This event is free but registration is required by July 18, 2018. Please contact Shannon Spollen at sspollen@themeadows.com for information on how to register. |
Leanne Lemire, MSW, LCSW, is the Executive Director of the Claudia Black Young Adult Center, an inpatient treatment program tailored to young adults aged 18-26 who struggle with unresolved emotional trauma, addiction, or complex co-occurring conditions. |
The attachment disruption that stems from adoption can lead to a deep sense of abandonment, rejection, loss, confusion, identity issues, and shame. Often experienced in early childhood without conscious awareness, recognition or vocabulary, by the time the adopted child becomes a young adult, the effects are still felt on a very profound level, coupled with present day emotional dysregulation and relational difficulties. Left untreated, this underlying trauma fuels addictions, mood disorders, risk-taking behaviors, self-sabotage, expectations of further abandonments and chronic suicidality. The young adult often maintains the shamed-based belief that he/she does not have the right to exist. Leanne will discuss the various traumas experienced by the adopted young adult and what differentiates them from the non-adopted young adult. She will also describe treatment interventions used to assist the client in recognizing the impact adoption has had on their development, challenging shame-based beliefs, and beginning to heal layers of delayed grief. Learning Objectives After this presentation, attendees will be able to: 1. Identify dynamics of developmental trauma stemming from the dynamics of adoption. 2. Describe elements of treatment specific to adoption-related trauma & addiction among young adults. 3. Identify treatment interventions specific to addressing shame reduction and grief.
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