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Tables of Contents for Adoption Healing...a Path to Recovery
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Author's Notes
ix
Acknowledgments
xi
Preface
xiii
Prologue: The Politics of Adoption
xv
Proceed Gently
xviii
Introduction
xix
Welcome
xxii
Part One: The Missing Self
1
54
Genesis
2
5
Primal Wound: The First Trauma
7
8
Age of Discovery: The Second Trauma
15
5
Oedipus Wrecks
20
4
Fracturing: The Third Trauma
24
7
The Wreck Revisited
31
6
Incomplete Crossing
37
10
Limbo: The Purgatory of Not Knowing the Truth
47
8
Part Two: The Search for Self
55
50
The Truth Hurts
58
6
Triage: Treating the Primal Wound
64
4
Really Talking About Adoption
68
6
Ghost Busters
74
5
Preventing the Fracture
79
5
Beginning to Build an Authentic Identity
84
8
Taking Charge of Your Life, with and without Therapy
92
13
Part Three: Toward Healthier Adoptions
105
4
A Wish List
106
3
Part Four: Getting Help
109
12
Choosing the Right Therapist
110
3
From the Therapist's Perspective
113
4
Finding a Support Group
117
4
Part Five: The Challenge to Heal
121
38
Healing the Inner Child: An Innovative Approach
127
6
Anger
133
4
Visualization Techniques
137
5
Affirmations
142
4
Mourning for Adoptees
146
3
One Woman's Journey
149
3
The Respect We Never Got
152
7
Part Six: Appendices
159
27
Appendix A: What Adoptees Do Not Wish to Hear
160
2
Appendix B: What Birthparents Do Not Wish to Hear
162
2
Appendix C: What Adoptive Parents Do Not Wish to Hear
164
1
Appendix D: About Sealed Adoption Records
165
3
Appendix E: Loss in the Adoption Hand-Off
168
3
Appendix F: Things to Do with Your Inner Child
171
3
Appendix G: From the News
174
8
Appendix H: Resources and Readings
182
4
Epilogue
186
4
About the Author
190