There Are More Like Me

Search, Reunion, and Synchronicity in Adoption

Author: Douglas B. Henderson

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"Douglas B. Henderson sheds light on the complex impact of adoption, which up until then was largely left swept under his parents' proverbial rug. Both universal and personal, his story is one of courage, reflection, and connection, offering a thoughtful perspective on adoption and identity."

-Betsie Norris

Founder and Executive Director, Adoption Network Cleveland

reunited adoptee (1986) and former psychiatric nurse

co-author of Journeys After Adoption: Understanding the Lifelong Process

Critic Reviews

"An extraordinary blend of the personal and the professional. Henderson provides the field with the much needed voice of the male adoptee and makes a truly unique contribution to our understanding of search, reunion, and synchronicity."

-Madelyn Freundlich

Former Director, Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute

author of the Adoption and Ethics Series, Child Welfare League of America

"A very personal and compelling testimony to the importance of synchronicity in a male adoptee's search for answers."

-Marlou Russell

author of Adoption Wisdom: A Guide to the Issues and Feelings of Adoption

About the Author

Douglas B. Henderson is a retired Professor of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. He received his Ph.D. in Clinical Child Psychology from The Ohio State University in 1973, and was a licensed psychologist for 25 years. Doug was adopted at birth in 1946 in a traditional closed adoption, but despite knowing his adoption had major implications in his life, he didn't seriously consider searching until a cancer diagnosis in 1981. Doug did his primary search between 1983 and 1999, ultimately meeting several members of his birth family. His reunion process stalled for many years until his identity was confirmed through 23andMe.Doug has authored or coauthored 12 articles about adoption in professional journals, and presented 19 papers at psychology- or adoption-related conventions. For ten years he led a local chapter of Adoption Information and Direction, a Wisconsin search and support group for adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive parents. He was a member of Board, Executive, and Nominating Committees, Continuing Education Director, and a Regional Director of the American Adoption Congress.Doug lives in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, with his wife, Susan Hughes Gingrasso, a retired Professor of Dance.