Adoption Trauma With Author Emma Stevens

Adoption trauma refers to the negative implications that may occur as part of the adoption process. This trauma can include the effects of early separation from biological parents, problems with attachment and bonding, grief, or the lack of stability that comes with multiple placements. Many factors influence whether adoption is traumatic or not, and there are ways to cope.
in this episode, I am joined with author and trauma survivor Emma Stevens. Emma is an American Adoptee and she will be sharing how that experience and many others have shaped her. She is the author of the memoir " The Gathering Place." A beautiful book about her journey and her process of welcoming back the parts of herself she had to hide or push away in order to be safe.
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I think being lied to about your past intentionally and being told how you are supposed to feel happy and grateful with no acknowledgement of possible trauma is what rubbed me the wrong way most. Once I realized that there is a good reason why I don't feel like I fit in or don't know who I am I can start to heal. Without honesty how do you expect us to become our full potental