News & Events
TESSA Teens Launch Friday 6th May 2022
We are delighted to invite you to attend the launch of our new service TESSA Teens. TESSA Teens is a mental health project designed to support the therapeutic needs of adopted teenagers and their families. TESSA Teens is funded by the Mental Health Fund, provided by...
TESSA successful in bid to the Mental Health Fund!
On Saturday 26th March, 2022, TESSA Project Coordinator, Roxanne Small, Family Routes Board Member, Oliver Johnston, and Family Routes administrator, Marie Walker, met with the Health Minister for Northern Ireland, Robin Swann, to be presented with an award of funding...
TESSA becomes Associate Partner of the Action Trauma Network!
We are delighted to announce that we have been approached by Action Trauma to become an associate partner of their recently launched Trauma Network for Northern Ireland. Action Trauma are known for hosting the world-famous annual Belfast Trauma Summit and the Young...
Make a charitable donation to TESSA
We have added ourselves to PayPal giving to allow our supporters to easily make monthly or one-off donations. Every penny raised will go back into the TESSA service and will help to secure our therapeutic support for families who have adopted today, tomorrow and in...
Celebrating Adoption Week at We Are Vertigo
Today we at TESSA celebrated Adoption Week with a family fun day to We Are Vertigo. This was the first time since the pandemic began that we have arranged anything in 'real' life for our families, and it was worth the wait. To watch our adoptive parents connect, with...
Love & Rage
“Why are so many adopted children verbally or physically aggressive? What are they communicating through their behavior? What is the impact of living with a traumatised child? How do we stay calm in the face of our children’s overwhelmed and overwhelming emotions?” ...
