304. The Anger Bag, Shame Sandwich & Question Box: Tools That Help Kids Process Trauma with Jeanette Yoffe

Jeanette Yoffe is a psychotherapist, author, foster care survivor, and a powerhouse of healing wisdom.

In this episode, she shares her remarkable journey from the foster system to becoming a therapist. We unpack tools she's created—like the Anger Bag and Shamewich—to help children process big emotions like rage, shame, and grief.

 

What we cover in this episode

• Her personal adoption journey & one-woman show

• How trauma shapes identity—and how it doesn't have to define us

• What the "inner courtroom" and "primal wound" really mean

• Why transparency is essential in helping foster youth

• Her new book: The Traumatized and At-Risk Youth Toolbox

From creativity to clinical tools, Jeanette bridges the gap between the pain and the possibility.

 

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Connect with Jeanette Yoffe

• Website: www.JeanetteYoffe.com 

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jeanette.yoffe 

• YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/@Jeanette-icallySpeaking 

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeanetteyoffe/ 

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanetteyoffe/

• Books: The Traumatized and At-Risk Youth Toolbox https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B09TPZM7DY 

 

About Jeanette Yoffe

Jeanette Yoffe, M.A., M.F.T., earned her Master's in Clinical Psychology, specializing in adoption and foster care, from Antioch University in June of 2002. She treats children, teens, and adults with serious psychological problems secondary to histories of abuse, neglect, adoption, and /or multiple foster care placements. She has specialized for the past 20 years in the treatment of children and teens who manifest serious deficits in their emotional, cognitive, and behavioral development. She is also an adopted person, raised in foster care for 6 years.

She's the Founder of Celia Center Inc., a nonprofit supporting the entire foster care and adoption community in Los Angeles, and Clinical Director of Yoffe Therapy Inc., providing mental health services to families connected by foster care and adoption. Jeanette is also an author and creator. Her books include "The Traumatized and At-Risk Youth Toolbox" (featuring over 160 interventions), plus children's books "What is Adoption?" and "What is Foster Care?" (available in English and Spanish). Her one-woman show "What's Your Name, Who's Your Daddy?" is available on Amazon and Audible. She also runs the YouTube channel "Genetically Speaking" with educational videos, animations, and the "Hand Model of the Brain" for kids. In 2006, she received the Los Angeles Foster Care Hero Award. She's appeared on OWN, TLC, and the Hope Network, and speaks regularly to adoptive parents and social workers about the psychological impacts of foster care and adoption.

 

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