“Adoption doesn’t end when your child comes home. It’s the beginning of a lifelong journey. Along the way, there will be joy and there will be heartache; adoption holds both loss and love. Yet through it all, it opens the door to healing, connection, and family. Is it worth it? Absolutely.”
Honest conversations and practical, lived-experience guidance to help you and your child build safety, trust, and connection, one step at a time.
Adoption is more than a process. It’s a lifelong journey for parents, children, families, schools, and agencies. At embrace, I will walk alongside you with trauma-responsive support, resources, and guidance designed to meet the unique needs of adoptive families and professionals working with looked after children.
Through the embrace hub, you’ll find connection-focused online courses, gentle workshops, and practical resources that help you communicate and act with clarity and confidence. Alongside this, I also offer 1:1 spaces for parents who want personalised guidance and support.
As a parent or carer, you can benefit from:
Courses, workshops, and resources to support you on your adoption pathway
Adoption course
Online learning from lived experience and trauma-informed practice. This course guides you through challenges, joys of adoption, giving clarity and confidence as a parent.
Training workshops
embrace workshops bridge theory with lived experience to deepen understanding and strengthen trauma-informed practice. Available 1:1, online or face-to-face for parents, schools, and agencies.
Adoption Toolkits
A set of practical resources to get you started, including reflection guides, parenting tools, and gentle strategies you can use right away to build a connection with your child.
Available from January 2026
“For the first time since we started our adoption journey I feel truly understood, not lost. embrace gave me language for what we were going through and supportive tools that actually work. I have what my child needs to feel attached.”
Christina & Alistair
Parents of 2
“I used to feel overwhelmed by my child’s big emotions and didn’t know how to respond. Through embrace’s workshops, I’ve learned simple, trauma-informed strategies that help me stay calm and support my child.”
Sarah & Craig
Parents
“Emma’s exceptional pastoral ethics and deep compassion for children and families are truly inspiring. She brings a rare blend of empathy, wisdom, and practical support, particularly when working with those who have experienced trauma.”
Mrs Louise Noonan
Principal
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