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The Primal Wound
Contributor(s): Verrier, Nancy N. (Author)
ISBN: 0963648004     ISBN-13: 9780963648006
Publisher: Verrier Publishing
OUR PRICE:   $13.50  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 2003
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BISAC Categories:
- Family & Relationships | Adoption & Fostering
- Psychology | Psychotherapy - Couples & Family
Dewey: 362.734
LCCN: 92070164
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.76 lbs) 256 pages
 
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The Primal Wound is a seminal work which revolutionizes the way we think about adoption. It describes and clarifies the effects of separating babies from their birth mothers as a primal loss which affects the relationships of the adopted person throughout life.. It is a book about pre-and perinatal psychology, attachment, bonding, and loss. It gives adoptees, whose pain has long been unacknowledged or misunderstood, validation for their feelings, as well as explanations for their behavior. It lists the coping mechanisms which adoptees use to be able to attach and live in a family to whom they are not related and with whom they have no genetic cues. It will contribute to the healing of all members of the adoption triad and will bring understanding and encouragement to anyone who has ever felt abandoned..