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Finding Family

A Modern Guide to Family with Parental Identity Discovery and Non-Paternal Events

Identity
Why You Don’t Feel Like Yourself

Jodi Klugman-Rabb PsyD, LMFT on January 7, 2024

We don’t feel like ourselves when belonging to a group changes abruptly, thereby disrupting our identity and making us feel we don’t know ourselves or where we belong.

We don’t feel like ourselves when belonging to a group changes abruptly, thereby disrupting our identity and making us feel we don’t know ourselves or where we belong.

Genetics
The History of Misattributed Parentage

Jodi Klugman-Rabb PsyD, LMFT on October 3, 2020

Well before science revealed secret affairs, sexual assault, or the opportunity for donor conceptions, humanity was engaged in a struggle between the biological and cultural drives.

Well before science revealed secret affairs, sexual assault, or the opportunity for donor conceptions, humanity was engaged in a struggle between the biological and cultural drives.

Genetics
Family Ties, and Secrets

Jodi Klugman-Rabb PsyD, LMFT on August 29, 2020

Thanks to the science behind DNA tests, secrets are tumbling out with a never-before seen ferocity for those who discovered misattributed parentage, and the fallout affects family.

Thanks to the science behind DNA tests, secrets are tumbling out with a never-before seen ferocity for those who discovered misattributed parentage, and the fallout affects family.

Genetics
Bringing Your DNA Discovery to Therapy

Jodi Klugman-Rabb PsyD, LMFT on October 11, 2019

Frustrated with therapists not understanding how to help you with a DNA discovery? A few helpful hints to get the most out of therapy for Non-Paternal Events.

Frustrated with therapists not understanding how to help you with a DNA discovery? A few helpful hints to get the most out of therapy for Non-Paternal Events.

Trauma
Family Secrets and Trauma

Jodi Klugman-Rabb PsyD, LMFT on September 20, 2019

Discovering you have a different parent than you were raised to believe is traumatizing—to you and to your family at large. There is help out there.

Discovering you have a different parent than you were raised to believe is traumatizing—to you and to your family at large. There is help out there.

Identity
Who Am I Now?

Jodi Klugman-Rabb PsyD, LMFT on June 10, 2019

Identity is an ambiguous and very essential part of our well-being. Your family has a lot to do with it.

Identity is an ambiguous and very essential part of our well-being. Your family has a lot to do with it.

Identity
Finding Identity

Jodi Klugman-Rabb PsyD, LMFT on February 12, 2019

Identity is a construct that takes years to define. Shocking DNA results took the identity I thought I had and threw it out the window, leaving a void to be filled.

Identity is a construct that takes years to define. Shocking DNA results took the identity I thought I had and threw it out the window, leaving a void to be filled.

Relationships
When Family Doesn't Act As Such

Jodi Klugman-Rabb PsyD, LMFT on December 2, 2018

Have you been shunned by family after shocking DNA results? A few tips about managing family relationships when the lie has been revealed

Have you been shunned by family after shocking DNA results? A few tips about managing family relationships when the lie has been revealed

Intuition
Intuition Isn't Crazy

Jodi Klugman-Rabb PsyD, LMFT on November 24, 2018

An unusual feeling of not fitting into the family? It may be the universe and your biology trying to tell you something.

An unusual feeling of not fitting into the family? It may be the universe and your biology trying to tell you something.

Identity
The New Identity Crisis

Jodi Klugman-Rabb PsyD, LMFT on November 23, 2018

Confused about who you are after shocking DNA revelations? Your identity is one of the big changes that come with a change in biological family.

Confused about who you are after shocking DNA revelations? Your identity is one of the big changes that come with a change in biological family.