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Adoption Therapy: Perspectives from Clients and Clinicians on Processing and Healing Post-Adoption Issues
Adoption Therapy Perspectives from Clients and Clinicians on Processing and Healing PostAdoption Issues Author:Laura Dennis (Editor) A much-needed anthology addressing a variety of potential psychological and physiological concerns, Adoption Therapy, Perspectives from Clients and Clinicians on Processing and Healing Post-Adoption Issues is a must-read for adoptees, adoptive parents, first families, and vitally, mental health professionals. With writing by adoptees, adoptive p... more »arents, and clinicians, Adoption Therapy is a first-of-its-kind and wholly unique reference book, providing insight, advice, and personal stories which highlight the specific nature of the adoptee experience.
Topics Include:
*The psychological dangers in leaving trauma and grief buried and unaddressed
*The importance of community in healing the wounds of separation
*Understanding the physical and psychological effects of transracial adoption
*Attachment - including the inability to attach, inappropriate attachment, and the myth of Reactive Attachment Disorder
*Conception by rape: an adoptee speaks out
*Co-dependency, intimacy, and creating closeness
*The life-long effects of pre- and perinatal trauma
*Processing complex trauma, complex grief, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
*Specific concerns for Late Discovery Adoptees
*The relationship among trauma, anger and rage, and substance abuse
*For adoptive parents and adoptees: red flags when working with a therapist
*Laura Dennis, Anthology Editor and Author of Adopted Reality, A Memoir« less