating the complexities of biological relationships can be a sensitive and challenging process for many adoptees. Adoptees may seek out connections with their first family members for a variety of reasons, and as adoption professionals, it is crucial to provide a…

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