| Description |
240 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
(And so I am a storyteller : Poem / Margot Henderson) -- Narrative and fantasy in adoption : Towards a different theoretical understanding / Amal Treacher -- The adoption narrative : Stories that we tell and those that we can't / John Simmonds -- (My mother's house : Poem / Margot Henderson) -- The Jewish kindertransport from Germany to England, 1938-9 / Rebekka Göpfert -- (For Rosemary : Poem / Margot Henderson) -- Infertility and the 'bureaucratic' child : Some thoughts on the treatment of two adopted parents / Julian Lousada -- The adoption experience from a social worker's point of view / Barbara Prynn -- (What people said : Poem / Margot Henderson) -- Identity-formation and the adopted person revisited / John Triseliotis -- (Wee adopted girl : Poem / Margot Henderson) -- Whose identity problem? The dynamics of projection in transracial adoption / Barry Richards -- Race, ethnicity and transracial adoption / Ravinder Barn -- (Knock, knock : Poem / Margot Henderson) -- Towards the reality of reunion : An adoptive mother's journey through the fantasies and realities in adoption and birth mother reunion / Alison Benton -- (Wee Bardy Bones / Margot Henderson) -- Lesbian and gay parents as foster carers and adoptive parents / Damian McCann and Fiona Tasker -- (For Kathleen : Poem / Margot Henderson) -- Pregnant bodies and rational parenthood / Sallie Greenwood -- Changing practice in adoption : Experiences and lessons from East Sussex / Barry Luckock -- (Roses in a pewter jar : Poem / Margot Henderson) -- Clinical work with adults who have been adopted / Rose Golberg -- (My mother's songlines : Poem / Margot Henderson) -- Triangles of adoption : The geometry of complexity / Ilan Katz. |
| Summary |
"The Dynamics of Adoption shows that fantasy and emotion are integral parts of the experience and affect the nature of thought itself. Applying this to the complexity of the adoption experience, it combines personal accounts with chapters by professionals. The personal accounts present detailed reflection on the feelings expressed, shedding new light on the problems of loss, feelings of abandonment and the dynamics of attachment. Using a more conceptual and clinical framework the viewpoints of the professionals are also used to explore the feelings and fantasies of the families involved producing new insight into the vexed dynamics involved in adoption." "This book will enable practitioners, policy makers and families themselves to appreciate the many layers of the difficult process of adoption, and to apply this understanding creatively to their own experiences and decisions."--Jacket. |
| Subject |
Adoption -- Psychological aspects.
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Adoptees -- Psychology.
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Adopted children -- Psychology.
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Adoptive parents -- Psychology.
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Family social work.
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Family psychotherapy.
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Adopted children -- Psychology.
(OCoLC)fst00797061
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Adoptees -- Psychology.
(OCoLC)fst00797073
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Adoption -- Psychological aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00797097
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Adoptive parents -- Psychology.
(OCoLC)fst00797134
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Family psychotherapy. (OCoLC)fst00920448
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Family social work. (OCoLC)fst00920516
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Adoptie.
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| Added Author |
Treacher, Amal, 1956-
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Katz, Ilan.
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| ISBN |
1853027820 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9781853027826 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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