An Adoptive Parent’s Testimonial for Heather T. Forbes, LCSW

“I have seven adopted kids all from disrupted adoptions. If the first families would have had the support and education of Heathers books and seminars they might not have disrupted.

“I’m 56 and have worked with troubled kids all my life. Heather has the best info out there. I myself was developing Hyper-Tension because what I do is so challenging. After I read Heather fist book my stress level dropped 50% because I finally found the answers I was looking for. I will be at the Nov. Seminar with my Bio Daughter, 28 and one of my adopted daughters, 14.

“I had always believed that a lot of the info out there on attachment was harmful and was actually adding to disruptions.

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In the spirit of National Adoption Month, I’d like to invite you to celebrate adoption with me. Even if you’re not an adoptive parent, you’re invited.

Starting today, you can go to my website and type in a coupon code for 20% off of all my educational resources. This includes all my books, audio CD’s, and DVD’s
(However, this will not include the value packages which are already discounted).

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For Immediate Release

In this economy, free doesn’t usually get you much. But mom, licensed clinical social worker, and best selling author Heather T. Forbes is offering parents a free full day seminar on parenting. Forbes’ book Beyond Consequences Logic and Control, A Love Based approach to Helping attachment-Challenged Children  with Severe Behaviors,  leads the adoption section in sales on Amazon and outlines the parenting paradigm she seeks to share.

The mother of two children adopted from Russia, Heather gave up a career as an architect and went back to school to get her Masters in Social Work when presented with challenging behaviors from her children. She learned, in her journey with her own kids, that parenting that is reactive to a child’s negative behaviors, does not help the child’s healing, nor better the relationship between parent and child. Rather, reactive parenting is parenting from a place of fear. So the parent who says to a dysregulated child “You will not talk to me that way” and expects the child to be able to respond appropriately may be disappointed.

“Parenting should always be done from a place of love and not fear,” says Forbes. “Our children are our greatest treasure and their own trauma histories and dysreglation need to be addressed with unconditional love in order to make our lives as parents better and to improve our families’ lives.”

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