Organizations & Community Supporters

Abby Yedman has photographed many Hiraeth Hope & Healing retreats, capturing moments and memories from our gatherings.

Adoptees Connect and Hiraeth Hope & Healing have supported one another through reciprocal event sponsorships.

Adoption Knowledge Affiliates and Hiraeth Hope & Healing have supported one another through reciprocal event sponsorships.

Annette L. Becklund provides therapy, consultation, workshops, and professional education, with experience in developmental disabilities, autism, and unexpected parentage discoveries. She is also an author and a returning Hiraeth Hope & Healing facilitator, community supporter, and will also lead several of our Community Conversations.

BALANCE Recovery Consultation offers wellness programs, workshops, training, and experiential approaches that support recovery and well-being. Founder Theresa M. Knorr is a returning Hiraeth Hope & Healing facilitator and community supporter.

DNA NPE Healing Hearts and Hiraeth Hope & Healing have an ongoing reciprocal relationship, sharing resources, support, and opportunities with one another’s communities.

Donor Conceived Community provides peer support, education, and community for donor-conceived people. They are a Hiraeth Hope & Healing community supporter, and our organizations have reciprocally shared resources to help connect people with additional support and community.

Dr. Amy Geller is a licensed clinical social worker specializing in adoption, identity, and the adoptee experience, with advanced training in adoption and clinical supervision. An adult adoptee herself, Amy is a returning Hiraeth Hope & Healing facilitator and will also lead several of our Community Conversations.

Eve Sturges, LMFT, is a therapist and host of Everything’s Relative, a podcast exploring DNA surprises, family secrets, identity, and biological family discovery. Eve is also a longtime, returning Hiraeth Hope & Healing facilitator and community supporter.

Experience Courage offers trauma-informed, adoption-competent, and play therapy, along with consultation, supervision, speaking, and training. Founder Janet Nordine is a longtime, returning Hiraeth Hope & Healing facilitator and will also lead several of our Community Conversations.

Graystone Mental Health and Wellness Group brings together therapists and wellness professionals offering outpatient therapy and whole-person wellness services. Dr. Gina Daniel, a member of the Graystone group, is a longtime, returning Hiraeth Hope & Healing facilitator, sustaining donor, and Clinical Advisor.

The Kevin Berthia Foundation advances suicide prevention and mental health awareness through advocacy, education, outreach, and lived experience. Hiraeth Hope & Healing has proudly supported the Foundation and its mission through event sponsorship.

LifElevated Wellness offers holistic wellness experiences that integrate mind-body practices, somatic awareness, mindfulness, nervous system support, and nature-based approaches. Founder Hope Sacher is a longtime, returning Hiraeth Hope & Healing facilitator and community supporter.

Linda Pevac, writing as Emma Stevens, is an author and adoptee whose work explores adoption, identity, family, and lived experience. She is a returning Hiraeth Hope & Healing facilitator and community supporter and shares Hiraeth Hope & Healing among the resources available to her community.

LongIslandtastees creates custom charcuterie experiences and has brought hands-on charcuterie workshops to Hiraeth Hope & Healing retreats, including generously donating an opening-night spread. Co-founder Lori Tirado is also a repeat attendee, Advisory Committee member, and sustaining donor.

NPE Stories, hosted by Lily Wood, shares the lived experiences of people navigating unexpected parentage discoveries. NPE Stories and Hiraeth Hope & Healing have a longstanding reciprocal relationship, supporting and amplifying one another’s work.

Founded by adoptee filmmaker Rebecca Autumn Sansom, Reckoning with The Primal Wound uses documentary film, storytelling, advocacy, and community engagement to explore adoption, identity, relinquishment trauma, and lived experience. Hiraeth Hope & Healing and Reckoning with The Primal Wound have been longtime supporters of one another's work and communities.

Rewired Trauma Healing offers holistic, integrative psychotherapy focused on trauma healing, resilience, attachment, and mind-body approaches. Founder Jennifer Scully is a returning Hiraeth Hope & Healing facilitator and helped launch our Community Conversations series as its first therapist-presenter.

Severance Magazine is a magazine and community sharing articles, personal stories, expert perspectives, research, and resources for people separated from biological family, including adoptees, NPEs, and others navigating genetic identity and family discovery. Founder and editor B.K. Jackson is a returning Hiraeth Hope & Healing facilitator and community supporter.

Sheridan Anderson of Sliding Doors Counseling provides therapy and support for individuals and families navigating unexpected DNA discoveries, identity, and family relationships. She is a Hiraeth Hope & Healing community supporter and includes HH&H among the retreat and support resources she recommends to her community.

The Art of Integration, led by Dr. Judith Belton, offers trauma-informed and integrative approaches focused on emotional regulation, trauma recovery, self-understanding, and personal growth. Dr. Jai is a returning Hiraeth Hope & Healing facilitator and a longtime ally and supporter of our community.