Healing for adults who grew up in adoption or foster care : positive strategies for overcoming emotional challenges / Renee Wolfs ; foreword by Marlene Van Steensel ; translated by Kate Eaton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wolfs, Renée, author.

Van Steensel, Marlene, author of introduction, etc.

Contributor:

Eaton, Kate, translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adoptees--Psychology.

Adoptees.

Adoption--Psychological aspects.

Adoption.

Loss (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (162 p.)

Place of Publication:

London, England ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Positive and practical, this guide is designed to offer older teens and adults a route to recovery from grief and loss after adoption or foster care.

Contents:

HEALING FOR ADULTS who grew up in ADOPTION ORFOSTER CARE: Positive Strategies for Overcoming Emotional Challenges; Foreword; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Introduction; Chapter 1. Coping with Loss; Processes of change; Chapter 1; Coping with Loss; Processes of change; What is loss?; What is loss?; Social losses; Social losses; Physical losses; Psychological losses; Physical losses; Psychological losses; What is a mourning process?; What is a mourning process?; What themes are involved in a mourning process?; Denial and disbelief; recognising the loss

What themes are involved in a mourning process?Denial and disbelief; recognising the loss; Dealing with the pain, with the chaos of feelings and thoughts; Asking for support from those around you; Dealing with the pain, with the chaos of feelings and thoughts; Asking for support from those around you; Getting on with your life: fatigue, gloom; Getting on with your life: fatigue, gloom; Saying farewell; Keeping memories alive; Saying farewell; Keeping memories alive; Who am I without the one or without what I've lost?; Giving meaning as the gate to a new chapter of life

Who am I without the one or without what I've lost?Giving meaning as the gate to a new chapter of life; Giving form to a new future; Postponed, accumulated and complicated grief; Postponed grief; Giving form to a new future; Postponed, accumulated and complicated grief; Postponed grief; Accumulated grief; Accumulated grief; Complicated grief; Trauma; Complicated grief; Trauma; Three factors that influence the mourning process; How intensely do you experience the loss?; Three factors that influence the mourning process; How intensely do you experience the loss?

How are you coping with the loss?How are you coping with the loss?; How much support are you getting from those around you?; How much support are you getting from those around you?; Questions; Knowledge questions; Questions; Knowledge questions; Personal questions; Personal questions; Chapter 2. Mourning the Core Loss; Themes of loss in long-term foster placement and adoption; Chapter 2; Mourning the Core Loss; Themes of loss in long-term foster placement and adoption; Children; Denial as a method of self-protection; Children; Denial as a method of self-protection

Acute mourning after placementBabies and toddlers; Acute mourning after placement; Babies and toddlers; Primary school age; Primary school age; Existential insecurity in foster children; Existential insecurity in foster children; Episodic grief during primary school age; Episodic grief during primary school age; Adolescents (12-24 years old); Adolescents (12-24 years old); Denial as a method of self-protection; Denial as a method of self-protection; Episodic grief during adolescence; Episodic grief during adolescence; Adults; Adults; Denial as a method of self-protection

Denial as a method of self-protection

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-85700-988-5