Psychoanalytic Approaches To Adoption Book

Introduction Debbie Hindle Hindle, Debbie Graham Shulman Shulman, Graham

Pt. I Setting the scene 23

Introduction Graham Shulman Shulman, Graham 24

1 Developing a curiosity about adoption: a psychoanalytic perspective John Simmonds Simmonds, John 27

2 Why is early development important? Sally Wassell Wassell, Sally 42

3 Understanding an adopted child: a child psychotherapist's perspective Lisa Miller Miller, Lisa 57

Pt. II Unconscious dynamics in systems and networks 71

Introduction Graham Shulman Shulman, Graham 72

4 Multiple families in mind Margaret Rustin Rustin, Margaret 77

5 Enabling effective support: secondary traumatic stress and adoptive families Kate Cairns Cairns, Kate 90

6 The network around adoption: the forever family and the ghosts of the dispossessed Jenny Sprince Sprince, Jenny 99

Pt. III Primitive states of mind and their impact on relationships 115

Introduction Graham Shulman Shulman, Graham 116

7 The mermaid: moving towards reality after trauma Caroline Case Case, Caroline 121

8 On being dropped and picked up: the plight of some late-adopted children Judith Edwards Edwards, Judith 136

Pt. IV Belonging and becoming: transitions 149

Introduction Debbie Hindle Hindle, Debbie

9 Playing out, not acting out: the development of the capacity to play in the therapy of children who are 'in transition' from fostering to adoption Monica Lanyado Lanyado, Monica 155

10 Just pretend: the importance of symbolic play and its interpretation in intensive psychotherapy with a four-year-old adopted boy Francesca Calvocoressi Calvocoressi, Francesca 168

11 The longing to become a family: support for the parentalcouple Molly Ludlam Ludlam, Molly 177

12 Shared reflections on parallel collaborative work with adoptive families Francesca Calvocoressi Calvocoressi, Francesca Molly Ludlam Ludlam, Molly 185

Pt. V Being part of a family: oedipal issues 193

Introduction Debbie Hindle Hindle, Debbie 194

13 Loss, recovery and adoption: a child's perspective Debbie Hindle Hindle, Debbie 197

14 Oedipal difficulties in the triangular relationship between the parents, the child and the child psychotherapist Pamela Bartram Bartram, Pamela 209

Pt. VI Adoption and adolescence: the question of identity 221

Introduction Debbie Hindle Hindle, Debbie 222

15 Deprivation and development: the predicament of an adopted adolescent in the search for identity Tessa Dalley Dalley, Tessa Valli Kohon Kohon, Valli 225

16 Adoption and adolescence: idealisation and overvalued ideas Sheila Spensley Spensley, Sheila 237

Further reflections 251

17 A cautionary tale of adoption: fictional lives and living fictions Graham Shulman Shulman, Graham 253

Final thoughts Debbie Hindle Hindle, Debbie Graham Shulman Shulman, Graham 264

Index 272