Jo North of Joanna North Adoption has spent many years supporting adopted people. In 2022 she engaged in research with the University of East Anglia to try to gain data as to why it is so difficult for adopted adults to gain access to their birth records. The research is on her website www.joannanorthadoption.co.uk. Tracing adoptive first family is often the beginning of a new life story for all concerned that requires patience and understanding from all concerned. Jo speaks here to an adult affected by adoption and the impact of finding his birth mother on his life.

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Dr Joanna North is a psychotherapist and psychologist specialising in child mental health and author of the book Mind Kind - Your Child's Mental Health.

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In this new season of the Mind Kind podcast we discuss Adoption Stories. In this first episode Dr Joanna North, from Joanna North Adoption, speaks to Milly about her lifelong search to piece together her identity through her life story. Milly reveals an emotional journey of searching for her birth mother over decades and the failure in the system that prevented her from gaining access to her records.

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Dr Joanna North is a psychotherapist and psychologist specialising in child mental health and author of the book Mind Kind - Your Child's Mental Health.

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Link to the Mind Kind book: Mind Kind – Your Child's Mental Health

PLEASE NOTE: Mind Kind is an information-based platform only. Whilst this may be useful and is built on psychological knowledge, it is not intended for direct treatment or to substitute the advice of your physician and our e mail is not for contact in an emergency. If you have concerns about the mental health and wellbeing of your child or any adult, please contact your doctor for treatment For the UK contact 111 for advice or 999 in an emergency or go to NHS Every Mind Matters website. You can contact The Samaritans on 116 123. For countries other than the United Kingdom please contact your physician or emergency services relevant to your state or country. Take care and seek expert advice local to you if you need help.

Mind Kind is about helping parents to think about mental health. This episode of the Mind Kind podcast is about slapping - Joanna North discusses recent legislation in the UK for slapping children, what the effects can be of this kind of approach and alternative ways to handle discipline and encourage positive behaviours.

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Dr Joanna North is a psychotherapist and psychologist specialising in child mental health and author of the book Mind Kind - Your Child's Mental Health.

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Link to the Mind Kind book: Mind Kind – Your Child's Mental Health

A note about emailing me your questions: I have so many questions and great suggestions from parents that I am not asking for more questions to be emailed at the moment, thank you for your understanding – Joanna North

PLEASE NOTE: Mind Kind is an information-based platform only. Whilst this may be useful and is built on psychological knowledge, it is not intended for direct treatment or to substitute the advice of your physician and our e mail is not for contact in an emergency. If you have concerns about the mental health and wellbeing of your child or any adult, please contact your doctor for treatment For the UK contact 111 for advice or 999 in an emergency or go to NHS Every Mind Matters website. You can contact The Samaritans on 116 123. For countries other than the United Kingdom please contact your physician or emergency services relevant to your state or country. Take care and seek expert advice local to you if you need help.