Dr. Serena Patterson is a clinical psychologist with over 30 years experience working with and teaching about children and families. Her lifelong passion for children whose first families could not raise them began as a volunteer at Buckhorn Children's Center in Buckhorn, Kentucky. It continued through her Ph.D. at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada, teaching future social workers at North Island College on Vancouver Island, counselling families, and finally, becoming a mother through adoption.
Dr. Patterson and her partner Monika have parented three children: one biological, one fostered, and one adopted. More of their writing can be found on their website: www.grunbergpatterson.ca. There, you can also find a study guide for parents, social workers and counsellors reading Hunter, Faith and the Ancestors, with family discussion questions and information on Attachment, Adoption, Trauma, the effects of Fetal Alcohol and Drug exposure, relationships between adoptive and birth families, and more....
