Practical techniques for guiding parents through the stages of
adoption and beyond
"This book makes a significant contribution to both a greater
understanding of adoption and its complex dynamic constellations as
well as to serving those who are or come across adoption families,
many of whom count on us adoption-informed mental health
professionals to clarify and facilitate the challenges they
face."
--From the Foreword by Henri Parens, MD, Professor of Psychiatry,
Thomas Jefferson University, Training and Supervising Analyst,
Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia
"What most people don't know about adoption could fill a
book--and this is the book. Finally sorting myth from science,
"Working with Adoptive Parents" will give therapists, and quite a
few nonprofessionals considering adoption, the real story of what
it means to make this momentous choice. Better yet, it does so
without letting the data speak in place of the parents themselves,
in all their fear, doubt, and joy."
--Jesse Green, author of "The Velveteen Father: An Unexpected
Journey to Parenthood"
Editors Virginia Brabender and April Fallon are clinical
psychologists and also adoptive parents whose families are
acquainted with both the uncertainty and joy of adoption. In
"Working with Adoptive Parents," they offer an in-depth treatment
of the distinctive needs, feelings, impulses, expectations, and
conflicts that adoptive parents experience through the stages of
adoption and beyond. This volume offers a comprehensive picture of
adoption through an exploration of the experiences and
developmental processes of the adoptive parent.
Featuring contributions from mental health professionals whose
careers have focused on work with families through the adoption
process, this unique book: Covers the theory, research, and
practice of adoptive parenting throughout the life cycleExplores
the issues unique to the adoptive mother and adoptive father as
they traverse the stages of parentingOffers a close look at
families with special needs childrenAcknowledges and explores the
great diversity among adoptive families and the kinship networks in
which they are embeddedExamines attachment issues between adoptive
parent and child
Providing a framework for therapists to conceptualize their work
with adoptive parents, "Working with Adoptive Parents "clarifies
and facilitates the journey that many of these families face.
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