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Punctuating a Neck: Adoption, Chroming and Crisis in the Life of a Family
Author(s) -
Grimwade Jo
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1467-8438
pISSN - 0814-723X
DOI - 10.1375/anft.30.1.42
Subject(s) - grandparent , family member , psychology , family life , psychoanalysis , medicine , genealogy , developmental psychology , family medicine , history
An extraordinary case is presented. The father had been admitted to an emergency ward following stabbing by his first son. The son had become uncontrollable and used many substances, constantly and reduced family life to a battleground with his mother. The two older boys were adopted, the third was miraculously conceived. In about ten sessions, the family's story was told in dramatic ways. Over twelve years later, the boys have become fathers and the grandparents are doting.