"Adoption Healing....a path to recovery" is a unique book. The reader is provided with a description of the unfolding of the adoptee's personality from birth, detailing each developmental milestone along the way, followed by different methods of healing the adoptee's wounds, including inner child work, visualizations, healing affirmations, and anger management. Every chapter includes a Myths and Realities of adoption section, a summary of the chapter and exercises to do on one's own.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
Prologue: The Politics of Adoption
Proceed Gently
Introduction
Welcome

Part One - The Missing Self
Chapter 1: Genesis
Chapter 2: Primal Wound - The First Trauma
Chapter 3: Age of Discovery - The Second Trauma
Chapter 4: Oedipus Wrecks
Chapter 5: Fracturing - The Third Trauma
Chapter 6: The Wreck Revisited
Chapter 7: Incomplete Crossing
Chapter 8: Limbo - Not Knowing the Truth

Part Two - The Search for Self
Chapter 9: The Truth Hurts
Chapter 10: Triage - Treating the Primal Wound
Chapter 11: Really Talking About Adoption
Chapter 12: Ghost Busters
Chapter 13: Preventing the Fracture
Chapter 14: Building an Authentic Identity
Chapter 15: Taking Charge of Your Life

Part Three - Toward Healthier Adoptions
Chapter 16: A Wish List

Part Four - Getting Help
Chapter 17: Choosing the Right Therapist
Chapter 18: From the Therapist's Perspective
Chapter 19: Finding a Support Group

Part Five - The Challenge To Heal
Chapter 20: Healing the Inner Child
Chapter 21: Anger
Chapter 22: Visualization Techniques
Chapter 23: Affirmations
Chapter 24: Mourning for Adoptees
Chapter 25: One Woman's Journey
Chapter 26: The Respect We Never Got

Part Six - Appendices
Appendix A: What Adoptees Don't Wish to Hear
Appendix B: What Birthparents Don't Wish to Hear
Appendix C: What Adopt. Parents Don't Wish to Hear
Appendix D: About Sealed Adoption Records
Appendix E: Loss in the Adoption Hand-Off
Appendix F: Things to Do with Your Inner Child
Appendix G: From the News
Appendix H: Resources and Readings

Epilogue

About The Author

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