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E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten, E-Book

Brabender / Fallon Working with Adoptive Parents

Research, Theory, and Therapeutic Interventions
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-118-41615-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

Research, Theory, and Therapeutic Interventions

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten, E-Book

ISBN: 978-1-118-41615-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)



Practical techniques for guiding parents through the stagesof adoption and beyond
"This book makes a significant contribution to both a greaterunderstanding of adoption and its complex dynamic constellations aswell as to serving those who are or come across adoption families,many of whom count on us adoption-informed mental healthprofessionals to clarify and facilitate the challenges theyface."
--From the Foreword by Henri Parens, MD, Professor ofPsychiatry, Thomas Jefferson University, Training and SupervisingAnalyst, Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia
"What most people don't know about adoption could fill abook--and this is the book. Finally sorting myth from science,Working with Adoptive Parents will give therapists, andquite a few nonprofessionals considering adoption, the real storyof what it means to make this momentous choice. Better yet, it doesso without letting the data speak in place of the parentsthemselves, in all their fear, doubt, and joy."
--Jesse Green, author of The Velveteen Father: An UnexpectedJourney to Parenthood
Editors Virginia Brabender and April Fallon are clinicalpsychologists and also adoptive parents whose families areacquainted with both the uncertainty and joy of adoption. InWorking with Adoptive Parents, they offer an in-depthtreatment of the distinctive needs, feelings, impulses,expectations, and conflicts that adoptive parents experiencethrough the stages of adoption and beyond. This volume offers acomprehensive picture of adoption through an exploration of theexperiences and developmental processes of the adoptive parent.
Featuring contributions from mental health professionals whosecareers have focused on work with families through the adoptionprocess, this unique book:
* Covers the theory, research, and practice of adoptive parentingthroughout the life cycle
* Explores the issues unique to the adoptive mother and adoptivefather as they traverse the stages of parenting
* Offers a close look at families with special needschildren
* Acknowledges and explores the great diversity among adoptivefamilies and the kinship networks in which they are embedded
* Examines attachment issues between adoptive parent andchild
Providing a framework for therapists to conceptualize their workwith adoptive parents, Working with Adoptive Parentsclarifies and facilitates the journey that many of these familiesface.

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VIRGINIA M. BRABENDER, PhD, diplomate in clinicalpsychology (ABPP) and APA Fellow, is a professor at the Institutefor Graduate Clinical Psychology at Widener University. She is thepast president of the Society for Personality Assessment.
APRIL E. FALLON, PhD, is a member of the psychologyfaculty at Fielding Graduate University and an associate professorin the Department of Psychiatry at Drexel University College ofMedicine. She has received numerous awards for her teaching ofpsychiatric medical residents and was awarded the 2012 PsychiatricEducator Award by the Philadelphia Psychiatric Society.



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