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X-WR-CALDESC:Participants will have a safe space to learn\, share\, and pro
 cess our personal experiences of loss and grief in the context of our adop
 tion stories. Using Betty Jean Lifton's concept of the 'ghost kingdom\,' w
 e will explore the 'might have been' that is inherent to adoption for all 
 members of the constellation.\n \nAbout Dawn Friedman MSEd\nDawn is a ther
 apist in private practice\, an adoptive parent in an open adoption\, and a
  member of an extended birth family in reunion. Dawn's writing on adoption
  has appeared in numerous publications including Adoptive Families\, Salon
 .com\, Brain Child Magazine\, and Huffington Post. She has presented on ad
 option for Psych Central's Inside Mental Health podcast as well as Dawn Da
 venport's Creating a Family and was a consultant on This American Life on 
 an episode about open adoption. You can learn more about her at DawnFriedm
 an.com.\n
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DESCRIPTION:Participants will have a safe space to learn\, share\, and proc
 ess our personal experiences of loss and grief in the context of our adopt
 ion stories. Using Betty Jean Lifton's concept of the 'ghost kingdom\,' we
  will explore the 'might have been' that is inherent to adoption for all m
 embers of the constellation.\n \nAbout Dawn Friedman MSEd\nDawn is a thera
 pist in private practice\, an adoptive parent in an open adoption\, and a 
 member of an extended birth family in reunion. Dawn's writing on adoption 
 has appeared in numerous publications including Adoptive Families\, Salon.
 com\, Brain Child Magazine\, and Huffington Post. She has presented on ado
 ption for Psych Central's Inside Mental Health podcast as well as Dawn Dav
 enport's Creating a Family and was a consultant on This American Life on a
 n episode about open adoption. You can learn more about her at DawnFriedma
 n.com.\n
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LOCATION:Online using Zoom
SUMMARY:Ambiguous Loss and Disenfranchised Grief: Processing the complexiti
 es of experience in the adoption constellation
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