CURRICULUM
VITAE
Updated:
May
2010
NAME:
Joseph M. Soll, L.C.S.W. - R, D.A.P.A.
ADDRESS: 74 Lakewood Drive
Congers, NY
10920
845-268-0283
Email:
joesoll@adoptionhealing.com
EDUCATION: Fordham University Graduate School of
Social Service, M.S.W.
TITLE:
Psychotherapist, Author
SOCIETIES:
2000 to present Diplomate: American Psychotherapy
Association
1995 to present Approved Adoption Counselor: United
Kingdom Department of Health
1995 to present Member: American Public Health
Association
1994 to present Fellow: American Association of Grief
Counselors
1993 to present Member: Council on Social Work
Education
1989 to present Fellow: American Orthopsychiatric
Association
1988 to 2006 Trustee, International
Soundex Reunion Registry
1986 to present Member: National Association of
Social Workers
EXPERIENCE:
1990 present Psychotherapist in Private
Practice
1986-present Director & Founder, Adoption
Crossroads
1992-present Director, Adoption Counseling Center,
New York City
2009-2010 Organizer and Coordinator, "Shedding
Light VI", Adoption Crossroads International Adoption Conf. in NYC
2005-2006 Organizer and Coordinator, "Shedding
Light V", Adoption Crossroads International Adoption Conf. in NYC
1999-2000 Organizer and Coordinator, "Victories
& Visions", AAC International Adoption Conference in Nashville, TN
1999-2000 Conference Chairperson, American
Adoption Congress
1995-1996 Adjunct Professor, Fordham
University Graduate School of Social Service
1994-Sep 95 Organizer and Coordinator, "Shedding
Light IV", CERA International Adoption Conference, New York City
1993-1994 Member - Matilda Cuomo’s
NYS Dept of Social Services 1993 Advisory Council on "Adoption
Option"
1993-Sep 94 Organizer and Coordinator, "Shedding
Light III", CERA International Adoption Conference in New York City
1992-Sep 93 Organizer and Coordinator, "Shedding
Light II", CERA International Adoption Conference in New York City
1991-Sep 92 Organizer and Coordinator, "Shedding
Light" CERA. International Adoption Conference in New York City
1990-1999 Director & Founder, Council For
Equal Rights In Adoption
1989-1994 Organizer and Co-Chair, New York
State Adoption Agency Task Force
1989-Apr 90 Organizer and Coordinator, "Winds of
Change" AAC International Adoption Conference, Chicago
1987-Apr 89 Organizer and Coordinator, "Illumination
on Adoption" AAC International Adoption Conference, NYC
1987-1990 Communications Director and Special Events
Coordinator, American Adoption Congress
1988-1990 Social Worker, Northside Center for Child
Development, New York City
1988-1989 Social Worker, Lincoln Hall, New York City
Publications:
Fall 2010 "Fatal
Flight" co-author with Lori
Paris (in edit)
Mar 2007 "Evil
Exchange" co-author with Lori
Paris, 284p. Wingspan Press, Inc.
Sep 2003 “Adoption Healing... A Path to
Recovery for Women Who Lost Babies to Adoption” co-author with Karen
W. Buterbaugh 218p. Gateway Press, Inc.
Mar 2000 “Adoption Healing... A Path to Recovery”.
215p. Gateway Press, Inc.
July 1989 "Adoptees and Their Interpersonal
Relationships." American Adoption Congress "Decree", Summer 1989.
LECTURES:
Sep 2010 “The Effects of Separation of Mother and
Child”, Shedding Light on Adoption Conference, NYC
Sep 2010 “Adoption Healing... a path to
recovery”, Shedding Light on Adoption Conference, NYC
Jul 2010 “The Psychological Death of a
Mother”, Korean Amer. Adoptee Net National Conference, Harrisburg, PA
May 2010 Keynote: “Addiction due to Adoption Loss”, Beth
Israel
Medical Center Addiction Conference, New York City
Jul 2009 “Adoption Healing... a path to recovery”,
Korean Amer. Adoptee Network National Conference, Denver, CO
Jul 2009 “Sexual Abuse Issues”, Korean
Amer. Adoptee Network National Conference, Denver, CO
Oct 2008 “Adoption Healing Weekend Symposium”, Forget
Me Not Society, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Jul 2008 “The Psychological Death of a Mother”,
Korean Amer. Adoptee Network National Conference, Chicago, IL
Jul 2008 “You Love Me? I’m out of here”, Korean
Amer. Adoptee Network National Conference, Chicago, IL
Apr 2008 Clinical Practice in Adoption, New York City
Mar 2008 “Adoption Healing... a path to recovery”,
American Adoption Congress Conference, Portland, OR
Feb 2008 “Adoptees & Criminality”, Queens
Criminal Court Staff, Kew Gardens, NY
Apr 2007 Clinical Practice in Adoption, New York City
Nov 2006 “Adoption Healing Weekend Symposium”, Forget
Me Not Society, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Sep 2006 “Adoption Healing... a path to recovery”,
Shedding Light on Adoption Conference, NYC
Sep 2006 “The Separation of Mother and Child”,
Shedding Light on Adoption Conference, NYC
Apr 2006 Clinical Practice in Adoption, New York City
Apr 2005 Clinical Practice in Adoption, New York City
Apr 2004 Clinical Practice in Adoption, New York City
Nov 2002
Moderator & Speaker, “Retying the Knot: 5 Writers on Adoption”,
Teachers & Writers Collaborative, NYC
Oct 2002 “Myths and Realities of Searching”, Family
History Fair, New York, NY
Jun 2002 Keynote, “Adoption Healing”, Adoption Forum
Symposium, Pittsburgh, PA
May 2002 “Adoption Healing”, Barnes & Noble, West
Nyack, NY
Mar 2002 “Adoption Healing”, Clinical Staff
Presentation, Abbott House, Irvington, NY
Feb 2002 “Adoption Healing”, Clinical Staff
Presentation, Adoption Resource Center - Boys & Girls Harbor, NYC,
NY
Jun 2001 Keynote, “Adoption Healing”, Adoption Forum
Symposium, Philadelphia, PA
May 2001 “Adoption Healing”, Clinical Staff
Presentation, Abbott House, Irvington, NY
Nov 2000 “Adoption Healing”, Barnes & Noble,
Paramus, NJ, South
Oct 2000 “Anger Management”, Adoptive Parent Support
Group of Plainfield, NJ
Jun 2000 “Adoption Healing”, Barnes & Noble,
Yonkers, NY
Jun 2000 “Adoption Healing”, Barnes & Noble,
Paramus, NJ, North
Apr 2000 “Adoption Healing”, American Adoption
Congress 22nd Annual Conference, Nashville, TN
Apr 2000 “Anger Management”, American Adoption
Congress 22nd Annual Conference, Nashville, TN
Oct 1999 “Psychological Death of a Mother or Child”,
Concerned United Birthparent’s Conference, Gettysburg, PA
Oct 1999 “Adoption Healing”, Concerned United
Birthparent’s Conference, Gettysburg, PA
Sep 1999 Keynote “The Respect We Never Got” Adoption
Connection Annual Conference, Andover, MA
May 1999 “I’m Fine and I’m Certainly Not Angry”,
American Adoption Conf 21st Annual Conference, McLean, VA
May 1999 “You Love Me? I’m Out of Here”, American
Adoption Conference 21st Annual Conference, McLean, VA
Nov 1998 “Adoption Myths & Realities”, Sony
Corporation Employee Program, NYC
Nov 1998 “I’m Fine and I’m Certainly Not Angry”,
Adoption Forum Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA
Oct 1998 “Re-Union: Healing the Fracture”, Concerned
United Birthparents Conference, Omaha, NE
Oct 1998 “Giving Ourselves the Respect We Deserve”,
Concerned United Birthparents Conference, Omaha, NE
Sep 1998 “Adoption Myths and Realities”, Barnes &
Noble Fall Lecture Series, Nanuet, NY
Jun 1998 “Psychology of the Search”, Adoptive Parents
of Older Children, New York City
Mar 1998 “Adoption Myths and Realities”, West Nyack,
NY Public Library Adult Education Series
Mar 1998 “Anger Management”, American Adoption
Congress Conference, Andover, MA
Nov 1997 “Adoption from Beginning to End”, Barnes
& Noble, Nanuet, NY
Nov 1997 “Adoption Myths and Realities”, New City, NY
Public Library Educational Series
Oct 1997 “Searching within the Legal System”,
American Adoption Congress Middle Atlantic Conference, Albany, NY
Oct 1997 “Psychology of the Death of Mother/Child”,
Concerned United Birthparents Conference, Beaumont, CA
Oct 1997 “Healing the Fracture of the Primal Wound“,
Concerned United Birthparents Conference, Beaumont, CA
Jun 1997 “Bell, Book & Candle: Healing Rituals”,
Hartman Conference on Children & Families, New London, CT
May 1997 “Adoption Myths & Realities”, Parenting
Magazine’s Barnes & Noble Lecture Series, Nanuet, NY
Apr 1997 “Anger Management”, American Adoption
Congress Conference, Nashua, NH
Dec 1996 “Effects of Mother/Child Separation”, Staff
Training, Pomona Mental Health Center, Pomona, NY
Nov 1996 “Stress Management”, Sony Corporation
Employee Program, NYC
Nov 1996 “Healing Your Inner Child”, Barnes &
Noble Fall Lecture Series, Nanuet, NY
Oct 1996 “Adoption Myths & Realities”, Sony
Corporation Employee Program, NYC
Oct 1996 “Unfinished Women in No Man’s Land...”,
Concerned United Birthparents Conference, Weston, MA
Oct 1996 “Limbo: The Purgatory of Not Knowing”,
Concerned United Birthparents Conference, Weston, MA
Oct 1996 “Interpersonal Relationships”, Barnes &
Noble Fall Lecture Series, Nanuet, NY
Sep 1996 “Adoption: Myths & Realities”, Barnes
& Noble Fall Lecture Series, Nanuet, NY
Sep 1996 “Adoption Myths & Realities”, Guest
Speaker, First Unitarian Society, Pomona, NY
Jul 1996 “Adoption: Myths & Realities”,
Barnes & Noble Lecture Series, New York, NY
Jun 1996 “Adoption Myths and Realities”, Nyack, NY
Public Library, Lecture Series
Nov 1995 "Psychological Death of a Child or Mother",
Concerned United Birthparents Conf., San Bernadino, CA
Nov 1995 "Healing the Primal Wound", Concerned United
Birthparents Conf., San Bernadino, CA
Oct 1995 "Anger Management", American Adoption
Congress Conference, Nashua, NH
Sep 1995 Keynote - "We Hold These Truths...", CERA
Conference, New York City
Sep 1995 "The Psychological Death of a Child or
Mother", CERA Conference, New York City
Sep 1995 "Bell, Book & Candle: Healing Rituals",
CERA Conference", New York City
Apr 1995 "Psychological Death of a Parent" American
Adoption Congress 17th Annual Conference, Las Vegas
Apr 1995 "Anger as a Core Issue in Adoptees",
American Adoption Congress, Las Vegas
Mar 1995 "Psychological Death of a Parent", Adoption
Forum 21st Annual Conference, Philadelphia
Feb 1995 Jewish Child Care Association Pleasantville
Campus Staff, “Clinical Issues in Adoption”
Feb 1995 Fordham University Graduate School of Social
Service, “Rageful Adoptees”
Jan 1995 "Clinical Practice in Adoption",
Roosevelt Hospital Social Work Department Training, New York City
Nov 1994 "Fantasyland, Adoption Style",
Concerned United Birthparents Conference, Chicago, IL
Nov 1994 "I'm Fine and I Certainly Don't Feel Angry,
Cub Conference, Chicago, IL
Oct 1994 Keynote - "We Hold These Truths", CERA
Conference, New York City
Sep 1994 "Healing (Some) of the Pain",
CERA Conference, New York City
Sep 1994 "Interpersonal Relationships",
CERA Conference, New York City
Sep 1994 "Walking on Eggshells", CERA
Conference, New York City
May 1994 "Open Records Debate", New York County Bar
Association, New York City
Apr 1994 "Inner World of the Adoptee", American
Orthopsychiatric Conference, Washington, DC
Mar 1994 "Fantasies & Reality", Adoption Forum
21st Annual Conference, Philadelphia
Mar 1994 "Anger & Adoption", Adoption Forum 21st
Annual Conference, Philadelphia
Jan 1994 "Adoptee Anger", Tough Love, New City, New
York
Dec 1993 "Clinical Practice in Adoption", Roosevelt
Hospital Social Work Department Training, New York City
Dec 1993 "Bio/Medical Ethics of Adoption", Bronx High
School of Science, New York
Nov 1993 "Psychological Impact of the Media on
Adoption", Adoptive Parents Committee Annual Conf, NYC
Nov 1993 "Fantasyland, Adoption Style", Concerned
United Birthparents Conference, Estes Park, CO
Nov 1993 "I'm Fine and I Certainly Don't Feel Angry,
Cub Conference
Sep 1993 Keynote - "What I Just Heard" - CERA
Conference - Shedding Light on the Adoption Experience, NYC
Sep 1993 "Inner Conflict of Two Mothers", CERA
Conference, New York City
Sep 1993 "Regressive Nature of Reunion", CERA
Conference
May 1993 "Psychology of Adoption", New York State
Citizens Coalition for Children, Adoption Conf., Albany, NY
Apr 1993 "Adoption: Clinical Perspectives"
Instructor: Mental Health Professional training program - CERA
Mar 1993 "Clinical Treatment in Adoption - A New
Model", Adoption Forum 20th Annual Conference, Philadelphia
Mar 1993 "Dealing with Anger", Adoption Forum 20th
Annual Conference, Philadelphia
Oct 1992 "Effects of Open Records", New York
Archdiocese Adoption Committee
Sep 1992 Keynote - "Marching to a Different Drummer",
CERA Conference, New York City
Sep 1992 "Denial is Filled with Crocodiles", CERA
Conference
Sep 1992 "Disparate Realities of Adoption", CERA
Conference
Aug 1992 "Adoption Issues", Southern Connecticut
State University
Jul 1992 "The Truth about Pandora's Box", New
York Vista, Jewish Genealogical Society 11th Summer Conf
Apr 1992 "Why Open the Records", New York State
Citizens Coalition for Children, Adoption Conf., Albany, NY
Apr 1992 "Open Records", Adoption Action Network, New
York City
Apr 1992 "Clinical Issues for Male Adoptees",
American Adoption Congress Nat'l Conf. Philadelphia, PA
Nov 1991 "Psychology of Reunions", Concerned United
Birthparents Annual Conference, Frederick, MD
Oct 1991 "Adolescent Identity Issues", Jewish Family
and Children's Services Conference, Philadelphia
Oct 1991 "Why Open the Records", Panel Discussion,
Towson State Teachers College, MD
May 1991 "Clinical Issues in Adoption", Staff
Meeting, New York Foundling Hospital
May 1991 "Clinical Perspectives", New York Foundling
Hospital
Apr 1991 "The Effect of Open Records", NY State
Citizens Coalition for Children, Adoption Conf., Albany, NY
Apr 1991 "Sealed Records & Social Work Policy",
Yeshiva Univ. School of Social Work, New York
Apr 1991 "Self Help & Clinical Practice, A
Blend", American Adoption Congress National Conference, Anaheim, CA
Mar 1991 "Open Records Debate", Cardoza Law School
Symposium, New York, NY
May 1990 "Why Did My Mother Give Me Away",
American Adoption Congress National Conference, Chicago
Apr 1990 "On the Adoption Experience", NYS Citizens
Coalition for Children, Adoption Conf., Albany, NY
Mar 1990 "Clinical Issues in Adoption",
Mid-Hudson Adoption Council, White Plains, NY
Feb 1990 "On the Adoption Experience", Syosset, NY
High School
Jan 1990 "Grief Work in Adoption", Fordham
University, Graduate School of Social Services,
NYC
Nov 1989 "Resistance in Clinical Practice in
Adoption", Fordham Univ., Graduate School of Social Services, NYC
Oct 1989 Keynote -"How to Come to Grips with Your
Adoptive Status", AAC Regional Conference, Charlotte, NC
Oct 1989 "On Open Records", American Jewish
Committee Advisory Board, NYC
Aug 1989 Keynote - "Clinical Issues in Adoption"
Adoption Weekend Pt Townsend, WA Adopt Parents Committee
Aug 1989 "Adoptee's Sense of Self", 14th NACAC
Conference, Anaheim, CA
Aug 1989 Keynote - "Clinical Issues in
Adoption" Adoption Weekend Pt Angeles, WA Adopt Parents Committee
Aug 1989 Keynote - "Clinical Issues in
Adoption" Adoption Weekend Sequim, WA Adoptive Parents Committee
Apr 1989 Keynote - "Clinical Perspective in Adoption
By Those Who Live it Daily", AAC Natl Conference, NYC
Apr 1989 "Separating Out Adoption Issues From Other
Issues in Clinical Work", AAC National Conference, NYC
Apr 1989 "For Those Who Do Not Wish to Search",
AAC National Conference, New York City
Mar 1989 "Understanding Your Adopted Teenager",
Adoptive Parents Committee, March Monthly
Meeting
Mar 1989 "Surviving Adolescence" Spring Lecture
Series, Jewish Child Care Association, New York, NY
Nov 1988 "Clinical Issues in Adoption" Psychiatry
Grand Rds, Jewish Bd. of Family & Childrens Services, Bx, NY
Nov 1988 "Chicken, Egg, Nest" Adoptive Parents
Committee Annual Conference, Bronx, NY
Nov 1988 "Understanding Your Adopted Teenager",
Adoptive Parents Committee Annual Conference, Bronx, NY
Jul 1988 "The Adoption Experience", The
American Jewish Committee, New York City
May 1988 "Understanding the Adopted Adult",
American Jewish Committee, New York City
May 1988 "Psychopathology and Adopted
Adolescents", Fordham Univ., Graduate School of Social Services, NYC
Apr 1988 Keynote- "Why Open Adoption Records",
Adoption Forum 15th Anniversary,
Phila
Apr 1988 "Understanding Your Adopted
Child", New York State Singles Adopting Children, NYC
Apr 1988 "Adoptee's Sense of Self",
Birthparent Support Network, Annual Conference, Plainview, NY
Apr 1988 "Significant Others in
Adoption", 10th Annual Amer Adoption Congress National
Conference, Calgary
Apr 1988 "What To Do If You Search and Never
Find", 10th Annual AAC National Conference, Calgary
Mar 1988 "Chicken, Egg, Nest" Parents of
Tomorrow Conference, Concord Hotel, NY
Mar 1988 "The Adoption Experience", Parents of
Tomorrow Conference, Concord Hotel, NY
Mar 1988 "Normative Crisis for Adopted
Adolescents", Fordham Univ. Graduate School of Social Services,
NYC
Nov 1987 "Chicken, Egg, Nest" Adoptive
Family Network Annual Conference, CW Post College, NY
Nov 1987 "Understanding Why Adoptees
Search", Adopt Parents Committee Conf. Manhattan College, Bronx,
NY
May 1987 "Is it OK to Search?", 9th Annual
American Adoption Congress, National Conference, Boston.
Apr 1987 "The Adoption Experience",
Birthparent Support Network, Annual Conference, White Plains
Feb 1987 "Clinical Issues with Adoptees",
Social Workers Conf, St Catherine's Family Svces ,Hempstead,NY
Nov 1986 "Clinical Issues with Adoptees"
Social Workers Conference, Catholic Charities, Syracuse
Nov 1986 "Understanding Your Adopted Child",
Adoptive Parents Committee, Annual Conf. C.W.Post College, NY
Nov 1986 "Understanding Your Adopted Child",
Adoptive Family Network, Annual Conf, C.W.Post College, NY
MEDIA APPEARANCES:\
May 2010 Review of
Adoption Healing in Korean press
May 2010 "Genetic Attraction Documentary", Australia
Apr 2010 Baby Trafficking, RTV, Russian Television
Network
Apr 2009 Madonna’s Adoption, CNN Headline News
Oct 2008 Featured in “Distinguished Adoptees.. etc. :
A Biographical Dictionary
Sep 2008 “Adoption Issues” - Speaking of Adoption,
WOON, Woonsocket, RI
May 2008 “Genetic Attraction”, Good Morning America -
Canada, United Kingdom, United States
Apr 2008 “Adoption and the Law “, The Justice Hour,
Boca Raton, FL
Apr 2008 “Genetic Attraction”, Sixty Minutes -
Australia
Mar 2008 “New Jersey Open Records”, WMGQ News, New
Brunswick, NJ
Jan 2008 “Adoption Issues” - Speaking of Adoption,
WOON, Woonsocket, RI
Feb 2007 “Genetic Attraction” - Primetime ABC
News
Oct 2006 “Black Market Adoption” - The Adoption Show,
Toronto, Canada
Oct 2006 “Adoption Reversal” - Paula Zahn Show, CNN
Oct 2006 “Adoption Reversal” - Geraldo Show, FoxTV
Network
Oct 2006 “Genetic Attraction” - Geraldo Show, FoxTV
Network
Sep 2006 “Genetic Attraction” - Village Voice, New
York City
Sep 2006 “Black Market Babies” - Eye on New York,
WXPN-TV
Aug 2006 “Adoption Issues” - Speaking of Adoption,
WSAR, Fall River Mass
Nov 2006 “Adoption Issues” - Eye on New York, WXPN-TV
Jun 2006 “Adoption Issues for Natural Mothers” - The
Adoption Show, Toronto, Canada
Jun 2006 “Adoption Issues” - The Adoption Show,
Toronto, Canada
Aug 2004 Chicago Tribune, “Anti-Adoption activists”
Aug 2004 Mike Gallagher Show, “Anti-Adoption
activists”
Dec 2003 Chum TV, Toronto, “Genetic Sexual Attraction)
Nov 2002 Rockland County Journal News, “For the love
of a child”
Jan 2002
New York Newsday, “The Unvarnished Truth”
Aug 2001 Global Japanese Network, “Baby Selling on
the Internet”
July 2001 CNN Headline News, “March on
Washington”
July 2001 The Seeker, “March on Washington”
May 2001 Don and Carla Talk Show, World-Wide Web,
“Why Open Records”
Apr 2001 Don and Carla Talk Show, World-Wide Web,
“Adoption Healing”
Mar 2001 MSNBC News, “Adoption By Kidnapping”
Oct 2000 Courier News, Plainfield, NJ, “Adoption
Therapist”
Oct 2000 Global Japanese Network, “Adoption
Therapist: Joe Soll”
Aug 2000 WYDE-AM, Birmingham,
AL The Donna Wilson Show, “On Adoption”
Jul 2000 Fox Five TV News, Washington, DC. “March on
Washington”
Jul 2000 The Journal News, Nyack, NY
“Activist Crusades for the Adopted”
Jul 2000 The Seeker, “March on Washington”
Jun 2000 The Seeker, “Baby Dump Laws” and
“Re-Birthing”
Mar 2000 WABC-TV NYC, Evening News, “Grandparents
Rights”
Jan 2000 Montgomery Alabama Advertiser, “Alabama’s
adoption laws frustrate adoptees”
Jan 2000 WYDE, Live Talk Radio, Birmingham,
AL “To Search or Not to Search”
Jan 2000 The Seeker, “March on Washington”
Jan 2000 New York Daily News, “Adopted and Kept in
the Dark”
Jan 2000 KIEV Radio, Los Angeles, “Should Adoption
Records Be Open”
Nov 1999 MSNBC News, “What Prospective Adoptive
Parents Should Know”
Aug 1999 Binghamton, NY Press, “Adoption and Search”
Jun
1999
Talk
America
Radio,
“Adoption
Rights”
Jun 1998 Pittsburgh Tribune, “Civil Rights in
Adoption”
Jun 1998 San Francisco Chronicle, “Civil Rights in
Adoption”
Jun 1998 Rockland County Journal News, “Civil Rights
in Adoption”
May 1998 HBO Special “Reno Finds Her Mom”
May 1998 New York Daily News, “Adoption Registries”
Oct 1997 American Journal, “Celebrity Adoptions”
Oct 1997 CNN Headline News, “Foreign Adoptions”
Sep 1997 Montel Williams Show, “About Separating
Siblings”
Jun 1997 MSNBC News, “Open Records Debate”
Feb 1997 NewsTalk Television, “Open Records
Debate”
Feb 1997 FOX Ten O’Clock News, “Psychology of
Adoption Search”
Jan 1997 MSNBC TV Talk Show, “Baby
Richard Revisited”
Jan 1997 FOX Cable Network, “Interracial
Adoption Debate”
Oct 1996 WRKL News, “Merits of Searching”
Oct 1996 Rockland County Journal News &
Westchester Gannett Newspapers, “Adoption’s Other Side”
Aug 1996 NewsTalk Television, “Open Records
Debate”
Jun 1996 Joanne Shrebnick Show, WRKL, “About
Searching”
Jun 1996 Freddy Mertl Show, WRKL, “About
Searching”
May 1996 Day and Date, “About Hillary Clinton
Adopting a Child”
Apr 1996 Regional News Network, “Profile on Joe
Soll’s Search”
Mar 1996 Rockland County Journal News, “Congers
Man Fights for the Adopted”
Mar 1996 NewsTalk Television, “Open Records
Debate”
Feb 1996 WYNY Public Affairs Radio, “Adoption
Issues”
Jan 1996 NewsTalk Television, “Psychology of
Interracial Adoption”
Jan 1996 Mark Walberg Show, “Reunions and the
Right to Know” (2 reruns)
Nov 1995 Sally Jesse Raphael, "Psychology of
Interracial Adoption"
Oct 1995 Good Day New York, "Psychology of
Interracial Adoption"
Sep 1995 American Baby Magazine, "Adoptees as
Parents"
Jun 1995 ABC TV Network, EXTRA, "Maury Povich
New Baby"
Jun 1995 CBSTV Network This Morning, "Baby
Custody Decisions"
Jun 1995 NBC Network News, "Access to
Information"
Jun 1995 WRCA-TV, Washington, DC, "Adoption
Laws"
Apr, 1995 Portrayed as a Therapist in NBC Made
for TV Movie, "The Other Mother"
Mar 1995 Rolanda, "Sexuality and Adoption"
Mar 1995 NewsTalk, "Transracial Adoption Debate"
Jan 1995 CBSTV Network News “Baby Richard”
Jun -Dec 94 Host of weekly Adoption Crossroads
of the Air, WLIR-AM, Rockland County, NY (26 broadcasts)
Dec 1994 The Talk Show, "Adoption and Violence"
Nov 1994 Fox Television, Street Talk, "Bring
Back Orphanages?"
Oct 1994 New York Newsday, CERA Conference
Sep 1994 WNYC - AM, Ethics of Search
Sep 1994 Geraldo, "Best Interest of Parent or
Child?"
Aug 1994 Fox Television, Street Talk, "Best
Interest of Parent or Child?"
Aug 1994 "Investigative Reports ", A & E
Cable Network, Documentary on the Search Movement (2 reruns)
Aug 1994 WGNU, St Louis, Adoption Issues in the
90's
Jul 1994 "Am I Nuts?", CNBC-TV, "The Conflicts
of Search"
Jun 1994 CNN Headline News, "March on
Washington"
Jun 1994 FOX-TV News, Washington, DC, "March on
Washington"
Jun 1994 WTOP Radio News, Washington, "Why
Search"
Jun 1994 WOL Radio Network, Washington, "The
Need to Know"
Jun 1994 National Public Radio, Washington,
"March on Washington"
Jun 1994 WILM, CBS News, Wilmington, "The Right
to Know"
Jun 1994 WLS-TV News, Wilmington, "March on
Washington"
Jun 1994 WHYY-TV, PBS, Wilmington, "The Right
to Know"
Jun 1994 WDEL News, Wilmington, "March on
Washington"
Jun 1994 WPVI-TV News, Philadelphia, "March on
Washington"
Jun 1994 WKYW-TV News, Philadelphia, "March on
Washington"
Jun 1994 FOX-TV News, Philadelphia, "March on
Washington"
Jun 1994 Newark Star Ledger, "March on
Washington
Jun 1994 City Beat, WNYC Public Radio, "The
Right to Know"
Jun 1994 WGNU, St Louis, Adoption Issues in the
90's
May 1994 WGNU, St Louis, Adoption Issues in the
90's
Jan 1994 WGNU, St Louis, Adoption Issues in the
90's
Apr 1994 Ricki Lake, "Psychology of Reunions"
Mar 1994 Sonya LIve, CNN, "The Need to Know Who
You Are"
Mar 1994 "Law Line", WNYC, "Legalities
and Searching"
Feb 1994 WNBC-TV, Broadcast News, "The Right to
Know Your Heritage"
Feb 1994 Sally Jesse Raphael, "Angry Adoptees"
Jan 1994 WBDO, St Louis, Adoption Issues in the
90's
Dec 1993 60 Minutes "Searching"
Nov 1983 Houston Post "Open Adoption"
Oct 1993 WABC-TV News, "Impact of Separation"
Oct 1993 New York Newsday, Part II, "On
Searching"
Sep 1993 Sally Jesse Raphael, "Impact of
Separation"
Sep 1993 Dateline, NBC, "The Move to Open
Adoption Records"
Sep 1993 Telcom Japan International,
Tokyo, "Impact of Adoption",
Aug 1993 Maury Povitch Show, "Impact of
Separation"
Aug 1993 Time Magazine, "Where Should Jessica
Be?"
Aug 1993 New York Times Letter to the Editor,
"Impact of Separation"
Aug 1993 Dallas Morning News, "Scared of
Adopting?"
Aug 1993 Fox Television, Street Talk, "Where
Should Jessica be ?"
Aug 1993 WYLL Talk Radio, Chicago, "DeBoers vs
Schmidts - Best Interest of Child"
Jul 1993 WABC-TV, Heart of the Matter,
"Psychology of Adoption"
Jul 1993 WNBC-TV Special, "Are Reunions
Disruptive?"
Jul 1993 KABC, Los Angeles "DeBoers vs Schmidts
- Where should Jessica be?"
Jul 1993 Heart of the Matter, WABC-TV,
"Psychology of Adoption"
Jul 1993 Miami Herald, "Why Open Adoption?"
Jul 1993 People Magazine, "DeBoers vs Schmidts
- Where should Jessica be?"
Jun 1993 CNN Headline News, "March on
Washington"
Jun 1993 Fox 5 Network News, "Rally for Civil
Rights"
Jun 1993 WNBC Network News, "Rally for Civil
Rights"
Jun 1993 WTOP (CBS Radio Network) News, "Why
are you Marching?"
Jun 1993 Cecil (MD), Whig, "March on Washington"
Jun 1993 1st State News, Wilmington, "March on
Washington"
Jun 1993 Wilmington News Journal, "Walking for Civil
Rights"
Jun 1993 WDEL, Wilmington, "March on Washington"
Jun 1993 WILS, Wilmington, "Right to Know Who
You Are"
Jun 1993 Delaware County, PA News, "March on
Washington
Jun 1993 WPHL-TV, Philadelphia, "March on
Washington"
Jun 1993 WPVI-TV News, Philadelphia, "March on
Washington"
Jun 1993 Bridgewater, NJ News, "March on
Washington"
Jun 1993 WKYW-TV News, Philadelphia, "The
Right to Know"
Jun 1993 New York 1 News, "March on Washington"
Jun 1993 WCBS Radio Network News, "March on
Washington"
May 1993 Springfield, MA News, "March on
Washington"
May 1993 WDEL News, Wilmington, "The March on
Washington"
May 1993 Jane Whitney Show, "Psychology of
Adoption"
Mar 1993 Sally Jesse Raphael, "Reunions
Revisited"
Mar 1993 Diana Montford Show, "Psychology of
Adoption"
Jan 1993 Faith Daniels Show, "Psychology of
Searching for Minors"
Dec 1992 WCBS-TV Documentary "Fathers and
Sons, Mothers and Daughters"
Dec 1992 Associated Press Wire Story, "Mothers
and Sons in Search"
Nov 1992 Maury Povich Show, "Baby Brokers"
Oct 1992 Montel Williams Show, "Psychology of
Reunions"
Oct 1992 New York Newsday, "Manhattan Profile"
Sep 1992 WPIX-TV Evening News, "Psychology of
Adoption"
Jun 1992 Fox Television Morning News,
"Identity and Adoption", Washington, DC
Jun 1992 Ch 2, Heritage Evening News, "March
on Washington", Wilmington
Jun 1992 KYW-TV Evening News, "March on
Washington", Philadelphia
May 1992 WCBS-TV Evening News, "March on Washington",
New York
May 1992 WNBC-TV Evening News, "Psychology of
Adoption"
Apr 1992 48 Hours, CBS Television Network, "Family
Secrets" (2 Reruns)
Apr 1992 Unsolved Mysteries, "Black Market Baby" (13
Reruns)
Apr 1992 WABC-TV EyeWitness News, "Psychology of
Adoption"
Feb 1992 NY Post, Charles Carillo's Column, "Is the
Truth Too Much to Ask For?"
Dec 1991 WPIX-TV, BEST TALK, "Open Adoption"
Dec 1991 FOX Television Network, Evening News,
"Adoption & Search"
Nov 1991 Resident Publications Cover Story, "Adoption
and Search"
Oct 1991 FOX Television, Good Day New York, "Identity
Issues"
Oct 1991 Business Week, "Psychology of Searching"
Sep 1991 Maury Povitch Show, "Giving Back Babies"
Aug 1991 WOR-TV Evening News, "Psychology of Adoption"
Aug 1991 The Home Show, "A Place to Get Help"
Aug 1991 WCBS-TV Evening News "Someone You Should
Know"
Jul 1991 "Geraldo", "Psychology of Reunions"
Jun 1991 CNN International News, "1991 March on
Washington"
Jun 1991 CNN Headline News, "1991 March on Washington"
Jun 1991 WCBS Radio Network, "March on Washington"
Jun 1991 WMAL News, Washington, DC - "March to
Washington"
Jun 1991 WHWH News, Wilmington, "March to Washington"
Jun 1991 Wilmington News, "March to Washington"
Jun 1991 Trenton Times, "March to Washington"
Jun 1991 WMAR-TV News, Baltimore, "March on
Washington"
Jun 1991 WNBC-TV News, New York City, "On the 1991
March to Washington
Jun 1991 WPVI-TV News, Philadelphia, "On the 1991
March to Washington"
Jun 1991 New York Daily News, Bill Bell's City Beat,
"Questions That Won't Go Away"
Jun 1991 "Channel 10, The People", WCAU-TV, "Open
Record Discussion"
May 1991 Today Show, WNBC-TV, "Psychology of Adoption"
May 1991 Fox Television, "Good Day New York", "Fears
of Intimacy"
Dec 1990 WJNO, West Palm Beach, "On Searching"
Dec 1990 48 Hours, CBS Television Network, "Open vs
Closed Adoption Records"
Oct 1990 CNBC-TV, Consumer Speakout, "Interracial
Adoption Debate"
Aug 1990 Sally Jesse Raphael Show, "Private Adoption
Debate"
Aug 1990 News12, NY, "The Effects of Adoption"
Jul 1990 WNTR, Washington, DC, "On the March to
Washington"
Jul 1990 Group W Network, "On the March to Washington"
Jul 1990 CBS Radio Network, "On the March to
Washington"
Jul 1990 KDKA, Pittsburgh, "Council for Equal Rights
in Adoption"
Jun 1990 WABC-AM, Harley Carns Show, "On the March to
Washington"
Jun 1990 WFUV, "On the March to Washington"
Jun 1990 WAMD, Aberdeen, MD, "On the March to
Washington"
May 1990 WXTV News, National Open My Records Day
May 1990 WFAS "Law in the News", "On Open Records"
Feb 1990 WNYC-TV, Documentary on Open Records
Feb 1990 WPIX-TV, On Location, Adoption Circle
Feb 1990 Joan Rivers Show, "On Searching"
Jan 1990 Sally Jesse Raphael Show "Famous Adoptees"
Sep 1989 WCBS-TV, Evening News-Troubleshooter,
"Helping a Dying Woman"
Aug 1989 WRC, Washington, D.C., The Bev Smith Show,
"March on Washington"
Aug 1989 CNBC-TV, CNBC Live, "Open Record Debate"
Aug 1989 Joe Allen Show, WBAU, Garden City, NY,
"American Adoption Congress"
Jul 1989 Joe Franklin Show, WOR-TV, "March on
Washington to H.E.A.L."
Jul 1989 WHSE, Home Shopping Network, NYC, "American
Adoption Congress"
Jul 1989 WMTR, New Jersey News, "March on Washington
to H.E.A.L."
Jul 1989 WNET, Evening News, New York, "March on
Washington to H.E.A.L."
Jul 1989 WCAU-TV, Evening News, Philadelphia, "March
on Washington to H.E.A.L."
Jun 1989 Stan Martin Show, "March on Washington to
H.E.A.L."
Jun 1989 WNBC-TV Evening News "Black Market Adoptions"
Apr 1989 WABC-TV, Commercial for The American
Adoption Congress
Apr 1989 WNBC-TV Evening News "Red Tape Ceremony at
Hotel Roosevelt"
Aug 1988 People are Talking, KYW, Phila, "Open Record
Debate"
May 1988 Kelly & Co, WXYZ-TV Detroit,
"Adoption Panel"
May 1988 Morton Downey Jr. Show, "Open Record Debate"
Feb 1988 Morton Downey Jr. Show, "Adoption Practices
Controversy"
Nov 1987 Sally Jesse Raphael Show, "Illegal
Adoptions"
Nov 1987 All Networks, Evening News (Live), 'Lisa'
Candlelight Ceremony.
Nov 1987 WNBC-TV Evening News, "About Private
Adoption"
Nov 1987 WOR-TV Evening News, "About Private Adoption"
Nov 1987 WXTV-TV Evening News, "About Private
Adoption"
Sep 1987 Sally Jesse Raphael Show, "Secrecy in
Adoption"
Aug 1987 Joanne Schrednick Show, "Adoption Panel"
Jun 1986 Regis Philbin, "About Search and
Reunion"
May 1986 Best Talk in Town, "About Search and
Reunion"
Nov 1985 Regis Philbin's Lifestyles, "Open Record
Debate"
Nov 1984 Barry Gray Show, "About Adoption"
May 1984 Barry Farber, "About Search and Reunion"
RESEARCH: 9/88-5/89
“Adoptees and Their Interpersonal Relationships."
CONSULTING:
Mar 1996 Expert witness in a "best interest of child
hearing", Niagara County, NY Family Court
Mar 1995 Expert witness in a "best interest of child
hearing", Cambridge, MA Family Court
May 1994 Expert witness in a "best interest of child
hearing", Brooklyn, NY Family Court
Mar 1994 Consulted by New York City law firm about a
"best interest of child hearing"
Jul 1993 Consulted by New York City law firm about a
"best interest of child hearing".
Oct 1992 Consulted by New Jersey Public Defender
about psychology of accused murderer.
Sep 1988 Expert consulted by the New York City
District Attorney about private adoption for Steinberg Grand Jury.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR as a Mental Health Professional regarding the
impact of separation of mother and child:
Dec 1990 New York Newsday
Aug 1993 New York Times
Nov 2004 Rockland County Journal News
Quoted as a Mental Health Professional by: New York Times,
London-England Guardian, New York Newsday, New York Daily News,
Miami Herald, Dallas Morning News, Houston Chronicle, Wilmington News
Journal, People Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Seventeen, Time
Magazine and American Baby.
Profiled in NY Newsday, NY Daily News, NY Post, East Side Resident,
Rockland County Journal News
Quoted or Acknowledged in the following books:
2nd Choice: Growing Up Adopted, Adoption Reunion Survival Guide,
Adoption Triangle, Adoption Wisdom, Birthright, Communicating with the
Adopted Child, Growing Up Adopted, In a Garden of Our Own Making,
Journey of the Adopted Self, Lost and Found, On Being Adopted,
Psychology of Adoption, Shedding Light, Where Are My Birthparents?,
Yesterday They Took My Baby, The Matthew Heikkila Story, The Family of
Adoption, Soul Connection, The Bridge Less Traveled..
Portrayed as a therapist in the NBC Made-for-TV movie "The Other
Mother" (1995)
Played myself as psychotherapist in HBO special “Reno Finds Her
Mom” (1998)
Played myself in award winning Global Japan documentary, Adoption
Therapist (2000)
1985 Lincoln Center Band Shell singing score from
“God is Alive & Well and Living Every Where”
1984 Off-Off-Off Broadway, Part of God in musical
“God is Alive & Well and Living Every Where”
1983 WABC-TV Commercial “Ernie & Roseann’s
Anniversary”
1978 Movie “Willie & Phil”
1977 Soap “All My Children”
1976 Movie “An Unmarried Woman”
1974 Soap “Secret Storm”
1972 Quiz Show “To Tell The Truth”
1971 WCBS-TV Evening News, “King Kong of
Antenna Repair”