Hi, I'm Carolyn Cain!

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 I went to school to be a social worker because I wanted to work in adoptions.

 I have a Bachelor's degree in Human Services from 

California State University, Fullerton. 

I went on to complete my  Master's in Social Work degree in 1995 from California State University, Long Beach. 

I became a 

TBRI® Practitioner in 2024, (although I have been teaching and using the principles for many years prior!).

I am a lifelong learner! I love taking classes, reading books, and learning from adult adoptees and adoption/foster care professionals.

  My early work experience was in foster care, but I quickly moved into working in international adoptions in 1996. After several years, we moved to Central California, where I spent the next season focused on our family.

In 2009, I started working in international adoptions again where my role expanded from being a direct service social worker to developing pre- and post- placement virtual support programs for families across the nation (and really worldwide!) to creating educational trainings for adoptive families. 

In Spring 2025, I decided to pursue supporting families through Anchoring Families.