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DeBetta, Liz, author.

Adult adoptees and writing to heal : migrating toward wholeness / by Liz DeBetta.

Leiden : Boston : Brill, [2023]

95 pages ; 24 cm.

"We live in a world where conversations about trauma are becoming commonplace and adopted people are using their voices to educate the general public about the effects of maternal separation and genealogical bewilderment. But for many adult adoptees the act of speaking truth to power is still fraught. Personal writing can unlock long held silences and help adult adoptees feel empowered to rewrite their narratives. The need to deconstruct dominant narratives about adoption and its inherent loss and trauma is necessary if we are to reform an institution that has damaged many generations of mothers and children. Because many adoptees do not have access to adoption and trauma competent therapists writing is therefore an accessible therapeutic modality that can be used to reframe narratives that position adoptees as the object rather than the subject"-- Provided by publisher.

Arts, creativities, and learning environments in global perspectives, ISSN: 2589-9813 ; volume 9

Adoptees -- Mental health.

Adoption -- Psychological aspects.

Narrative therapy.

Autobiography -- Therapeutic use.

Psychic trauma -- Treatment.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Rewriting the truth: making room for adoptee narratives -- Expressing the primal wound: navigating fear, grief, and ambiguous loss -- Becoming the subject: authoring ourselves and our libraries -- Breaking silences: fostering empathy through subversive storytelling -- Migrating toward wholeness: writing, speaking, and releasing embodied trauma.

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