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Gratitude
Gratitude Assistance Information Support Moderator of Recent Birthmom ChatCourtney Frey Gratitude by Courtney Frey (Birthmother) Yesterday three things happened that humbled my existence.My two year old jammed out on her play guitar while watching herself in the reflection of the oven in my...

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Labors of Love
Labors of Love Assistance Information Support Moderator of Recent Birthmom ChatCourtney Frey February 2001Labors of Love by Courtney Frey (Birthmother) I have stories of labor and pain, The ice chips and a forced natural birth. Stretchmarks in places insane, Everyone of them a mark of worth. I...

Book Reviews
Book Reviews Assistance Information Support Meet Courtney...Moderator of Birthfamily Board, Dialogue Board Moderator of Recent Birthmom Chat Email Email this to a friend Book Reviews One of the "perks" of working on an adoption website is that I often receive books and materials from the authors...

In a Room Filled With Others
In a Room Filled With Others Assistance Information Support Meet Courtney...Moderator of Birthfamily Board, Dialogue Board Moderator of Recent Birthmom Chat Email Email this to a friend In a Room Filled With Others I see a face familiar to me, across the room not far. Behind those blinking eyes,...

In a Room Filled With Others
In a Room Filled With Others Assistance Information Support Meet Courtney...Moderator of Birthfamily Board, Dialogue Board Moderator of Recent Birthmom Chat Email Email this to a friend Saving Love: A Sisters Story By Courtney Frey "Wait mom, you have a brother? That sounds silly!" Said my seven...

Adoption Scams
What You Should Know About Adoption Scams by Courtney Frey (Birthmother) I have just watched it happen again. Horrified, I see two precious little girls thrown into a whirlwind of injustice. I see the media run wild to cover each detail, as the voices of everyone involved speak their sides. As...

More Than a Memory
More Than a Memory Assistance Information Support Moderator of Recent Birthmom ChatCourtney Frey To Be a BirthMother by Courtney Frey (Birthmother) I am sitting across from a young woman in Village Inn, arriving after she phoned me earlier in sobs. She sat quickly and I immediately noticed her...

Courtney Frey, birthmother Poetry...Biography
Courtney Frey, birthmother Poetry...Biography .borders { BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: red; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: double; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: red; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: double; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: red; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: double; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: red; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: double } Site Index | Site Search | What's...

A Story of 2 Mothers
A Story of 2 Mothers: One adoptive family's journey back to Korea--all kinds of adoption resources for pre-adoptive parents looking to adopt, for birth family searching for birth children for adoption professionals and adoption agency information HOME |Site Index | Site Search | What's New |...

Survival Strategies in Adoption
Survival Strategies for Dealing with Medical Conditions or Learning Disabilities Diagnosed in Your Adopted Child After Placement --all kinds of adoption resources for pre-adoptive parents looking to adopt, for birth family searching for birth children for HOME |Site Index | Site Search | What's New...

Pressing Close and Pushing Away
Pressing Close and Pushing Away: The Dance of Ambivalence in Adoption Relationships--all kinds of adoption resources for pre-adoptive parents looking to adopt, for birth family searching for birth children for adoption professionals and adoption agency information HOME |Site Index | Site Search |...

Debbie Story
Debbie Story Debbie's Story...an adoptee finds herself by Debbie SwartsEmail: dswarts@hotmail.com I was adopted when I was 30 days old. The people who adopted me, whom I call my Parents, had waited 20 years to have children. My philosophy on adoption is that I don't believe that some people...

About Dee
About Dee [Home] [About Dee] [Publications] [Workshops] [Contact Us] EDUCATION: M.A., Counseling Psychology and Counselor Education University of ColoradoNational Certified Counselor, NBCC Inc. B.A., EnglishUniversity of Colorado CURRENT EXPERIENCE: Families With A Difference® Private...

When to Seek Help
When to Seek Help Bent But Not Broken: Building Resilient Adoptive Families "I think of how trees writhe, shake and bend during a storm. Even ice on the trees forces the branches to bend down and bow to the earth, but rarely do they break. As the thaw comes, gradually their resilience makes...

Contact Us
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Grief and Loss
Grief and Loss Grief and Loss Issues for Adopted Children:Caring Adults Can Make a World of Difference Adoption is a wonderful way to build families. However, adopted children don't always like it. How many adoptees get up every day and say, "Thank you for separating me forever from my birth...

Proactive Parenting in Adoptive Families
Proactive Parenting in Adoptive Families Proactive Parenting in Adoptive Families:Why is my child so angry, depressed, anxious? You thought adoption would live up to the myth about being a magical, wonderful, incredible experience. But if that's true, why is your child so angry, sad or fearful?...

Publications
Articles and Publications by Dee A. Paddock, M. A. , NCC Proactive Parenting in Adoptive Families:Why is my child so angry, depressed, anxious? Going and Growing Through Grief and Loss:Parenting Traumatized Adopted Children Grief and Loss issues for Adopted children:Caring Adults Can Make...

About Dee
DEE A. PADDOCK, M.A., NCC 9249 S. Broadway, #200-408 Highlands Ranch, Colorado 80126 phone: 303-333-0660 fax: 303-321-8710 e-mail: Paddockfam@aol.com Dee A. Paddock - 1999 Speaking Schedule (As of January 5, 1999) January 23 Pikes Peak...

Traumatized Children
Traumatized Children Going and Growing Through Grief and LossParenting Traumatized Adopted Children Ten years ago when I was 30, life was good. I'd met the right man, I'd made the right plans, I was pregnant after a painful struggle with infertility. I had been a good girl and, like all good...

When to Seek Help
When to Seek Help Proactive ParentingHow to Recognize Issues and When to Seek Help When I went through infertility treatments and then the applications, homestudies and other steps in adoption, I was trained, like a well-behaved golden retriever, to react to whatever others asked, demanded and...

Workshops
Customized Trainings, Workshops and Keynote Speeches for Parents and Professionals Are My Clients Ready to Adopt? A Professional's Guide to Assessing and Managing the Impact of Infertility with Adopting Parents. Anxiously Awaiting Attachment: Understanding how Attachment Develops and Creating...

Home
Dee A. Paddock, M.A., NCC, is psychotherapist, consultant and speaker who specializes in "Families With A Difference"® issues: adoption and foster care, infertility and assisted reproductive technology, pregnancy and infant loss, parenting children with special needs and women's health. She...

Families With A Difference®
Families With A Difference® Dee A. Paddock, MA, MTS, NCC Families With A Difference 6059 South Quebec Street, Suite 203 Englewood, Colorado 80111 303-221-1010 Dee A. Paddock, M.A., NCC, is psychotherapist, consultant and speaker who specializes in "Families With A Difference"®...

Access to Your Adoption Records
Diploma of Brotherhoodby Courtney's Dad, Ralph *One of my greatest joys comes beautifully into existence has the two things I love most spill onto the following page. My family and writing. Many of you who read my columns and articles regularly know my style of writing, but what you are about to...

Divorce During Adoption
Divorce During Adoption--all kinds of adoption resources for pre-adoptive parents looking to adopt, for birth family searching for birth children for adoption professionals and adoption agency information HOME |Site Index | Site Search | What's New | Adoption in the News | Adoption Assist | Waiting...

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