THE PRIMAL WOUND : Understanding the Adopted Child. S/C Book.
The Primal Wound : Understanding the Adopted Child (2003) by Nancy Newton Verrier. Softcover book, Gateway Press Inc. 231 pages. The Primal Wound is a seminal work which revolutionizes the way we think about adoption. It describes and clarifies the effects of separating babies from their birth mothers as a primal loss which affects the relationships of the adopted person throughout life.. It is a book about pre-and perinatal psychology, attachment, bonding, and loss. It gives adoptees, whose p