Comments on: Therapists and Mothers and Books https://writingmywrongs.com/2013/05/24/therapists-and-mothers-and-books/ Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. - Voltaire Tue, 13 May 2014 12:40:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9 By: Denise https://writingmywrongs.com/2013/05/24/therapists-and-mothers-and-books/#comment-33782 Mon, 27 May 2013 05:31:55 +0000 https://writingmywrongs.com/?p=2567#comment-33782 IMHO, he should be focusing on what you need, not what he needs, in terms of your opinion about a book or adoption issues. If he recommended the book/interview, it should have been for your good (which I doubt). Period.

]]> By: Suz https://writingmywrongs.com/2013/05/24/therapists-and-mothers-and-books/#comment-33737 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:46:07 +0000 https://writingmywrongs.com/?p=2567#comment-33737 I will actually ask him that question when I see next (any hidden meaning). He and I have an odd little connection. I mean that in a positive sense. He actually asked me about this book via email, not in person. He values my opinion on adoption issues, so I suspect that was part of the reason for the question, BUT since I am curious why he felt so strongly to reach out to me via email to ask, I will indeed discuss with him.

]]> By: Suz https://writingmywrongs.com/2013/05/24/therapists-and-mothers-and-books/#comment-33736 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:42:31 +0000 https://writingmywrongs.com/?p=2567#comment-33736 Well, lookey here. My sister leading the parallel life in NY published the same topic on her blog. Go check out Claud’s post from an adoptee that grew up with an open adoption.

http://www.adoptionbirthmothers.com/the-open-adoption-experiment

]]> By: Suz https://writingmywrongs.com/2013/05/24/therapists-and-mothers-and-books/#comment-33735 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:13:23 +0000 https://writingmywrongs.com/?p=2567#comment-33735 Well versed on that school of thought UM and actually shared same with my therapist.

I can assure you I would not see a therapist that is at ALL pro adoption. He shared it with me as he had heard it and it irritated him and wasn’t entirely sure why. Since I had not (and will not) listen to it, I could not really comment. I chose to share with him my thoughts on open adoption and that it is the latest social experiment. Moreover, the only persons qualified to tell us how the latest experiment is working are the children that have been forced to live it. Mothers are clearly not gaining yet adoptive parents (as always) are.

]]> By: Unsignedasterpiece https://writingmywrongs.com/2013/05/24/therapists-and-mothers-and-books/#comment-33728 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:44:24 +0000 https://writingmywrongs.com/?p=2567#comment-33728 Not wanting to be the voice of cynicism but am being it nonetheless. There is a school of thought that it is the secret nature of adoption that caused all the trouble in the past and that open adoption will cure adoptions ills. We all know that while secrecy was a factor, it is the loss that is the problem. This is not fixed by open adoption. I would be exploring your therapists views in this regard. If he/she subscribes to the open adoption has fixed things theory, I’d be proceeding with caution.

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