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001 2014037466
003 DLC
005 20150516085214.0
008 140929s2015 pau b 000 0 eng
010 $a 2014037466
020 $a9781849057745 (alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aHV875$b.E383 2015
082 00 $a362.82/98$223
100 1 $aEldridge, Sherrie.
245 10 $aTwenty life transforming choices adoptees need to make /$cSherrie Eldridge.
250 $aSecond Edition.
264 1 $aPhiladelphia :$bJessica Kingsley Publishers,$c[2015].
300 $a294 pages ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $aOriginally published: Colorado Springs, Colo. : Pinon Press, c2003.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 287-292).
505 0 $aOur lifelong search for truth -- Caught unaware -- Preparing to grow -- Twenty truths and twenty choices that can transform -- Thoughts about our birth parents are innate -- Painful feelings about our adoption are normal -- Learning about adoption dynamics will help us relax -- It may often seem like no one "gets it" -- Share deep feelings only with "safe" people -- We can control our anger : really! -- We can get unstuck from our painful past -- Many of us experience echoes of loss -- An hour with a fellow adoptee is better than therapy -- False guilt shouldn't stop us from considering a reunion -- Search and reunion may become a top priority -- We don't need to fear seeming ungrateful or disloyal -- We must give up being pleasers -- Taking concrete steps toward obtaining our pre-adoption history requires courage... we can do it! -- When we feel overwhelmed we must be gentle with ourselves -- Birth relatives may reject us, but there's someone who never will -- The word "rejection" may not be in the vocabularies of other birth relatives! -- Letting go of our birth mother's original decision will set us free -- Our footsteps are unique across the sands -- We can help others by being transparent -- Appendix -- Notes.
650 0 $aAdoptees$xPsychology.
650 0 $aAdoption$xPsychological aspects.