Wendy began her psychotherapy practice in 1987. She has worked with individuals, couples, and families in Downtown Manhattan. Bringing the couple into the room allows her to begin conversations that have been avoided. Wendy has also worked with people who were trying to understand difficult issues involving sexual orientation. In 1989 Wendy joined the New York Foundling; while there she was Administrative Supervisor of Record Information, providing personal histories to former clients who were in the adoption or foster care systems. She has written about Adoption and Search and Reunion throughout her career. As a seasoned public speaker, she completed several speaking engagements in 2012-2013. She is also an advocate for opening access to the Original Birth Certificates for people who have been adopted. Presently, Wendy sees clients who are interested in understanding their own needs and in clarifying their goals in life; some are members of the adoption triad (birth parent, adoptive parent, or adoptee) but many are not. Psychotherapy is an educational, interpersonal, and emotional process that demands hard work from both the client and the therapist. Wendy listens to people’s stories and wonders about the parts of the narrative that are not fully fleshed out. In working through the missing pieces, the client can develop a richer understanding of their past and how that evolved into the present; but while insight is helpful, it needs to help the individual change and grow so that they make better decisions in the future. Wendy believes it is truly a privilege to be part of the psychotherapeutic process. www.adoptionpsychotherapy.com

Education & experience

Education

Yeshiva University, Master’s in Social Work

City University of New York, Queens College, Master's in Education

Practice

Wendy Freund MSEd., LCSW

Professional memberships

American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work

National Association of Social Workers

New York Psychotherapy Cooperative

New York State Society for Clinical Social Work

The Psychotherapy and Training Collective of New York

PsychworksNY

Psychology Today

Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society

Awards and publications

• (2013) Search and Reunion, Ametz Adoption Program: 19th Annual Adoption and the Family Conference--Keynote

(2009) Building a Family, 140th Homecoming, New York Founding, at the Yale Club - Key Note

(2012) Adoption Search and Reunion, The 32nd Annual APC Adoption Conference

(2012) Adoption Search and Reunion: A Historical and Personal Journey, St. John's University 7th Biennial Conference: Adoption Initiatives

Contributed to and appeared in the Emmy-award-winning VHI Rock Docs production "DMC: My Adoption Journey" which follows the search of Darryl McDaniel, founding artist of "RunDMC", for his birth mother

(1998) Working with adopted clients. Journal of Analytic Social Work. 5(4), 25-37

(1997) After adoption: creating a personal narrative. Met Chapter Forum: New York State Society for Clinical Social Work. 8(1)m 6-16.

Background

Languages spoken

English

Gender

Female

NPI number

#1437235884

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