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Expertise:
- Adoption by lesbians and gay men
- Same-sex couples
- Same-sex marriage
- Lesbian and gay parenting and child development
- LGBT issues in schools
- LGBT youths and their families of origin
Additional Information:
David Brodzinsky, Ph.D. is Professor Emeritus of Developmental and Clinical Psychology and past Director of the Foster Care Counseling Project at Rutgers University. He also was a founding director and served for 10 years on the Board of Directors of the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute. Currently, he is Research and Project Director for the Institute.
For the past three decades, his research and scholarly writing has focused primarily on issues related to the adjustment of adopted and foster children and their families. He is especially well known for his research on developmental and family issues related to adopted children’s adjustment.
Dr. Brodzinsky maintains an active private practice in psychology, much of which focuses on the clinical needs of adoption triad members. He also has an active practice in forensic psychology focusing primarily on family law issues including child custody, termination of parental rights, contested adoptions, and child abuse and neglect. He has testified in a number of nationally prominent cases including the Baby M contested adoption case in New Jersey, the Baby Jessica contested adoption case in Michigan, the Woody Allen & Mia Farrow contested adoption and custody case in New York, and the gay marriage trial in Hawaii. Dr. Brodzinsky has been a consultant to countless public and private adoption agencies and has conducted workshops and seminars on adoption and foster care for mental health professionals, adoption professionals, and the lay public throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe.
Selected Publications:
Dr. Brodzinsky has published widely on the psychology of adoption in professional journals and is the co-author or co-editor of five books on adoption, including The Psychology of Adoption (1990); Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self (1992); Children’s Adjustment to Adoption: Developmental and Clinical Issues (1998); Adoption and Prenatal Drug Exposure: Research, Policy, and Practice (2000), and Psychological Issues in Adoption: Research and Practice (2005). A sixth edited book, Adoption by Lesbian and Gay Men: A New American Reality, is in preparation.
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