Using Trauma to Treat Trauma

S2 Ep. 2: Melissa

In this episode, Sarah and Louise discuss Chapter Two  of  “Journey of The Adopted Self” by Betty Jean Lifton and then they speak to Melissa Porter.

Melissa Porter, born "Ryan Keeler" is an adult adoptee and psychologist from New York, who specializes in attachment and trauma theory. After the birth of her daughter, she used DNA and modern-day sleuthing to build her family tree and connected with her first family in 2018.  She found a large maternal family ready to welcome her, and a decades-old mystery in her paternal family that she used DNA tracing to solve! Since "coming out of the fog", Melissa uses her education and expertise as a platform from which to advocate for adoptee's rights.

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