Read This Book: “Adoption Healing” by Joe Soll

I first heard about Joe Soll through the American Adoption Congress. He is a prominent adoption advocate, licensed therapist, writer of multiple books and an adoptee himself. His book, Adoption Healing, was published some years ago, but his message remains powerful to this day.

He takes you into the mind and soul of what it’s like to be an adopted person, much like the works of Nancy Newton Verrier, David Brodzinsky and others. He speaks to the never ending feelings of loss and how that weighs on the adopted person and manifests in their behaviors, their views of the world and themselves. He also shares with the reader – whether an adoptee or adoptive parent – therapies, parenting techniques and exercises to cope with this burden and live a fulfilling life.

It left me emotionally exhausted, my lower lip just about bloodied from biting it. Such is the power of his message. This is an important read for anyone in the adoption triad and in particular, parents considering adoption. They may cringe at what they hear, but Joe writes from the point of view of the adopted child. They must be put first. As he states: “Adoption is not a cure for infertility.”

So true.

Here is the Amazon link.

Written By John Brooks

Read This Book: “Adoption Healing” by Joe Soll was originally published @ Parenting and Attachment and has been syndicated with permission.