Adult Adoptees and Writing to Heal

Migrating Toward Wholeness
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-90-04-68170-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 9, 96 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 300 g

Reihe: Arts, Creativities, and Learning Environments in Global Perspectives

Adult Adoptees and Writing to Heal shares the framework and method of using writing as a practice for adult adoptees, therapists, teachers, and researchers interested in learning how to migrate and heal embodied trauma.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Debetta, Liz

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Pädagogische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Literatur, Deutsch, Fremdsprachen (Unterricht & Didaktik)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Making Space to Heal

1 Rewriting the Truth: Making Room for Adoptee Narratives

1 Pre-Writing Questions

2 Self-Reflection Questions

3 Writing Exploration “Two of Me”

2 Expressing the Primal Wound: Navigating Fear, Grief, and Ambiguous Loss

1 Writing Exploration “Expressing the Primal Wound—Core Language Clues”

3 Becoming the Subject: Authoring Ourselves and Our Lives

1 Writing Exploration “Finding Freedom and Autonomy: Self-Regulating through Writing”

4 Breaking Silences: Fostering Empathy through Subversive Storytelling

1 Writing Exploration “Subversive Storytelling for Empathy and Integration”

5 Migrating toward Wholeness: Writing, Speaking, and Releasing Embodied Trauma

1 Writing Exploration: Migrating toward Wholeness (Week 1)

2 Writing Exploration: Migrating toward Wholeness (Week 2)

3 Migrating toward Wholeness (Week 3)

4 Migrating Toward Wholeness (Week 4)

5 Migrating toward Wholeness (Week 5)

6 A Final Note Dear Reader

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Liz DeBetta, Ph.D. (2020), Union Institute & University, is an independent scholar-artist-activist committed to changing systems and helping people navigate trauma through creative processes. She has published articles on adoptee narratives and has an award winning one woman show called Un-M-Othered (www.LizDeBetta.com).