The Magic of Adoption: A Consideration of the Preoedipal Genesis of the Family Romance*

Licensed psychoanalyst in private practice in New York City. She is a graduate of the Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies (CMPS), where she serves on its research committee, and is a founding member of the Adoption Circle at CMPS. She has taught writing and acting at Bank Street School for Children and The Stella Adler Studio of Acting and was cofounder and director of The Stella Adler Conservatory Theater. She is the author of numerous articles on child and adolescent substance use, early childhood education, and child development and has lectured in New York and Boston on adoption, the cultural context of dreams, and psychoanalysis and the creative process.