David Adams

Dr. Adams is a licensed psychologist, licensed professional clinical counselor, a board-certified behavior analyst, and a Trust-Based Relational Interventions® (TBRI®) practitioner. Although not an easy task, Dr. Adams is a proud adoptive parent of two teens and has managed so far to keep his sanity in the process. He serves as the Founder and President of New Life Psychology Group in Laguna Hills, CA. In addition, Dr. Adams teaches behavior analysis as a part time professor at National University. As a trainer of Foster and Kinship Care Education (FKCE) of Saddleback College.

He enjoys teaching monthly workshops to foster and adoptive parents and professionals. Understanding the hardships and challenges of raising children with traumatic backgrounds, Dr. Adams has a craft to incorporate his own experiences as a foster parent and adoptive parent to his audience. The heart-warming story of Dr. Adams and his two adoptive children (Andrew and Kayla) was featured in CBS’ A Home for the Holiday in December 2019.

Dr. Adams is passionate about helping foster and adoptive parents and professional better understand how to help them to understand how trauma impacts the brains and behaviors of their children under their care.