Adoption Coaching Course
Adoption-sensitive support for and by adoptees
Group 3 starts April 2026, sign up now!
Make a difference in the lives of fellow adoptees!
IN SHORT:
Do you want to guide fellow adoptees in their personal development?
Develop yourself further in the field of adoption coaching, based on your own specialization, and learn essential skills for supporting adoptees.
If you take the course, you will learn the following:
1. Professional skills: You will learn coaching techniques and theories that you can apply to effectively support adoptees in their personal process.
2. Deeper insight into adoption-related themes: You develop a better understanding of identity development, loss, trauma, and autonomy – essential aspects for guiding other adoptees.
3. Self-development and impact: You strengthen your own personal and professional process, enabling you not only to help others but also to deepen and process your own adoption experience.
Who is this course for?
The course is intended for adult adoptees and professionals with an adoption background who:
Themes covered:
Why the Adoption Coaching Course?
In recent years, the demand for Peer Professionals has increased significantly. More and more adoptees want to support others in their personal process. With this training course, you give yourself the tools to make a difference.
Important disclaimer: This course is an in-depth specialization and not a substitute for a multi-year degree in psychology, coaching, or (trauma) therapy. It offers depth and practical tools in addition to your own professional background, experience, or personal process. Completing this course does not automatically qualify you as an independent coach or therapist, but it offers a valuable addition to your work or personal guidance process.
Trainers
Revelation Judy Hoekstra & Bina de Boer
Who are we?
Introduction of the trainers for the Adoption Coaching Course
Bina de Boer
Born in India and raised in Friesland as Mirjam, Bina experienced a childhood of love and stability, until the sudden loss of her adoptive father and a move to a new stepfamily drastically changed her life.
The loss of her adoptive father and the birth of her children brought up deep questions about identity, distance, and adoption.
Due to the lack of adoption-sensitive help, Bina decided to make it her mission to highlight the impact of early childhood trauma and develop appropriate support.
Since 2005, she has been guiding adoptees in their emotional and inner growth. In doing so, she combines NLP, Applied Psychology, Transcultural Systemic Work, Adoption Constellations, and Body-Oriented Trauma Work (Somatic Experiencing).
In addition, she has trained numerous adoptees and professionals, including as a lecturer in the Minor Adoption and Foster Coaching at HAN University of Applied Sciences Nijmegen and at the School of Systemic Consciousness.
Since 2019, she has also worked as a Transcultural Systemic (Adoption) Coach and Trainer.
She focuses on adoptees, adults in foster care, and people with early childhood trauma or a migration background.
Wahyudi Hoekstra
Wahyudi Hoekstra, also known as Joop-Jan Hoekstra, represents the Frisian, Dutch, and Indonesian cultures. As a coach with 19 years of experience in personal development, he helps individuals.
and companies with their growth.
His background as a policy officer at municipalities and a club manager in the fitness sector has given him a broad perspective on people and organizations. In addition, he has been providing coaching and career training for 16 years.
With a Master in Learning & Innovation, Wahyudi uses his knowledge to inspire others.
His interest in Eastern philosophy and mindfulness led him to found the “KINDweesKIND” foundation, an initiative to support orphans in Indonesia. As an adoptee, Wahyudi understands the complex experiences of detachment and adaptation. He uses these insights to guide other adoptees on their path to self-development.
Our collaboration
Bina and Wahyudi, raised as Mirjam and Yudi in Dronrijp, Friesland, shared a common sense of connection from an early age, even though their paths diverged for a long time. Their individual processes surrounding separation and adoption have deeply shaped them both. Drawing on their personal and professional experiences, they decided to join forces to support other adoptees on their journey toward self-insight and growth.
By combining their knowledge and life experience, they create a safe space with the Adoption Coaching Course for fellow adoptees to learn, heal, and develop skills that lay the foundation for adoption coaching.
Location and details
The course is offered at a central location and provides both group work and individual guidance, aimed at an in-depth process of personal development and professional growth.
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Adoption Coaching Course
Why?
In addition to regular support services, the demand for Peer Professionals has increased significantly in recent years. This is partly due to evolving perceptions regarding distance. As adoptees increasingly have the opportunity to develop themselves and others, the demand for training that educates adoptees in professionally supporting other adoptees has also risen considerably. Through their lived experiences, adoptees also form a safe foundation for other adoptees, empowering them to face their own processes.
For whom?
The adoption coaching course is offered to adult adoptees who wish to coach or support other adoptees in their personal development and with issues surrounding their adoption. The course is also suitable for adoptees who want to gain knowledge and insight into their own experiences in order to explore and strengthen their own process in this regard. You can always make the choice to coach other adoptees afterwards.
Contents
To coach or guide other adoptees, the necessary skills, knowledge, and personal development are required. It is important that you are able to examine your own process in order to make a professional contribution to the process of another. Therefore, adoption-related themes such as identity development, loss & trauma, and autonomy are central to this training course.
What you get
During this course, you will learn various coaching skills, behavioral aspects, and theories that you can apply as an adoption coach. You will receive professional guidance throughout this course. Are you already working as a coach? Then this course offers the opportunity to further develop your skills. Consequently, this course will be tailored to your specific needs. To maximize learning efficiency, you will do this together with others in a group of fellow participants.
Are you ready to make a difference in the lives of other adoptees?
Sign up for the Adoption Coaching Course and strengthen your impact!
Practical information
Duration of the course
The course consists of four six-hour sessions.
Study load in hours
Classroom-based: 24 hours Study load 80 hours:
Distribution
Literature: 10 hours
Client practice (fellow student): 4 hours
Interim assignments: 20 hours Final assignment/assessment: 20
Dates 3rd grade
Saturday, April 12, 2026
Saturday, May 23, 2026
Saturday, June 6, 2026
Saturday, August 29, 2026
Location
Utrecht Region
Investment; including VAT
€1,450 for private individuals (people without a Chamber of Commerce registration)
€1650 euro professionals
Developed by:
WahYudi Hoekstra
Bina de Boer
In collaboration with AdoptieCirkel
For more information, call Bina de Boer.
31 6 23 08 16 42
We work in small groups, so sign up quickly; via info@bina.frl mentioning 2nd Adoption Coaching Course
What participants say about us
WahYud is a guru in the field of coaching and career guidance.
About Bina: "I know very few hands that are as safe and skilled as yours."
You know how to find a perfect balance between carrying and letting go.