Workshop
Outline
I.
Experience of:
A mother during Pregnancy.
1. Body changes
2. Bonding process
B fetus during Pregnancy
1. Physical development
2. Bonding process
II.
Experience of
Mother/Baby dyad.
A what it would have been without separation
1. Psychological process
2. Physiological process
B what it was at separation
1. Psychological process
2. Physiological process
III.
Effects of separation:
A on the baby
1. psychological development
2. physical development
B on the mom
1. psycholgical changes
2. physical changes
IV.
Long term effects:
A on the adoptee
Terror of
mommy love
Fear of Intimacy
Fear of repetition of loss (anxiety attacks)
B
on the mom
Fear of Intimacy
Fear of repetition of loss (anxiety attacks)
V.
Clinical
Approaches to
healing:
A for the adoptee
B
for the mom.
Suggested Readings:
Primal Wound by
Nancy Verrier
Adoption Healing... a path to
recovery by Joe Soll
Adoption
Healing... a path to recovery for mothers who lost children to adoption
by Joe Soll