Adoptie-alerte hulpverlening: praktijk en casuïstiek

Intercountry adoption, trauma and dissociation: Combining interventions to enhance integration

“…Both in studies as in clinical practice intercountry adoptees are overrepresented in mental health services worldwide (Barroso, Barbosa-Ducharne, Coelho, Costa, & Silva 2017;Palacios & Brodzinsky, 2011;Van IJzendoorn & Juffer, 2006;Rutter et al, 2009). From my clinical experience, the focus on classifying the problems and using highly standardized treatments are not enough to help intercountry adoptees and their families (Vinke, 2011(Vinke, , 2012. In this practice-based article, I propose to use the concept of Van der Kolk's Developmental Trauma Disorder to describe the problems intercountry adoptees face in combination with Waters' Star model (Waters, 2016;Van der Kolk et al, 2009;Gindis, 2019).…”