Identity And Relationships
By Nancy Verrier, MFT What is identity and what makes it so crucial when speaking of adoption? I believe it is something that makes adoptees feel a kind of alienation all their lives, beginning with...
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By Nancy Verrier, MFT One of the things that people in relationship with adoptees complain about is that adoptees don’t seem to realize how they affect their partners, parents, or friends. Although...
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An Essay for Adoptees By Nancy Verrier, MFT First of all, every one of you has a right to be in this world, find happiness, and maintain good relationships. However, when one begins life with a...
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By Nancy Verrier, MFT Adoption is a difficult enough trauma for any child who is taken away from his or her first mother. That child is primed to be welcomed into the world, protected, and nurtured by...
View ArticleThe Three Faces of Adoptees
Seminar for 2013 AAC – Cleveland By Nancy Verrier, MFT Children who are separated from their mothers early in life have different issues to deal with than those who are kept and cared for by their...
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