PACT (Pre/Post Adoption Consulting and Training)

PACT (Pre/Post Adoption Consulting and Training) Consulting, Therapy (individual and couples) and Training
also professional and parent coaching

Dr. Joyce Maguire Pavao, Ed.D., LCSW, LMFT, was the Founder and CEO of Center for Family Connections, Inc. (CFFC, 1995-2012) in Cambridge and New York, Founder and Director of Riverside After Adoption Consulting and Training (AACT, 2012 to 2015), PACT (Pre/Post Adoption Consulting and Training, 1982-present), and Pavao Consulting and Coaching. Dr. Pavao has done extensive training, both nationally

and internationally. She is a lecturer in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and she has consulted to various public and private child welfare agencies, adoption agencies, schools, and community groups, as well as probate and family court judges, lawyers, and clergy. Additionally, she has worked closely with individuals and families touched by adoption, foster care, and other complex blended family constructions. She has developed models for treatment and for training using her systemic, intergenerational, and developmental framework, The Normative Crises in the Development of the Adoptive Family, and her book, The Family of Adoption (Beacon Press), has received high acclaim. Dr. Pavao has received many awards and honors, including the Children’s Bureau/U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Adoption Excellence Award for Family Contribution (2003) and the Congressional Coalition on Adoption award for Angels in Adoption (2000).

06/19/2026
It may be something like altering a birth certificate!
06/19/2026

It may be something like
altering a birth certificate!

Fathers Day Weekend:To all the fathers And grandfathers And stepfathersAnd the unclesAnd the brothersand godfathers and ...
06/19/2026

Fathers Day Weekend:

To all the fathers
And grandfathers
And stepfathers
And the uncles
And the brothers
and godfathers
and father figures
and

to my father,
who has been gone
for well over 50 years,
And who was a good, and kind Dadio.

Happy Father’s Day. 🎩

Coming soon. Great product!
06/12/2026

Coming soon.
Great product!

Happy heavenly birthday BJ. You live on in your books, and in our hearts.
06/10/2026

Happy heavenly birthday BJ.
You live on in your books,
and in our hearts.

I loved my trip to Budapest, and my wonderful host, Szuszan, and the people of adoption there.
06/08/2026

I loved my trip to Budapest,
and my wonderful host,
Szuszan, and the people
of adoption there.

NH/MA adoptee gatheringAt ChangSho
06/07/2026

NH/MA adoptee gathering
At ChangSho

NH and MA in the houseAdoptee Gathering at ChangSho
06/07/2026

NH and MA in the house
Adoptee Gathering at ChangSho

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89 Aberdeen Avenue
Belmont, MA
02138

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Monday 9am - 3pm
Tuesday 9am - 3pm
Wednesday 9am - 3pm
Thursday 9am - 3pm
Friday 9am - 3pm

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