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Owning the Right to Exist: Healing for the Adopted Young Adult by Leanne Lemire, MSW, LCSW

The Meadows Outpatient Center

 

This event is free but registration is required by July 18, 2018.

Please contact Shannon Spollen at sspollen@themeadows.com  for information on how to register.

Leanne Lemire, MSW, LCSW, is the Executive Director of the Claudia Black Young Adult Center, an inpatient treatment program tailored to young adults aged 18-26 who struggle with unresolved emotional trauma, addiction, or complex co-occurring conditions.

The attachment disruption that stems from adoption can lead to a deep sense of abandonment, rejection, loss, confusion, identity issues, and shame. Often experienced in early childhood without conscious awareness, recognition or vocabulary, by the time the adopted child becomes a young adult, the effects are still felt on a very profound level, coupled with present day emotional dysregulation and relational difficulties. Left untreated, this underlying trauma fuels addictions, mood disorders, risk-taking behaviors, self-sabotage, expectations of further abandonments and chronic suicidality. The young adult often maintains the shamed-based belief that he/she does not have the right to exist. Leanne will discuss the various traumas experienced by the adopted young adult and what differentiates them from the non-adopted young adult. She will also describe treatment interventions used to assist the client in recognizing the impact adoption has had on their development, challenging shame-based beliefs, and beginning to heal layers of delayed grief.

Learning Objectives

After this presentation, attendees will be able to:

1. Identify dynamics of developmental trauma stemming from the dynamics of adoption.

2. Describe elements of treatment specific to adoption-related trauma & addiction among young adults.

3. Identify treatment interventions specific to addressing shame reduction and grief.

 

Continuing Education

2.0 Continuing Education Credits or NBCC Clock Hours available. Please note you must register to receive a continuing education certificate. No partial credit will be given.

• The Meadows is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Meadows maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Course meets criteria for 2.0 hours of continuing education for psychologists.

• The Meadows is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP) and may offer NBCC-approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements. The ACEP solely is responsible for all aspects of the program. Provider #5687.

• This course has been approved by The Meadows, as a NAADAC Approved Education provider, for 2.0 CE. NAADAC Provider #62791, The Meadows is responsible for all aspects of their programming. Course addresses Counseling Services from NAADAC Counselor Skill Group.

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