I view adoption as affecting adoptees, adoptive parents, and birth parents throughout the life cycle. The experience of loss and grief, and attachment disruptions have diverse impacts at various points in each member of the adoption constellation's life. They must be understood and worked through sensitively. Often times behavioral or emotional difficulties can be ameliorated through understanding and working-through the complexities of the adoption experience at various points in time, so that feelings can be understood, honored, and worked-through, rather than acted out or repeated. As a transracial adoptee myself, I have a special interest in working with adult adoptees regarding these issues, including the process of ethnic identity development for those “living in two worlds” and navigating the “space between".  I also conduct pre-adoption psychological evaluations and am in a unique position to do so as a psychologist with a specialty in adoption.