Saying Goodbye to a Baby A Counselor's Guide to Birthparent Loss and Grief in Adoption

Patricia Roles, M.S.W., is a birthmother who relinquished her child for adoption. She was born in England, raised in Ontario, and now resides in Vancouver, British Columbia. She obtained her social service certificate and bachelor's degree in social work from Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto, Ontario. She earned her master's degree in social work from The University of British Columbia. Her background includes experience in both adult and child psychiatry, with emotionally disturbed children and in private practice with adolescents in Toronto. In her present position as a social worker at Children's Hospital in Vancouver, she works with teenage birthparents and conducts workshops on teenage pregnancy and adoptionRoles, Patricia E. is the author of 'Saying Goodbye to a Baby A Counselor's Guide to Birthparent Loss and Grief in Adoption' with ISBN 9780878683932 and ISBN 0878683933.