The Emotional Experience of Adoption : A Psychoanalytic Perspective

Adoption is an extremely complex and emotionally demanding process for all those involved. This book explores the emotional experience of adoption from a psychoanalytic perspective, and demonstrates how psychoanalytic understanding and treatment can contribute to thinking about and working with adopted children and their families. Drawing on psychoanalytic, attachment and child development theory, and detailed in-depth clinical case discussion, The Emotional Experience of Adoption explores issues such as: the emotional experience of children placed for adoption, and how this both shapes and is shaped by unconscious processes in the child’s inner world how psychoanalytic child psychotherapy can help as a distinctive source of understanding and as a treatment for children who are either in the process of being adopted or already adopted how such understanding can inform planning and decision making amongst professionals and carers. The Emotional Experience of Adoption explains and accounts for the emotional and psychological complexities involved for child, parents and professionals in adoption. It will be of interest and relevance to anyone involved at a personal level in the adoption process or professionals working in the fields of adoption, social work, child mental health, foster care and family support.Author: Hindle, Debbie,editor,Shulman, Graham,editor Contributors: Hindle, Debbie,editor,Shulman, Graham,editor Binding: paperback Publication Date: Release Date: Languages: English,Published,English,Original Language,Englis Edition: 1 Published/Release Date: 14 Apr 2008 Format: Paperback / softback Publisher/Studio/Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd Author/Director/Artist: Debbie Hindle Dimension (cm): 234x156x18 mm Package Dimension (cm): 18x234x156 mm Item Weight (g): 463 Package Weight (g): 549