20 Life-Transforming Choices Adoptees Need to Makeby Sherrie Eldridge
As an adoptee, do you have mixed feelings about your adoption? If you do, you are not alone - adoptees often experience complex feelings of grief, anger, and questions about
20 Things Adoptive Parents Need to Succeedby Sherrie Eldridge
Most adoptive parents don't know that their child has a different "heart language" than theirs. They need a translator, which Sherrie Eldridge becomes in her new book. Read real-life accounts
Adoptees Come of Age: Living within Two Familiesby Ronald J. Nydam
Ronald Nydam acquaints the pastoral counselor with some of the struggles that adopted people confront in their development and in their adult lives. Drawn from the compelling stories of people
Adoption Healing: A Path to Recovery--Articles, etc.by Joe Soll, LCSW
This addition to the Adoption Healing series is a compilation of all the articles that I have been asked to write in the last year, plus more than a half
Adoption Healing: A Path to Recoveryby Joe Soll
In this unique book, the reader is provided with a description of the unfolding of the adoptee's personality from birth, detailing each developmental milestone along the way, followed by different
Adoption Healing: A Path to Recovery for Mothers Who Lost Children to Adoptionby Joe Soll, CSW, and Karen Wilson Buterbaugh
The reader is provided with a description of the immaculate deception imposed on pregnant women and the ensuing tragedy of the loss of their babies to adoption and the profound
Adoption Healing: A Path to Recovery--Supplementby Joe Soll, LCSW
Adoption Healing... a path to recovery--Supplement, a unique book, contains updated information not included in the originals. The reader is provided with a description of the aftermath of the separation
Adoption Is a Lifelong Journeyby Kelly DiBenedetto, Katie Gorczyca, and Jennifer Eckert
Meet Charlie, an adoptee who opens his heart and shares what’s on his mind through various phases as he grows up in his adoptive home. As the narrator of Adoption
The Adoption Reunion Handbookby Liz Trinder, Julia Feast, and David Howe
The book describes the experiences that people have had when tracing their birth parents, as well as offering practical advice on how to go about searching and what to expect
The Adoption Reunion Survival Guide: Preparing Yourself for the Search, Reunion, and Beyondby Julie Jarrell Bailey and Lynn N. Giddens, M.A.
This book is written by two adoption specialists, one of whom is a reunited birthmother, and draws on the real-life experiences of others to help readers prepare for the emotional
Adoption Therapy: Perspectives from Clients and Clinicians on Processing and Healing Post-Adoption IssuesEdited by Laura Dennis
With writing by adoptees, adoptive parents, and clinicians, Adoption Therapy is a first-of-its-kind and wholly unique reference book, providing insight, advice, and personal stories which highlight the specific nature of
The Adoption Triangle (reissue)by Arthur D. Sorosky, M.D., Annette Baran, M.S.W., and Reuben Pannor, M.S.W.
A classic and the first to deal with how sealed and open records affect adoptees, birth parents and adoptive parents. Originally published in 1978," ... it is as true and
Already Enough: A Path to Self-Acceptanceby Lisa Olivera
When Lisa Olivera was just a few hours old, her birth mother abandoned her behind a rock near Muir Woods in Northern California. She was found and later adopted. Growing
An-Ya and Her Diary: Reader and Parent GuideEdited by Diane René Christian
Professional adoptees discuss all aspects of the novel An-Ya and Her Diary. Included are lessons on how to lead an adoption discussion, how a parent can use the novel to
Before You Were Mine: Discovering Your Adopted Child's Lifestoryby Susan TeBos and Carissa Woodwyk
Written by an adoptive mother and an adoptee daughter, Before You Were Mine offers a unique Christian perspective on creating a Lifebook that commemorates your child’s birth story. Complete with
Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Selfby David M. Brodzinsky, Ph.D., Marshall D. Schechter, M.D., and Robin Marantz Henig
The voices of adoptees trace how adoption is experienced over a lifetime in this look at adoption that uses the Erik Erikson seven-stage life-cycle as its model and offers astute
Birthright: The Guide to Search and Reunion for Adoptees, Birthparents, and Adoptive Parentsby Jean A. S. Strauss
What happens when an adoptee decides to locate a birthparent or a birthparent wants to find a child given up long ago? How does one search for people whose names
Coming Home to Self: The Adopted Child Grows Upby Nancy Newton Verrier
Although written with adult adoptees in mind, Coming Home to Self is a book that can help anyone who has had early childhood trauma or who feels as if he
The Family of Adoption: Completely Revised and Updatedby Joyce Maguire Pavao
Full of wonderful stories that give insight into a wide variety of adoption issues, now revised in light of recent developments, The Family of Adoption is a powerful argument for
From Home to Homeland: What Adoptive Families Need to Know before Making a Return Trip to ChinaEdited by Debra Jacobs, Iris Chin Ponte, and Leslie Kim Wang
Every year, hundreds of adoptive families embark on homeland trips to China and other countries. Homeland trips offer great opportunities for helping adopted children develop a coherent narrative that makes
Goodbye Hypervigilance: Healing Adoptee Worryby Lora K. Joy; illustrated by Laura Foote
Goodbye Hypervigilance is a true story about my experience realizing how adoption trauma had put me on high alert my entire life. My need to control things was catastrophic. Luckily,
Groundbreaking Interventions: Working with Traumatized Children, Teens and Families in Foster Care and Adoptionby Jeanette Yoffe
A book of 16 interventions designed to teach new and imaginative ways for working with traumatized children in foster care and adoption and their families. Groundbreaking Interventions provides a wide
The Harris Narratives: An Introspective Study of a Transracial Adopteeby Susan Harris O'Connor
This book consists of five autobiographical narratives by Susan Harris O'Connor, a social worker and transracial adoptee. These monologues were developed and performed around the United States in academic, clinical
Healing Tree: An Adoptee's Story about Hurting, Healing, and Letting the Light Shine Throughby Danielle Gaudette
"Our adopted angel"--that's what Danielle's adoptive parents called her. She grew up adored, doted on, unconditionally loved. It wasn't until she was in college that she first felt a gnawing
The Heart Of The Matter: EMDR Through An Adoptee's Eyesby Maya Luque with Kate Mounts
This book is a personal reflection on how EMDR Therapy helped one adoptee through a personal journey of acceptance and healing. As one of the girls adopted from China in
It's Not About You: Understanding Adoptee Search, Reunion, and Open AdoptionEdited by Brooke Randolph, MA, NCC, LMHC
The title of this book can be both inflammatory and comforting; different people need to read it different ways. The reality is that the desire for information has nothing to
Journey Of The Adopted Self: A Quest For WholenessBetty Jean Lifton
Betty Jean Lifton explores further the inner world of the adopted person. She breaks new ground as she traces the adopted child’s lifelong struggle to form an authentic sense of self.
Journeys After Adoption: Understanding Lifelong Issuesby Jayne E. Schooler and Betsie L. Norris
What can we learn about the experience of adoption from those who have taken that journey? How can those touched by adoption navigate successfully through the issues of search, reunion,
Living in the Know: The Adoptee's Quick-Start Guide to Finding Family with DNA Testingby Geraldine Berger
Part memoir, part quick-start guide, Geraldine Berger, "The Genetic Genealogy Coach," shares her own journey to living in the know. The search for her birth parents spanned a cumulative thirty-four years,
Lost and Found: The Adoption Experience (3rd edition)by Betty Jean Lifton
The first edition of Betty Jean Lifton's Lost and Found advanced the adoption rights movement in this country in 1979, challenging many states' policies of maintaining closed birth records. For
NoBODY Looks Like Me: An Adoptee Experienceby Lora K. Joy; illustrated by Laura Foote
NoBODY Looks Like Me represents what it is like for an adoptee to grow up in a family where they are not genetically related to anyone. There is a longing
Parenting for Peace: Raising the Next Generation of Peacemakersby Marcy Axness, PhD
If we really want to change the world, let's raise a generation "built for peace"... from the very beginning. Parenting for Peace is a user-friendly scientific roadmap for how to do
Parenting in the Eye of the Storm: The Adoptive Parent’s Guide to Navigating the Teen Yearsby Katie Naftzger
Describing the essential skills you need to help your adopted teen to confidently face the challenges of growing up, adult adoptee and family therapist Katie Naftzger shares her personal and
The Presence of Absence: A Story About Busyness, Brokenness, and Being Belovedby Linda Hoye
We wear busyness as a badge of accomplishment and personal success. But when we use it to fill a void, being busy can become an addiction. Busyness helps us feel
The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Childby Nancy Newton Verrier
The Primal Wound is a book which is revolutionizing the way we think about adoption. In its application of information about pre- and perinatal psychology, attachment, bonding, and loss, it
Questions Adoptees Are Askingby Sherrie Eldridge
People who have been adopted grow up with many similar questions, thoughts, challenges, and choices, such as, "Does my birth mother ever think about me?" and "What is my real
Restored: Pursuing Wholeness When a Relationship Is Brokenby Deanna Doss Shrodes
Have your hopes been dashed into pieces when you tried to make a relationship work and the other person didn’t respond as you wished? Have you asked someone to forgive
Rooted in Adoption: A Collection of Adoptee Reflectionsby Veronica Breaux and Shelby Kilgore
Rooted in Adoption: A Collection of Adoptee Reflections is a collection of short narratives from those who have been adopted. Adoptees of various ages, backgrounds, and experiences were asked discuss
Rooted in Adoption Journal: Adoptee Writing Prompts for Self-Reflection, Discovery, and Healingby Veronica Breaux
This journal consists of over 50 writing prompts specially created for adoptees. The journal is divided into seven sections: Love and Relationships, Childhood Memories, Difficult Emotions, Listen to Adoptees, Adoption
Spare the Kids: Why Whupping Children Won't Save Black Americaby Stacey Patton
Why do so many African Americans have such a special attachment to whupping children? Studies show that nearly 80 percent of black parents see spanking, popping, pinching, and beating as
Toxic Mom Toolkit: Discovering a Happy Life Despite Toxic Parentingby Rayne Wolfe
Toxic Mom Toolkit takes on super toxic mothers with humor, kindness, and practical tools to help readers build a peaceful and happy life. The book includes Wolfe’s memoir of growing
Truth and Agency: Writing Ideas For People Who Were Adoptedby Anne Heffron
In order to feel fully rooted, it's important to know your story. If your personal narrative starts "The day we got you," then you are already in the gaslit land
Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knewby Sherrie Eldridge
The voices of adopted children are poignant, questioning. And they tell a familiar story of loss, fear, and hope. This extraordinary book, written by a woman who was adopted herself,
Under His Wings: Truths to Heal Adopted, Orphaned, and Waiting Children's Hearts (Volume 1)by Sherrie Eldridge and Beth Willis Miller
As adoptees read about Moses from the Bible, defensive hearts melt and adoptees realize they are just like the guy who was just like them but went on to be
Under My Bed and Other Essaysby Jody Keisner
Jody Keisner was raised in rural Nebraska towns by a volatile father and kind but passive mother. As a young adult living alone for the first time, she began a
Voices Unheard: A Reflective Journal for Adult Adopteesby Lisa Coppola
Adoption is based on loss, often yielding deep feelings of inner turmoil, grief, disconnection, and, at times, overwhelming fear and anxiety stemming from those old, unattended wounds. Yet it is common for
What Do You Mean I Was Adopted? 7 Steps to Acceptance, Gratitude & Peaceby Carina S. Burns
Were you adopted? Did you have a similar experience? Do you face issues with identity? Ms. Burns learned of her own adoption when she was a teenager growing up in
What White Parents Should Know about Transracial Adoption: An Adoptee's Perspective on Its History, Nuances, and Practicesby Melissa Guida-Richards
If you're the white parent of a transracially or internationally adopted child, you may have been told that if you try your best and work your hardest, good intentions and
Who Am I: A Journal to Guide the Search for Your Birth Familyby Rebecca Crofoot
Rebecca Crofoot served as a caseworker for the Nebraska Children’s Home Society for over forty-two years. About thirty of those years were dedicated to assisting clients with search and reunion.