In this episode, Natasha D'Arcangelo, a licensed mental health counselor and chief clinical officer, discusses the experiences of adoptive motherhood and international adoption through a personal lens in light of current sociopolitical issues. We explore the anxieties faced by adoptive families amidst changing policies. Natasha also explores the challenges therapists face balancing their own concerns with those of their clients, particularly regarding marginalized populations. The conversation highlights the need for therapists to engage in social justice work beyond individual sessions and consider their ethical responsibilities in the current climate.
Natasha D'Arcangelo’s Contact:
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/natasha-darcangelo/
Resources:
Free support groups to mental health providers, NPs, nurses, OTs, PTs, SLPs, etc. using this link lbeehealth.com/healthcaresupport and all groups are only $5.00 a month for other populations. The website for LBee is https://www.lbeehealth.com/
Call your congress person:
Professional communities:
Counselors for Social Justice - https://www.counseling-csj.org/
National Association of Social Work - https://www.socialworkers.org/Advocacy/Social-Justice
APA division 48 - https://peacepsychology.org/
Articles:
Another federal judge blocks Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship -
“Shock and Awe”: Immigration Raids Begin as Judge Halts Unconstitutional Birthright Citizenship Order
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/24/birthright_citizenship
The end of Roe V. Wade: implications for Women's mental health and care.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37215676/
The end of roe is having a chilling effect on pregnancy
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/09/13/dobbs-pregnancy-maternal-health-00115561
The impact of infertility on the mental health of women undergoing in vitro fertilization treatment,
Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare (2025). Aggeliki Moutzouroulia, Zoi Asimakopoulou, Chara Tzavara, Konstantinos Asimakopoulos, Georgios Adonakis, Apostolos Kaponis, 43, 1877-5756,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.srhc.2025.101072
Family Separation and Detention - https://www.americanbar.org/advocacy/governmental_legislative_work/priorities_policy/immigration/familyseparation/
Trump’s border policy tore apart many families. Nobody knows what happens to them now
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/jan/17/trump-policy-family-separation-future
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Music Samples:
Intro 1 by Oleksii Kalyna - Mother’s Love
Intro 2 by Mikhail Smusev - Heroic Quest
Outro by Alex Kizenkov - Inspirational Cinematic Adventure
