Nancy newton verrier biography of michael
What Nancy is trying to get across is that, when there's a problem child that's been adopted, they need help or they will struggle their whole.
The theory--put forth in the book “The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child” (Gateway Press) by therapist Nancy Newton Verrier.!
The Primal Wound
1993 book by Nancy Verrier
| Author | Nancy Verrier |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Developmental psychology, Attachment, Adoption, Early childhood trauma |
| Published | 1993 |
| ISBN | 9781905664764 |
The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child is a book by American author Nancy Verrier published in 1993.[1] The book posits that there is a "primal wound" that develops when a mother and child are separated by adoption shortly after childbirth.
It describes the mother and child as having a vital connected relationship which is physical, psychological and physiological, and examines the effects of disrupting such bonds.
The primary focus of the book is on the effects of adoption on the adoptee.
A central theme is the assertion that all adoptees, even those adopted at birth, will retain memories of the separation from their birth mothers, and that regardless of the way the adoption is presented and handled by adoptive parents, these memories