Understanding Adoption

Clinical Work with Adults, Children, and Parents
Herausgeber: Hushion, Kathleen; Siskind, Diana; Sherman, Susan B.

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Produktbeschreibung

Adoption has become widely practiced, accepted, and accessible, and has greatly changed the composition of families making it a timely subject for study. The authors of Understanding Adoption undertake exploration of this important terrain of loss and connection, and of the fragility and resilience of human bonds.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jason Aronson, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 570g
• ISBN-13: 9780765704252
• ISBN-10: 0765704250
• Artikelnr.: 21315176

Autorenporträt

Edited by Kathleen Hushion; Susan B. Sherman and Diana Siskind - Contributions by Christopher Bonovitz; Jerrold Brandell; Jane Hanenberg; Paul Hymowitz; Carole Lapidus; Cathy Siebold; Jeffrey Seinfeld; Sandy Silverman; Diana Siskind; Janet Shapiro; Vivian

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Clinical Issues Chapter 2 The World of Adoption: An Introduction
Chapter 3 Unconscious Communication and the Transmission of Loss Chapter 4
International Adoption: Projection and Externalization in the Treatment of
a 4 Year Old Child and her Parents Chapter 5 Working with Parents of
Adopted Infants and Toddlers Chapter 6 Gay and Lesbian Parents in the World
of Adoption Chapter 7 Losing Each Other in the Wake of Loss: Failed
Dialogues in Adoptive Families Chapter 8 The Adoption of Foster Children
Who Suffered Early Trauma and Object Loss: Implications for Practice
Chapter 9 Secrecy in the Psychotherapy of a Severely Traumatized Adopted
Child Chapter 10 Adoption Fantasy in the Treatment of Two Adolescent Girls
Chapter 11 Identity and Identification: Being Different and the Quest to
Belong in an Adopted Young Adult Chapter 12 The Plight of the Adoptee in
Adult Life: A Case of Kinship Adoption Chapter 13 Loss and the Dynamics of
an Adoptee's Identification with Her Birth Mother Part 14 Special Issues
Chapter 15 Child Custody Disputes in Adoption Cases: Safeguarding the
Relationship with the Psychological Parent Chapter 16 Consultation during
the Adoption Process: Working with Families Adopting Older Russian Children
Chapter 17 Birth Parents and Adoptive Parents: Who are the 'Real' Parents?