Another Choice: a Compassionate Guide to Placing a Child for Adoption - Couverture souple

Jennifer Bliss, Psy.D., L.C.S.W., L.P.C.C. Jennifer Bliss is the national associate counseling director and Los Angeles branch director of the Independent Adoption Center. She is in charge of training open adoption counselors, the social workers who provide services to birthparents and adoptive parents as they navigate the open adoption process. Dr. Bliss previously worked with a California county child protective services unit and has spent the last decade working for the Independent Adoption Center. She has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Southern California, a Master of Social Work from the University of California at Los Angeles, and a Doctor of Psychology in clinical psychology from Ryokan College. Ann Wrixon, M.S.W., M.B.A. Ann Wrixon is the executive director of the Independent Adoption Center. She succeeded IAC founder Dr. Bruce Rappaport when he retired in August 2006. During her tenure, the IAC has more than doubled the number of families for whom it provides services. Ms. Wrixon has spent her career managing non-profit organizations dedicated to improving education and child welfare. She has published widely on those subjects, as well as on many adoption-related topics, including open adoption, LGBT adoption and interstate adoption. Ms. Wrixon has a Bachelor of Arts from Rutgers University, a Master of Business Administration from San Francisco State University, and a Master of Social Work from California State University East Bay.

Each year thousands of women choose to make an adoption plan when faced with an unplanned or untimely pregnancy. They often do this with little or no information about how the process works, or what the emotional, physical, and financial implications might be for making that decision. Another Choice is a step-by-step guide to the entire process of placing a child for adoption. It discusses everything you need to know to ensure that you are making the best decision for yourself and your child, including how to find an ethical and empathetic adoption provider, how to talk to the birthfather about adoption, and how to find the best adoptive family. Most importantly, the authors discuss the emotional journey of placing a child for adoption, and provide real life examples and quotes from women who have already traveled this path so that you know you are not alone.