With a Masters Degree in Education from Queens College, City University of New York and experience as an elementary school teacher, I became a Director of nursery schools and day care centers in New York City. As time went on I became especially interested in working with and counseling families, parents, and individuals.

I graduated from the Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Yeshiva University in 1987 and opened a private psychotherapy practice and also began teaching in the Social Sciences Department of the Borough of Manhattan Community College, City University of New York. In 1989 I began working in the Adoption Department of the New York Foundling. I am currently the Administrative Supervisor of the Record Information Office and provide medical and adoption information to all members of the adoption triangle.

I belong to several professional organizations and have served on various committees of:

• National Association of Social Workers
• New York State Society for Clinical Social Work
• Adoption Action Network (Corresponding Secretary)
• Post Adoption Consortium (helped write The Adoption Keepsake Guide)

VH1 interviewed me for their show in 2006: Rock Docs: DMC: My Adoption Journey.  
CBS Television in 1999 and Notre Dame Magazine in 1997 have interviewed me on Adoption.

 My publications include (see the articles page to read these):

• 2003 - "Survey of Adult Adoptees" Post Adoption Consortium
• 2002 - "Adoption and September 11"  Met Chapter Forum:  New York State Society for Clinical Social Work.
• 1998 - "Working with Adopted Clients" Journal of Analytic Social Work.
• 1997 - "After Adoption:  Creating a Personal Narrative"  Met Chapter Forum:  New York State Society for Clinical Social Work.

Wendy Freund MSEd., LCSW
Union Square, New York, NY
Phone: 917.523.8143
Email: wflcsw@msn.com