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1 online resource (162 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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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. |
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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. |
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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? |
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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. |
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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. |
| Note |
Denial as a method of self-protection. |
| 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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Adoption.
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Adoption. |
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Foster home care.
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Foster home care. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Eaton, Kate.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wolfs, Renee. Healing for Adults Who Grew Up in Adoption or Foster Care : Positive Strategies for Overcoming Emotional Challenges. London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, ©2015 |
| ISBN |
9780857009883 (electronic book) |
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0857009885 (electronic book) |
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9781849055550 |
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