Understanding and Overcoming Blocked Care

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Are you struggling to feel connected to your child? Do you sometimes wish you could turn the clock back and not be parenting this child? If so, you need to listen to this interview with Melissa Corkum, adoptee, adoptive mom, and co-author of Reclaim Compassion: The Adoptive Parent’s Guide to Overcoming Blocked Care with Neuroscience and Faith.

In this episode, we cover:

• What is blocked care, and how does it differ from blocked trust?
• What is the attachment cycle?
• What is the blocked care cycle?
• Does it only happen when parenting children with more extreme behavior issues?
• What causes a well-meaning parent not to be able to attach and bond with their adopted child?
• Is it more common with kinship caregivers—especially non-grandparents?
• What are the common emotions for parents who are experiencing blocked care?
• Ten signs of blocked care. To take the free assessment.   
• What can we do about this feeling of not liking or loving our child? We’ll give some specific examples.
  • Be kind to your body.
  • Establish a healthy mindset.
  • Surround yourself with life-giving people.
  • Connect with your child.
• Can the situation have gone too far? 

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Please leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.

Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:

• Weekly podcasts
• Weekly articles/blog posts
• Resource pages on all aspects of family building