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Boston Globe, Edited Version of Lock Down Experience & Writing to Process

Cissy White — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 13:36:54 +0000

Here is an edited version of the lock down experience, from a parent perspective, last week. It’s my first time being published in The Boston Globe.

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Post-Traumatic What? That’s Just My Life…

Cissy White — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 10:55:30 +0000

When I was in my early 20s, I started therapy, talking about my abusive childhood and the frequent chaos and neglect. A few sessions in, the therapist handed me a claim for insurance; on it I was to write the diagnosis for which I was seeking treatment. Instead, I wrote the first and last names […]

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Parenting Well after Abuse

Cissy White — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 15:00:51 +0000

Any adoptive parent who had a lousy childhood knows this – the home study is hell. I wasn’t worried about how clean my house was. I anguished over my autobiography, wondering how honest I should be when discussing my family of origin. When asked if I was close to my father, a man I didn’t […]

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