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 parents, 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