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X-WR-CALDESC:Being able to question\, reject\, and rewrite the dominant nar
 ratives that make adoptees the object rather than the subject of their sto
 ries is essential to finding healing and wholeness. Permission to explore 
 origin (and other adoption) stories and rewrite them as teens and adults h
 elps adoptees to become more integrated by allowing them to connect to the
  parts of themselves that have been denied by the stories that were given 
 to them as children\, and the stories that the media would like the public
  to believe about adoption. Using Howard Bath’s 3-pillars of Trauma-inform
 ed Care (2008) and the 7-step trauma-healing framework embedded in the Mig
 rating Toward Wholeness© method of expressive writing to heal attendees wi
 ll learn how the process of re-narrativizing for adoptees can be used to f
 ind clarity\, understand the effects of trauma\, promote personal growth t
 hat helps to shift internal narratives\, and create healthy dialogue among
  families.\n\nAbout Liz\nDr. Liz DeBetta earned a Ph.D. in Interdisciplina
 ry Studies (Humanities & Culture) from Union Institute & University (certi
 ficates in Womens’ and Gender Studies/Creative Writing)\, an MA in English
  from the City University of NY (College of Staten Island)\, and a BA in T
 heatre/Speech from Wagner College. As an interdisciplinary scholar-artist-
 activist she’s committed to changing systems and helping people navigate t
 rauma through creative processes. She believes that stories are powerful c
 hange agents and when we can write them and share them we connect and heal
 .\n\nDr. DeBetta uses storytelling\, performance\, and narrative technique
 s to invite others to create space for empathy and begin healing individua
 l and collective trauma connected to race\, gender\, sexuality\, disabilit
 y\, ethnicity\, and other intersections of identity that are misunderstood
  or misrepresented in dominant culture. This stems directly from her lived
  experience as an adoptee\, survivor of gender based violence\, and advoca
 te for change by speaking truth to power using my own story. She is a prou
 d member of Actor's Equity\, SAG-AFTRA\, Affiliate Faculty at the Institut
 e for Research on Women and Gender and part of the Diversity Scholars Netw
 ork at the National Center for Institutional Diversity at the University o
 f Michigan.
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DESCRIPTION:Being able to question\, reject\, and rewrite the dominant narr
 atives that make adoptees the object rather than the subject of their stor
 ies is essential to finding healing and wholeness. Permission to explore o
 rigin (and other adoption) stories and rewrite them as teens and adults he
 lps adoptees to become more integrated by allowing them to connect to the 
 parts of themselves that have been denied by the stories that were given t
 o them as children\, and the stories that the media would like the public 
 to believe about adoption. Using Howard Bath’s 3-pillars of Trauma-informe
 d Care (2008) and the 7-step trauma-healing framework embedded in the Migr
 ating Toward Wholeness© method of expressive writing to heal attendees wil
 l learn how the process of re-narrativizing for adoptees can be used to fi
 nd clarity\, understand the effects of trauma\, promote personal growth th
 at helps to shift internal narratives\, and create healthy dialogue among 
 families.\n\nAbout Liz\nDr. Liz DeBetta earned a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinar
 y Studies (Humanities & Culture) from Union Institute & University (certif
 icates in Womens’ and Gender Studies/Creative Writing)\, an MA in English 
 from the City University of NY (College of Staten Island)\, and a BA in Th
 eatre/Speech from Wagner College. As an interdisciplinary scholar-artist-a
 ctivist she’s committed to changing systems and helping people navigate tr
 auma through creative processes. She believes that stories are powerful ch
 ange agents and when we can write them and share them we connect and heal.
 \n\nDr. DeBetta uses storytelling\, performance\, and narrative techniques
  to invite others to create space for empathy and begin healing individual
  and collective trauma connected to race\, gender\, sexuality\, disability
 \, ethnicity\, and other intersections of identity that are misunderstood 
 or misrepresented in dominant culture. This stems directly from her lived 
 experience as an adoptee\, survivor of gender based violence\, and advocat
 e for change by speaking truth to power using my own story. She is a proud
  member of Actor's Equity\, SAG-AFTRA\, Affiliate Faculty at the Institute
  for Research on Women and Gender and part of the Diversity Scholars Netwo
 rk at the National Center for Institutional Diversity at the University of
  Michigan.
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL - Reclaiming the Narrative: A 7-Step Approach to Trauma Hea
 ling and Adoptee Wholeness with Dr. Liz DeBetta
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