An independent discussion guide to help adoptees engage in dialogue regarding The AP + Frontline PBS documentary
The purpose of this guide is to help facilitate discussion in the context of safe, brave, soft, tender, nuanced atmospheres, where adoptee experiences are seen and held with care, where mutual empathy and growth-fostering relationships are prioritized not at the expense of adoptee voices but through our active moving toward and considering them significant.
This is clearly not an exhaustive or comprehensive guide meant to teach about the history and complexities of adoption, nor does it suffice as a therapeutic support to replace professional treatment/counseling. Please take care to use it as an entry point for those interested in processing personal and group reactions to The AP + Frontline documentary South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning.
That being said, thank you for inviting me in to serve your community (even your personal journey) in this way. While this is a first version of thoughts/reactions just days after the screening of the film, please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or ideas you’d like to add to a second edition.
-Cam
Cam Lee Small, MS, LPCC 