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Chaitra Wirta-Leiker

Chaitra Wirta-Leiker

Licensed psychologist specializing in adoption, trauma, and racial identity work; transnational adoptee and adoptive parent; author of "Adoptees Like Me" book series

Jul 22, 2026

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they're never doing enough or they're never doing it right.
8:38
So they're very critical of themselves.
8:40
They can be very critical of their children.
8:42
A lot of times there's, again, kind of that sense of a spotlight, like, oh, everyone's watching or no one thinks I'm doing this well.
8:50
So it adds this pressure.
8:52
And so with parents who have a child who's upset in that situation, they're more likely to feel like they've done something wrong.

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So for a listener who's curious about this process and curious about maybe their own attachment history, where can they start exploring safely and reliably start exploring their own attachment history?

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