Bøger af Jeanette Yoffe

A poignant true story of a woman who turned her tale of foster care and adoption by a Jewish family into a heart-rending play. A courageous and energetic storyteller, she brings life's complex issues of identity, strength, character, and charm to the stage. We experience what it must have been like to grow up "adopted."The reader is taken on a beautiful journey that explores self-identity, the importance of family and the search for self. We follow her path and realize we are all in a constant search despite our experiences. In a world that sheds darkness for many abandoned children, Jeanette sheds light. She shares both harsh reality and inspiration down roads that are universal in their truths. She instills that love has no boundaries. Her story is rich with wit and humor, whether it's auditioning for a family or being brought in for a line-up, it is spiced with the trials of a young girl's journey into adulthood. What's Your Name, Who's Your Daddy? is the odyssey of one adoptee who challenges us to laugh, to cry and to go inside our own souls and explore the beauty and courage we all encompass in ourselves. Scenes include Foster Care Auditioning For a Family My New Home Roll Call Adopted! Mother Scouting Jadonna New York City, here I come! Oh, Father Book Pals

ARCHAEOLOGY OF YOU: GRIEF JOURNEY TO THE PRIMAL WOUND This Mental Health Course is a Self-Led "Theatre of the Mind" Journey Created to Address and Help You Process Grief and Loss Within. In the comfort of your own home, at your own pace. You can utilize the workbook alone and/or pair it with the Audible Grief Journey To The Primal Wound, to explore your grief's defining moments, critical losses, and themes, seek to understand your losses, and gain new insight into releasing the past to move ahead into your future. Throughout the visualization you are encouraged to answer critical questions, explore important early memories, and connect with material that emerges as you explore the Primal Wound adventure. How this will benefit you: 1. This is a mental health journey workbook you can utilize on your own time, within your own control, and in the privacy of your own home. 2. When you can process your grief and loss, you have a newfound sense of self that learns how to let go of past hurts and start anew. 3. You can do the workbook as often as possible for different grief experiences and/or pair it with the Audible Grief Journey To The Primal Wound. 4. Understanding your grief and loss will allow you to relieve your pain from the past. 5. You will feel freer, emotionally lighter, and able to expand your life's purpose. This course was created by Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T. Psychotherapist and Wounded Healer. She will be your guide and inspiration. Start your journey today!

A book appropriate for children and families connected by foster care.Recommended for ages 6 and up with ages 6-9 being read with an adult. Beautifully illustrated, this work provides an honest look and deeper understanding of how the foster care process works and the feelings that many children have about being removed from their families of origin, and being placed into foster care. There are brief references to real reasons why a family can't stay together such as a parent not being able to provide food and shelter, addiction, incarceration and being too young to parent a child.What is Foster Care? is written in simple terms it aims to inspire an honest conversation about the realities of how foster families are formed today. This book is authored by a licensed psychotherapist, who was also raised in foster care system and who's firsthand experience provides a special insight into the complex feelings for all involved. The book provides support to foster and adoptive parents, foster care and adoption social workers, as well as mental health workers. The story helps ease understanding of the foster care experience, and educates the reader about dealing with issues around grief and loss and the importance of belonging to a home called "family"."The most important thing to remember is that children can not be left alone. In fact, it is against the law to leave a child alone, uncared for or unprotected. Every child deserves and needs a safe home, a loving parent and a good education."You are worthy.You are loved.You are valuable.You are not alone.Written by Child Psychotherapist and Adoptee, Jeanette Yoffe, M.F.T.