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catalog abstract "Adoption, a subject long cloaked in silence, is coming out of the closet. A veritable avalanche of books, magazine articles, and television programs debate the end of the "closed" system, which cut adoptees off from their heritage, and the beginning of an open system. While legal and ethical controversies continue to swirl around adoption, here is the first book to provide solid psychological grounding for the importance of openness in adoption from the perspective of an adopted person. Betty Jean Lifton, herself an adoptee whose Lost and Found has become a bible to other adoptees and to those who would understand the adoption experience, 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. And she shows how both the symbolic and the literal search for roots becomes a crucial part of the journey toward wholeness. Filled with moving life stories of adopted men and women, the book examines how separation from the birth mother and secrecy in the adoption system have affected adoptees' sense of identity as well as their attachment to their adoptive parents. Lifton introduces the concept of "cumulative adoption trauma" to help explain many troubling questions: Why do adopted people feel alienated? Why do they feel unreal, invisible to themselves and others? Why do they feel unborn? Journey of the Adopted Self makes it poignantly clear that only by restoring connection to the past can adoptees move with dignity and hope into the future.".
catalog contributor b5991677.
catalog created "c1994.".
catalog date "1994".
catalog date "c1994.".
catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
catalog description "Adoption, a subject long cloaked in silence, is coming out of the closet. A veritable avalanche of books, magazine articles, and television programs debate the end of the "closed" system, which cut adoptees off from their heritage, and the beginning of an open system. While legal and ethical controversies continue to swirl around adoption, here is the first book to provide solid psychological grounding for the importance of openness in adoption from the perspective of an adopted person.".
catalog description "Betty Jean Lifton, herself an adoptee whose Lost and Found has become a bible to other adoptees and to those who would understand the adoption experience, 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. And she shows how both the symbolic and the literal search for roots becomes a crucial part of the journey toward wholeness.".
catalog description "Filled with moving life stories of adopted men and women, the book examines how separation from the birth mother and secrecy in the adoption system have affected adoptees' sense of identity as well as their attachment to their adoptive parents. Lifton introduces the concept of "cumulative adoption trauma" to help explain many troubling questions: Why do adopted people feel alienated? Why do they feel unreal, invisible to themselves and others? Why do they feel unborn?".
catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-321) and index.".
catalog description "Journey of the Adopted Self makes it poignantly clear that only by restoring connection to the past can adoptees move with dignity and hope into the future.".
catalog description "pt. I. The Self in Crisis. 1. Betwixt and Between. 2. The Mothered/Motherless Self. 3. The Conspiracy of Silence. 4. The Hidden Relationship. 5. The Broken Narrative. 6. Artificial Self, Forbidden Self. 7. Stuck in the Life Cycle. 8. The Antisocial Tendency. 9. The Adult Child -- pt. II. The Self in Search. 10. The Call to Self. 11. Alternate Reality. 12. The Painted Bird. 13. The Fathered/Fatherless Self. 14. The Found Adoptee. 15. The Mark of Oedipus. 16. The Adoption Tie -- pt. III. The Self in Transformation. 17. Becoming Whole -- The Best Interests of the Adopted Child. The Adoption Reform Network. National Umbrella Network of the Adoption Reform Movement. Birth Parent Support Groups. National and International Registries. Adoptive Parent Groups. Periodicals. Resource/Referral/Counseling Organizations. Recommended Reading.".
catalog extent "viii, 328 p. ;".
catalog hasFormat "Journey of the adopted self.".
catalog identifier "0465008119 :".
catalog isFormatOf "Journey of the adopted self.".
catalog issued "1994".
catalog issued "c1994.".
catalog language "eng".
catalog publisher "New York, NY : BasicBooks,".
catalog relation "Journey of the adopted self.".
catalog spatial "United States".
catalog subject "362.82/98/0973 20".
catalog subject "Adoptees United States Psychology Case studies.".
catalog subject "Birthparents United States Case studies.".
catalog subject "HV875.55 .L53 1994".
catalog subject "Parent and child United States Case studies.".
catalog tableOfContents "pt. I. The Self in Crisis. 1. Betwixt and Between. 2. The Mothered/Motherless Self. 3. The Conspiracy of Silence. 4. The Hidden Relationship. 5. The Broken Narrative. 6. Artificial Self, Forbidden Self. 7. Stuck in the Life Cycle. 8. The Antisocial Tendency. 9. The Adult Child -- pt. II. The Self in Search. 10. The Call to Self. 11. Alternate Reality. 12. The Painted Bird. 13. The Fathered/Fatherless Self. 14. The Found Adoptee. 15. The Mark of Oedipus. 16. The Adoption Tie -- pt. III. The Self in Transformation. 17. Becoming Whole -- The Best Interests of the Adopted Child. The Adoption Reform Network. National Umbrella Network of the Adoption Reform Movement. Birth Parent Support Groups. National and International Registries. Adoptive Parent Groups. Periodicals. Resource/Referral/Counseling Organizations. Recommended Reading.".
catalog title "Journey of the adopted self : a quest for wholeness / Betty Jean Lifton.".
catalog type "Case studies. fast".
catalog type "text".