Resources and Links
Adoption Resources
Websites
Children and Family Development: Adoption Section ww.mcf.gov.bc.ca/adoption
Search and Reunion: Children and Family Development Adoption Reunion Registry www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/adoption/reunion
Adoption Council of Canada www.adoption.ca
Adoptive Families Association of BC www.adoptionbc.com
The Adoption Centre (Kelowna) www.adoption-bc.com
Forget Me Not Family Society www.adoptioncircles.net
Parent Finders of Canada www.parentfinders.org
Canadian Council of Natural Mothers www.ccnm.ca
Books
Journey of the Adopted Self. Betty Jean Lifton
Coming Home to Self. Nancy Verrier
Adoption Reunions. Michelle McColm
The Girls Who Went Away. Ann Fessler
The Other Mother. Carol Schaefer
Becoming Attached: First Relaltionships and How they Shape our Capacity to Love. Robert Karen
20 Things Adopted Kids Wish Adoptive Parents Knew. Sherri Eldridge
Being Adopted: The Lifelong search for Self. David Brodzinsky, Marshall Schechter, Robin Marantz
Cancer Care Resources
Websites
CAPO- Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology www.capo.ca
Canadian Cancer Society www.info.cancer.ca
Cancer Care www.cancercare.org
NCCS National Coalition for cancer Survivorship www.canceradvocacy.orgwww.cancersurvivaltoolbox.org
Candelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Canada www.candelighter.ca
Canadian Breast cancer Network (CBCN) www.cbcn.ca
Trauma Center : At Justice Resource Institute www.traumacentre.org
Books
Picking up the pieces: Moving Forward After Cancer. Sherri Magee, Kathy Scalzo
Dancing in Limbo:Making Sense of life After Cancer. Glenna Halvorson-Boyd, Lisa Hunter
The Healing Path: A Soul Approach to Illness. Marc Barasch
When Life Changes or You Wish It Would. Carole Adrienne
Unattended Sorrow: Recovering from loss and reviving the Heart. Stephen Levine
Bone. Marion Woodman
Close to the Bone: Life threatening illness and the Search for Meaning. Jean Shinoda Bolen
Full Catastrophe Living:Using the Wisdom of your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and illness. Jon-Kabot Zinn
When the Body Says No. Gabor Mate
The Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook. Glenn Schiraldi
Art Therapy and Creative Process
Books
Trust the Process. Shaun McNiff
Art Heals: How Creativity Heals the Soul. Shaun McNiff
Visioning:10 Steps to Designing the Life of your Dreams. Lisa Capacchione
Creating Mandalas for Insight, Healing and Self Expression. Suzanne Fincher
Photo Therapy. Judy Wieser
General
Couples and Families
How To be an Adult in Relationships. David Richo
The Family Patterns Workbook. Carolyn Foster
Hold Me Tight. Sue Johnson
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work. John Gottman
Getting the Love you Want and Receiving Love. Harvel Hendrix
The Five Things We Cannot Change. David Richo
Growing Up Again: Parenting Ourselves, Parenting Our Children. Jean Clarke and Connie Dawson
Parenting From the Inside Out. Daniel Siegel and Mary Hartzell
Individuals
Confidence: Facing it and Living it. Barbara De Angelis
The Six Pillars of Self Esteem. Nathaniel Brandon
Fearless Living. Rhonda Britten
Waking the Tiger. Peter Levine
Self Matters: Creating Life from the Iinside Out. Phil McGraw
Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life. James Hollis |
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