Name: Healthy Boundaries, Secure Relationships
Start: 2025-06-21T09:30:00-0400
End: 2025-06-21T10:45:00-0400

The KAAN 2025 Conference will take place at The Grand Hyatt in Atlanta, GA, on June 20-22. The theme this year is Growth and Change. As always, we offer an adoptee-only track alongside our general breakout sessions, which are open to all. We also offer programs for adults and youth (ages 8-17). All are welcome, including adoptees, birth families, family members (adoptive parents, spouses/partners, siblings and children of adoptees), service providers, and Korean Americans. We look forward to seeing you there!

If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at tech@wearekaan.org.

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Saturday June 21, 2025 9:30am - 10:45am EDT

Highland 4 &5 (Lobby)

Many adoptees struggle to form healthy meaningful relationships that allow them to feel known, seen, and valued. Why is this? Maybe you have been described as “distant” and find yourself “shutting down” in relationships. Maybe you’ve been told you are “too trusting” and find yourself in a pattern of hurt from relationships that feel one-sided. Navigating boundaries is essential for healthy, secure relationships and can be especially hard for adoptees. This session will explore ways the trauma of relinquishment is connected to our understanding of attachment and our ability to form healthy boundaries in relationships with others.

Speakers

Jodi Stelley

Jodi (she/hers) is a Korean American Adoptee and works as a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in IL. She holds two degrees – M.Ed. in Higher Education Administration and an M.A. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and previously worked with underrepresented student populations... Read More →

Saturday June 21, 2025 9:30am - 10:45am EDT
Highland 4 &5 (Lobby)

Adoptee-Only Session

KAAN 2025

Jodi Stelley

Attendees (11)

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