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Benefits Of Creative Therapies With Adoption And Complex Trauma: A Literature Review, Rosellen Boucher
Benefits Of Creative Therapies With Adoption And Complex Trauma: A Literature Review, Rosellen Boucher
Expressive Therapies Capstone Theses
This literature review explores the history of modern adoption and the effects on the adopted from a developmental, emotional, and behavioral standpoint. The review aims at addressing these specific needs through the use of art therapy. To become better acquainted with the concept, the history of modern adoption, as it pertains to the United States, is summarized with three subcategories as a focus points: domestic, international, and the foster care system. Building off of the history is a reflection on the past research surrounding adoption by considering adverse childhood experiences, complex trauma, attachment, and identity formation as it relates. Legislation …