The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child
- ISBN-10
- 0963648004
- ISBN-13
- 9780963648006
- Category
- Psychology / Psychotherapy / Child & Adolescent
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Publisher
- Verrier Publishing
- Author
- Nancy Newton Verrier
Description
The Primal Wound is a book which is revolutionizing the way we think about adoption. In its application of information about pre- and perinatal psychology, attachment, bonding, and loss, it clarifies the effects of separation from the birth mother on adopted children. In addition, it gives those children, whose pain has long been unacknowledged or misunderstood, validation for their feelings, as well as explanations for their behavior. Since its original publication in 1993, The Primal Wound has become a classic in adoption literature and is considered the adoptees' bible. The insight which is brought to the experiences of abandonment and loss will contribute not only to the healing of adoptees, adoptive families, and birth parents, but will bring understanding and encouragement to anyone who has ever felt abandoned.
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Other editions
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- 2009-09
- 186 pages
- Paperback
- British Association for Adoption & Fostering(BAAF)
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- 1997-04-25
- 300 pages
- Paperback
- SUNY Press
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- 1997-01-01
- 300 pages
- Paperback
- SUNY Press
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