ABOUT LEAF

MISSION

To reduce the stress on the adoptive parents teaching them how to be therapeutically available to their children, engaging the entire family unit in the healing process.

VISION

To be the flagship model for how adopted children are raised, parented, and treated within the community, inspiring all families to create love, connection, and belonging.

OUR VALUES

LOVE

RELATIONSHIP

empathy

responsibility

OUR FoUNDER

BRYAN POST

Bryan Post is one of America’s foremost child behavior and adoption experts and the founder of the Post Institute for family-centered therapy.

The Post Institute specializes in leading-edge education for adults, children, and families who struggle with issues related to early life trauma and the impact of trauma on the development of the mind-body system. A renowned clinician, lecturer, and author of several books, video, and audio programs.

Bryan has traveled throughout the world providing expert treatment and consultation to a variety of groups. He is an internationally recognized specialist in the treatment of emotional and behavioral disturbance.

Bryan specializes in a love-based treatment approach that focuses on developing a deeper understanding of fear and how it rules our lives. He counters this by offering an enlightening perspective on the all-encompassing power of love to bring us peace and healing. The love-based, family-centered principles and concepts offered by Bryan Post have been taught to more than 100,000 parents and professionals. 

OUR TEAM

Our staff is highly qualified in trauma-responsive treatment approaches and has extensive experience working with traumatized children and their families, and they are under the direct clinical supervision of Bryan Post.