Making Room in Our Hearts: Keeping Family Ties Through Open Adoption

ISBN-13: 9781138451810 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017

Micky Duxbury

Opis

Adopted persons face challenges their entire lives as they struggle to answer the most basic question: Who am I? This work looks at how these relationships evolve over time, with real-life stories from families who have experienced open adoption first-hand. It is based on interviews with adopted children, birth and adoptive parents, among others.

Spis treści

Ito, Foreword. Introduction. My Family's Story. Into the Heart of Child-centered Open Adoption. Understanding Each Other's Fears and Concerns. This Baby Belongs to Itself and the More People Who Love It, The Better. Becoming Extended Family. Openness in the Public Adoption System. Opening Closed Adoptions. Unique Families - Unique Challenges. Making It Work. A Call For Change. Closing Thoughts. Resources. References

O autorze

Micky Duxbury is an adoptive parent of a beautiful and expressive daughter brought to her family through domestic adoption in 1994. She is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who has practiced in the Bay Area for twenty years. Currently specializing in pre and post-adoption education and counseling, she has facilitated pre-adoption support groups for the for eight years. She developed and taught a course on The Psychology of Adoption and offers workshops on Raising Adopted Children. A strong proponent of ethical and child-centered adoption practices, she has worked as a mediator and therapist with all members of the adoption triad.