Understanding Adoption : Clinical Work with Adults, Children, and Parents

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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Part I: Clinical Issues; 1: The World of Adoption: An Introduction; 2: Unconscious Communication and the Transmission of Loss; 3: International Adoption: Projection and Externalization in the Treatment of a Four-Year-Old Girl and Her Parents; 4: Working with Parents of Internationally Adopted Infants and Toddlers; 5: Gay and Lesbian Parents in the World of Adoption; 6: Losing Each Other in the Wake of Loss: Failed Dialogues in Adoptive Families. 7: The Adoption of Foster Children Who Suffered Early Trauma and Object Loss: Implications for Practice8: Secrecy in the Psychotherapy of a Severely Traumatized Adopted Child; 9: Adoption Fantasy in the Treatment of Two Adolescent Girls; 10: Identity and Identification: Being Different and the Quest to Belong in an Adopted Young Adult; 11: The Plight of the Adoptee in Adult Life: A Case of Kinship Adoption; 12: Loss, Belonging, Identity, and the Dynamics of an Adoptee's Identification with Her Birth Mother; Part II: Special Issues. 13: Child Custody Disputes in Adoption Cases: Safeguarding the Relationship with the Psychological Parent14: Consultation during the Adoption Process: Working with Families Adopting Older Russian Children; 15: Birth Parents and Adoptive Parents: Who Are the ""Real"" Parents?; Epilogue; Index; About the Editors and Contributors