Anne Braff Brodzinskyis a parent by birth, by adoption, and through step-parenting. As a graduate student in psychology she became part of the Rutgers research team led by her now husband, Dr.David Brodzinsky, that has done the definitive research on how children of various ages–adopted and not–perceive and understand adoption’s process, permanency, and relationships. Out of this research and in dedication to her daughter, Anne wrote the adoption classic The Mulberry Bird. Directed at children no younger than 5 and up to about age 10, this story of a mother bird’s struggle to find the best way to provide her much-loved baby with the care he needed, was beloved in its 1986 edition and, after Anne’s doctoral research into how birthparents resolve the experience of adoption, The Mulberry Bird was carefully revised in 1996 to reflect more openness in adoption and the empowerment of birthfamilies.
Anne’s East Bay San Francisco, California practice includes many adoption triad members. Contact Dr. Brodzinsky via email at abrodzinsk@comcast.net or telephone her (Pacific time) at her office (510) 985-1773.
Anne Braff Brodzinskyis a parent by birth, by adoption, and through step-parenting. As a graduate student in psychology she became part of the Rutgers research team led by her now husband, Dr.David Brodzinsky, that has done the definitive research on how children of various ages–adopted and not–perceive and understand adoption’s process, permanency, and relationships. Out of this research and in dedication to her daughter, Anne wrote the adoption classic The Mulberry Bird. Directed at children no younger than 5 and up to about age 10, this story of a mother bird’s struggle to find the best way to provide her much-loved baby with the care he needed, was beloved in its 1986 edition and, after Anne’s doctoral research into how birthparents resolve the experience of adoption, The Mulberry Bird was carefully revised in 1996 to reflect more openness in adoption and the empowerment of birthfamilies.