Photolisting Profile for Clarissa

Clarissa is a 12-year-old girl from Virginia who is hoping to be adopted.

Meet Clarissa – an energetic and likeable youngster who is ready for a family all her own. She has many interests, which include swimming, playing soccer, singing, and attending church. Clarissa is very charming and is a great actress. She benefits from having a lot of structure in her life. Through therapy, she has worked hard to address issues related to some of her behaviors. She has struggled with anger management and taking responsibility for her behavior. She will need to continue to work toward learning how to accept limits, control her anger, and maintain appropriate boundaries. According to Clarissa, she loves learning and makes good grades in school. She feels she is ready for adoption, but also wants her new family to know that she has positive relationships with a half-sister and an aunt, and that continuing these relationships is very important to her. She will benefit from being the youngest child in the home. Clarissa has had to work hard to overcome a lot of hurt from her unstable past and now wants to be protected, respected, and loved, in an environment where she knows she is unconditionally accepted as a permanent member of a family.