When and how do the adoptive parents recognize the need for some kind of therapy for their child or even for the entire family? Apparently, when relations and behaviors inside the family go out of control. But parenting does not have to be so stressful because there are professionals who can help; and there are parents around you who have been there and will listen, and understand, and share their experiences and solutions.

That's what successful adoptive parents think important to insure before a need for professional help has arrived "Must have" qualities for parents adopting children internationally.

Typically, an adoptive family faces 4 commonly encountered groups of issues related to the background of their new child and their own adjustment process, and each of these potential problems may become a target for therapies. We often talk about these issues in the articles and publications because a good understanding of your own situation is already a significant part of recovery:

• The inability to securely attach to each other within the family (see:
  Attaching to my child;
  Working on the relationship with your child)
  
  
• The child's difficulties with recovery from an early trauma, abuse, stress and uncertainties (see:
  Recovering from trauma;
  Dealing with tantrums)
  
  
• The transformation of child's institutional behavior into the family oriented relations and behaviors; understanding of cultural differences and development of the appropriate social skills (see:
  Dealing with cultural differences of an internationally adopted child;
  Surviving power struggles and control battles;
  Managing your child's behavior;
  Determination of the causes of behavioral issues)
  
  
• Stress management and recovery for the parents (see:
  Post adoption depression - the unacknowledged hazard;
  How to avoid the syndrome of parent burn-out)

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