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Marlou Russell, PhD

• Happy Adoption Books
  Presenting only the happy side of adoption, even to preschool adoptees, may be denying the child's reality. Therapist Marlou Russell, Ph.D., explores one situation.
• Hello Before Goodbye
  Therapist Marlou Russell, Ph.D. explains why she believes it's important to allow mother-child bonding without the presence of prospective adoptive parents before placement.
• Being Adopted
  For many adoptees, being adopted means intrusive or insensitive questions and comments. Marlou Russell, Ph.D., gives parents and adoptees tools they can use to respond.
• Forever Families
  Therapist, author, and adoptee Marlou Russell, Ph.D., explains why telling an adoptee that s/he is now in a "forever family" can sound more reassuring to the adoptive parent than to the adoptee, and offers alternatives.

Marlou Russell, Ph.D. is the author of "Adoption Wisdom," a psychologist in private practice, and an adoptee in reunion. Visit www.marlourussellphd.com for more information, and check our events calendar for information about her presentation on the "Lifelong Issues of Adoption" which she presents throughout the year.

"Adoption Wisdom : A Guide to the Issues & Feelings of Adoption"
by Marlou Russell, Ph.D.