jbrooks

John Brooks recently published a memoir titled, The Girl Behind The Door, about his search for answers to his daughter Casey's suicide. In 2008, then 17, Casey leapt from the Golden Gate Br and disappeared. John's search returned him to Casey's infancy, where she was abandoned at birth and lived her first year in a Polish orphanage. John and his wife Erika adopted her at 14 mos. He discovered attachment disorders which commonly affect orphaned children, something the Brookses and all the professionals missed. In his book he shares everything he'd learned about attachment parenting and therapies to help others.

John was a senior financial executive in the broadcast and media industry until tragedy struck. Since his daughter, Casey’s, suicide, he has turned to writing, mental health activism, speaking engagements and volunteer work with teenagers in Marin County, California. He also maintains a blog, www.parentingandattachment.com, where he educates other adoptive families about attachment parenting and therapy techniques. Mr. Brooks has been featured on the Dr. Phil Show, NPR-affiliate, KQED-FM, the San Francisco Chronicle and the Marin Independent Journal. Casey’s story has also appeared in San Francisco Magazine.