Tools and Resources for Adoptive Families
and the Professionals Who Help Them

-Beneath the Mask:
-Understanding Adopted Teens

by Debbie Riley, MS, with John Meeks, MD

Therapy solutions for adopted kids aren't just black & white. Working with adopted adolescents is complex. The key to successful therapy and helathy development is to help the adolescent discover and accept the person within.

Therapists and clinicians will discover:
• A broad knowledge base on adoption
• A step-by-step assessment process
• Clinical intervention strategies
• A wealth of case histories
• Treatment resources and therapy tools
• Writing and art therapy samples

Parents will discover:
• The six most common adoption stuck-spots
• The complexities of adoption
• The adopted teen's quest for identity
• How therapy may help the adoptive family learn and grow together

Help your teen discover the person within.

Reviews

"a book that will add greatly to the field of adoption.”
Sharon Kaplan Roszia, MS, Program Director of special needs adoptions for the Kinship Center of southern California

"… an invaluable contribution to our understanding of the developmental challenges and psychological issues that adopted adolescents and their families experience."
Madelyn Freundlich, Director of Policy, Children’s Rights

"The most powerful feature …wealth of specific, concrete suggestions for dealing with issues like rejection, depression, secrecy, and identity confusion."
William Burnet, M.D., Director of Forensic Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University

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