About the Author:
Micky Duxbury is the adoptive parent of a beautiful, expressive, and spirited daughter brought to her family through domestic adoption in 1994. She is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who has practiced in the San Francisco Bay Area for over twenty-five years. She specializes in pre and post-adoption education and counseling, and works with birth and adoptive parents as they begin, build, and navigate their ongoing relationships.

In addition to facilitating pre-adoption support groups, she is a frequent workshop presenter at the annual Adoption Symposium of Northern California Resolve. She developed a course on the Psychology of Adoption and offers Raising Adopted Children workshops and consultations. A strong proponent of ethical and child-centered adoption practices, she has worked as a mediator, therapist, and educator with all members of the adoption triad.

Previous to her work in adoption, she worked in the HIV/AIDS field. She continues her work in the field of life threatening illness by working with women, couples, and families dealing with cancer in her private practice in Berkeley, California.

When not working, writing, or being with friends or family, she can often be found in her garden - moving things around in a never-ending quest for beauty and completion. She regularly hikes at Pt. Reyes where she goes to rediscover and enrich her soul. She occasionally indulges her creative spirit by writing and performing solo theater pieces. The most recent being When Women Die, They Call Out for Their Mothers: an hour long piece on the death of her parents, and Menopause Blues. This is her first book.