Catalogue by countries / The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child
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| ISS/IRC Code | TOOL-PARENTS ENG-046 |
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| Title | The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child |
| Author | NEWTON VERRIER Nancy |
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| General information | |
| Date published/issue | 00-00-1993 |
| Date received | 00-00-0000 |
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| Editor | |
| Publisher | Gateway Press Inc - Orders: Nancy Verrier, 919 Village Center, Lafayette, CA, USA |
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| Price | $14.95 |
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| Type of material | Book |
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| Document description |
Commentaries |
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| Index |
Origins-info Identity-origin Adoption-open Attachment Prepa-adoption-paps Fam-orig-info-counsel Abandonment Adopt-fam-post-adopt-sup Identity-adoptive |
| Free text | The author presents her theory that "all adoptees suffer a 'primal wound' as a result of their separation from the first mother" and discusses some of the ways in which this suffering manifests itself, as well as the effects this can have in the adoptive family's life. She gives advice to adoptive parents so they can recognise the symptoms and therefore better deal with them when they appear. A frensh edition has been published in 2004. It is called "L'enfant adopté; comprendre la blessure primitive" ans is also registered in our database. |
| Document qualification | |
| Degree of interest | Valuable |
| Work area |
Psychology |
| Potential users | |
| Other potential users |
Adopt-Agency Adopt-Parents Children |