Coming Home to Self: Healing the Primal Wound - Softcover

Nancy Verrier

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1905664818 ISBN 13: 9781905664818

Publisher: British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF), 2010

Synopsis

Thousands of people have read Nancy Verrier’s classic The Primal Wound and found profound insights on what being adopted means to adopted people. Verrier explored the primal wound that results when a child is separated from their mother and examined the life-long consequences this can have. Now, Coming Home to Self explores the effect of separation trauma on brain development, and how to heal the primal wound.

The book aims to help adopted people find their authentic self and break the barriers of trauma that may prevent them achieving a mature and satisfying adulthood. By understanding what it means to live without genetic markers and mirroring (being reflected back) through growing up in non-biological families, adopted people can build their self-esteem and closer personal relationships.

Although today there is more insight into what adoption means for all those involved, there is still little understanding of how to deal with the hurt that many adopted children have experienced. For adopted people, fear of rejection (abandonment) affects intimacy, with some adopted people distancing themselves from the vulnerability of relationships. This can bewilder parents, spouses and partners – and even the adoptees themselves. For too long, adoptees have been puzzled by their attitudes, feelings and behaviours. This book offers solutions to regulating troubling emotions and achieving meaningful relationships.

About this title

About the Author

Nancy Verrier, M.A., the mother of two daughters one who is adopted and one who is not is an advocate for children. She holds a master's degree in clinical psychology and is in private practice in Lafayette, California. In addition to her clinical and adoption work, Ms. Verrier writes and lectures about the effects of early childhood trauma and deprivation caused by premature separation from the mother under various circumstances.

Edition details

• Publisher: British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF)
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1905664818
• ISBN 13: 9781905664818
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400