Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.4.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Deborah Hage Deborah Hage ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://deborahhage.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [International Peace Wall](https://deborahhage.com/2024/06/20/international-peace-wall/) - Over the course of 3 months students and friends painted the side of my classroom. In between the figures and designs and borders were painted the words "May peace prevail on earth" in numerous different languages. Garifuna, Spanish, Mopan, French, German, English..... A man bicycled from the Islamic Center in Belmopan to write it in - [Art Class](https://deborahhage.com/2024/03/03/art-class/) - Link to Rotary - [Sewing Class](https://deborahhage.com/2024/03/03/sewing-class/) - The students are learning basic sewing skills while making over the shoulder water bottle bags as teacher appreciation gifts. They need to make 3 each for the 24 staff. They have chosen to create placemats next to sell at the Hopkins Saturday market. Elementary school has minimal fees. However, high school costs $750 a - [Thanks to Donors](https://deborahhage.com/2024/03/06/thanks-to-donors/) - Holy Family is so grateful to all of the resorts and people who support the school. SieriDelMar donated $2000. A visitor from the states paid to have the Standard 4 classroom stairs replaced. In memory of her sister Ellie, Grace Akra donated 10 mahogany, 3 soursaps, 3 wax apples and 4 macadamia nut trees to ## Pages - [Home](https://deborahhage.com/) - Deborah Hage is an adoption competent therapist and parent coach for adoptive parents. She has developed her approach through her personal and professional adoption experiences. - [2025](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/2025-2/) - 2025 Dear Ones! A little existential crisis left me in a mode of low level panic for quite a bit of the fall. I fell for a scam, my house was burgled by a worker I trusted, my energy level fell off dramatically, sleep was elusive and I began doubting my competency and ability to - [Christmas Letters from the Edge](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/) - Christmas Letters from the Hage Family. Meet the Hage children and watch them grow through the years. - [2024](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/2024-2/) - For most people this was 2024. For me, it was AD 7 as 2017 is when time stopped and restarted. 7 plus years. Paul is gone, but not really. He is forever present in the lives of his children and grandchildren. What a legacy he left. Oh, they all have his smarts, his ability to - [Blog](https://deborahhage.com/deborah-hage-therapist-2/blog/) - Donate Uncategorized International Peace Wall June 20, 2024 - Over the course of 3 months students and friends painted the side of my classroom. In between the figures and designs and borders were painted the words “May peace prevail on earth” in numerous different languages. Garifuna, Spanish, Mopan, French, German, English….. A man bicycled from - [2023](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-2023/) - 2023 Click an image to open a larger version. The inevitability of aging has reached fully conscious levels in my brain. I watch my life slow down while my grandkids lives speed up. My kids move through their lives in a constant state of motion while my life is full if I do one thing - [A Brief Introduction to the Art of Consequencing](https://deborahhage.com/a-brief-introduction-to-the-art-of-consequencing/) - A Brief Introduction to the Art of Consequencing by Deborah Hage, MSW Basics Goals of Consequencing Consequencing is Doing, not Talking What to Consequence, What Not to Consequence Consequences Represent Choices Whose Problem Is it? Consequences Develop Thoughtfulness in Parent and ChildEffective Consequences are Relevant Good Consequences put Behavior in Terms of Choices Effective Consequences - [Christmas 2022](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-2022/) - Christmas 2022 Dear Friends and Family, Life is full of surprises ….. mostly good. The big surprise for me this year was, after dithering for 4 years about whether or not to sell Paul’s dream retirement home in Sun City, I finally inked the contract. Within days of closing I took the proceeds and bought - [Books & Workbooks](https://deborahhage.com/resources/books-workbooks/) - Use our many resources for raising adopted children including books and worksheets to help you on your parenting journey. - [Philosophy of Therapy](https://deborahhage.com/therapy-adoptive-families/) - Discover more about therapy for adoptive families and how therapy can help your family thrive. - [Introduction to Therapy](https://deborahhage.com/rad-therapist/) - Learn about therapy, RAD, and reactive detachment order and how a therapist for reactive detachment disorder can bring healing to families. - [Professional Life](https://deborahhage.com/deborah-hage-therapist-2/adoptive-parenting-counselor/) - Deborah Hage has worked with children in various stages of adoption and foster care to develop the methods she uses as an adoptive parenting counselor to achieve healing. - [About](https://deborahhage.com/deborah-hage-therapist-2/) - Deborah Hage, therapist, is passionate about the work of giving parents the tools they need to raise healthy children, especially children who have experienced trauma. - [2021, Looking Back](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-2021/) - 2021, Looking Back Dear Loved Ones, I am doing well, but surprised how hard various anniversaries are. October, the month leading up to the anniversary of Paul’s death was difficult. However, Dec 2, the 4th anniversary of his funeral, I had a grief orgy that overwhelmed me in its intensity. Whew! What a relief when - [Private Therapy](https://deborahhage.com/parenting-counselor-for-adoptive-parents/) - Are you searching for a parenting counselor for adoptive parents? Consider trying private therapy so that you can get the support you need. - [The Lifelong Effects of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome 
Good Parenting Is Not Enough
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good-parenting-is-not-enough
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](https://deborahhage.com/even-good-tv-internet-is-bad-for-kids
/) - Even Good TV/Internet is Bad For Kids by Deborah Hage, MSW The relationship elements required to create a bond are simple and straightforward. They flow naturally between parent and child in a ceaseless rhythm. Reciprocal eye contact, movement, smiles, sweet food, and touch form the foundations of creating attachment between people. These interactions are initiated - [Emotional and Chronological Ages](https://deborahhage.com/emotional-and-chronological-ages/) - Children develop in various areas: physically, mentally, emotionally. Assessing the child’s emotional age as opposed to the chronological age is critical. Deborah Hage, MSW Emotional and Chronological Ages by Deborah Hage, MSW Children who have been traumatized are often “stuck” developmentally at the age the trauma occurred. While their physical bodies and cognitive functions continue - [Compassion](https://deborahhage.com/compassion/) - If we could read the secret histories of our enemies, we would find in each person’s story enough suffering and sorrow there to disarm all hostilities. – Longfellow For wounded children everywhere, who, while denying the facts, have no trouble recognizing the truth. Compassion by Deborah Hage, MSW When one is in love it becomes - [Children Behave the Way They Behave 
Because They Think the Way They Think](https://deborahhage.com/children-behave-the-way-they-behave-
because-they-think-the-way-they-think/) - Behavior, for the most part, is not random. It is driven by forces, both in children and adults, often outside of their control. What forms those automatic responses? What is involved in changing them? Children Behave the Way They Behave Because They Think the Way They Think by Deborah Hage, MSW Few parents consequence or - [Parenting Articles](https://deborahhage.com/resources/parental-resources/) - Take advantage of our enlightening resources for adoptive parents. Utilize Deb's extensive experience and knowledge to help your family. - [Parental Fear, Anger and Disappointment](https://deborahhage.com/parental-fear-anger-and-disappointment/) - Parental Fear, Anger and Disappointment by Deborah Hage, MSW The most natural emotions a parent would feel when their child’s behavior does not meet their expectations are fear, anger and disappointment. They come with the job of parenting. Not feeling them might be more outside the norm then feeling them. That deep parental emotions are - [The Non Spiritual Benefits of Attending Church](https://deborahhage.com/the-non-spiritual-benefits-of-attending-church/) - The Non Spiritual Benefits of Attending Church by Deborah Hage, MSW While it is sometimes advantageous when parents believe in the tenets of a particular faith and desire to worship regularly in order to reinforce their belief system, faith is not necessary to benefit from sitting in a pew. Attending worship services, church, synagogue or - [Parenting - Developing the Capacity to Mean Business without Being Mean](https://deborahhage.com/parenting-developing-the-capacity-to-mean-business-without-being-mean/) - Parenting - Developing the Capacity to Mean Business without Being Mean by Deborah Hage, MSW Scott Peck opens his book The Road Less Traveled with, “Life is difficult.” No truer words have been spoken when it comes to parenting. Parenting is difficult. Adoptive parenting, foster parenting, parenting in general, is difficult. It is difficult for - [Foundations of Attachment](https://deborahhage.com/foundations-of-attachment/) - Foundations of Attachment by Deborah Hage, MSW We like to believe love is an emotion which descends upon people in some incomprehensible way, and the euphoric mood is due to some mysterious connection associated with the one we love. The truth, however, is not nearly so romantic. There is nothing particularly mystical about how love - [Carry the Baby, Not the Baby's Carrier!](https://deborahhage.com/carry-the-baby-not-the-babys-carrier/) - Carry the Baby, Not the Baby's Carrier! by Deborah Hage, MSW Americans have developed the art and science of convenience to new heights. If it makes our life easier than we want to have it. Sometimes, however, essential elements are sacrificed. Such is the case with the current and pervasive trend regarding infant seats. Developed - [Therapeutic Play with Children](https://deborahhage.com/therapeutic-play-with-children/) - Therapeutic Play with Children by Deborah Hage, MSW Dr, Ann Jernberg developed Theraplay techniques in the 1960’s. The Theraplay Institute in Chicago continues to train therapists and parents in creative and effective ways to incorporate play into the parent-child relationships in such a way that attachment is enhanced. The typical age range of children is - [Therapist Articles](https://deborahhage.com/resources/therapist-resources/) - Access helpful resources for parents of adopted children and find resources for reactive attachment disorder. - [Initial Meeting](https://deborahhage.com/resources/therapist-resources/initial-meeting/) - Initial Meeting - [Christmas 2020](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-2020/) - Christmas Letters from the Hage Family. Meet the Hage children and watch them grow through the years. - [Christmas 2011](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-2011/) - Christmas Letters from the Hage Family. Meet the Hage children and watch them grow through the years. - [Christmas 2015](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-2015/) - Christmas Letters from the Hage Family. Meet the Hage children and watch them grow through the years. - [Christmas 2004](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-2004/) - Christmas Letters from the Hage Family. Meet the Hage children and watch them grow through the years. - [Christmas 2013](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-2013/) - Christmas Letters from the Hage Family. Meet the Hage children and watch them grow through the years. - [Christmas 2010](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-2010/) - Christmas Letters from the Hage Family. Meet the Hage children and watch them grow through the years. - [Christmas 2009](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-2009/) - Christmas Letters from the Hage Family. Meet the Hage children and watch them grow through the years. - [Contact](https://deborahhage.com/contact/) - Contact us to find an adoption competent therapist and get started on bringing wholeness to your family. - [Therapeutic Process](https://deborahhage.com/therapeutic-process/) - Address reactive detachment disorder, (RAD) or attachment disorder through a thoughtful and gentle therapeutic process. - [Christmas 2017](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-2017/) - Christmas Letters from the Hage Family. Meet the Hage children and watch them grow through the years. - [Humanitarian Work](https://deborahhage.com/humanitarian-work/) - In Silverthorne, Colorado and internationally, therapist Deborah Hage has participated in a variety of work serving people and communities. - [Helen Mathwick Clark](https://deborahhage.com/family-matters-obits-no-births/helen-mathwick-clark/) - Read about the life of Helen Mathwick Clark. - [Melvin E. Clark II](https://deborahhage.com/family-matters-obits-no-births/melvin-e-clark-ii/) - Read about the life of Melvin Clark II. - [Letters from Barcelona](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-2017/letters-from-barcelona/) - Letters from Deb from Barcelona, as she was coping with the sudden loss of her husband. - [Paul Alan Hage](https://deborahhage.com/family-matters-obits-no-births/paul-alan-hage/) - Read the obituary for Paul Alan Hage of Silverthorne Colorado. - [Eulogies](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-2017/eulogies/) - Paul Hage's family give eulogies at his memorial service. - [The Beatitudes](https://deborahhage.com/gospel-according-to-deb/the-beatitudes/) - Deborah has over 50 years of experience in working with emotionally and behaviorally impacted children, such as RAD or reactive attachment disorder . She specializes in coaching parents to help their foster and adopted children adjust and heal from past traumas, overcome their fears, and effectively integrate into their new families and environments. - [Summit Daily Tribute to Paul](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-2017/summit-daily-tribute-to-paul/) - Paul Hage, a true humanitarian lived in Silverthorne Colorado. Read the Summit Daily article here. - [Christmas 2016](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-2016/) - Christmas Letters from the Hage Family. Meet the Hage children and watch them grow through the years. - [Christmas 2005](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-2005/) - Christmas Letters from the Hage Family. Meet the Hage children and watch them grow through the years. - [Christmas 2003](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-2003/) - Christmas Letters from the Hage Family. Meet the Hage children and watch them grow through the years. - [Christmas 2001](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-2001/) - Christmas Letters from the Hage Family. Meet the Hage children and watch them grow through the years. - [Christmas 1999](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-1999/) - Christmas Letters from the Hage Family. Meet the Hage children and watch them grow through the years. - [Christmas 1998](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-1998/) - Christmas 1998 Another year closes and we give heart felt thanks that we are all still alive. Paul, Rebecca, Matthew and I were hiking The Narrows in Zion National Park and got caught in a flash flood that nearly swept me away and came within seconds of drowning all four of us. Matthew pulled me - [Christmas 1997](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-1997/) - Christmas Letters from the Hage Family. Meet the Hage children and watch them grow through the years. - [Christmas 1995](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-1995/) - Christmas Letters from the Hage Family. Meet the Hage children and watch them grow through the years. - [Christmas 1994](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-1994/) - Christmas 1994 Corey (13), Jesse (15), Rachel (16), Rebecca (21), Jonathan (20), Ruben (18) James (17), Paul, Matthew (18), Deborah, Amber (13) (Picture was taken the day Matthew was awarded his Eagle) To All The Saints, Merry, merry Christmas to all people everywhere! We peaked in “merriness” the month of July when eleven kids were - [Christmas 1993](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-1993/) - Christmas Letters from the Hage Family. Meet the Hage children and watch them grow through the years. - [Christmas 1992](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-1992/) - Christmas 1992 In the Sacred Year of our Lord and Eight Teenagers The rollercoaster of life has filled the year with heights and depths. Rebecca crowned her high school career by being valedictorian. The same weekend kept us at a peak when James, Rachel, Robert and Ruben were all confirmed into the Lutheran church and - [Christmas 1988](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-1988/) - Christmas Letters from the Hage Family. Meet the Hage children and watch them grow through the years. - [Reconciliation and Forgiveness](https://deborahhage.com/gospel-according-to-deb/reconciliation-and-forgiveness/) - Deborah has over 50 years of experience in working with emotionally and behaviorally impacted children, such as RAD or reactive attachment disorder . She specializes in coaching parents to help their foster and adopted children adjust and heal from past traumas, overcome their fears, and effectively integrate into their new families and environments. - [Heresies Acquired in the Course of Motherhood](https://deborahhage.com/gospel-according-to-deb/heresies-acquired-in-the-course-of-motherhood/) - Deborah has over 50 years of experience in working with emotionally and behaviorally impacted children, such as RAD or reactive attachment disorder . She specializes in coaching parents to help their foster and adopted children adjust and heal from past traumas, overcome their fears, and effectively integrate into their new families and environments. - [A Long Obedience in the Same Direction](https://deborahhage.com/gospel-according-to-deb/a-long-obedience-in-the-same-direction/) - Deborah has over 50 years of experience in working with emotionally and behaviorally impacted children, such as RAD or reactive attachment disorder . She specializes in coaching parents to help their foster and adopted children adjust and heal from past traumas, overcome their fears, and effectively integrate into their new families and environments. - [Servanthood - Name Your Fear](https://deborahhage.com/servanthood-name-your-fear/) - Deborah has over 50 years of experience in working with emotionally and behaviorally impacted children, such as RAD or reactive attachment disorder . She specializes in coaching parents to help their foster and adopted children adjust and heal from past traumas, overcome their fears, and effectively integrate into their new families and environments. - [The Wet Towel](https://deborahhage.com/the-wet-towel/) - Deborah has over 50 years of experience in working with emotionally and behaviorally impacted children, such as RAD or reactive attachment disorder . She specializes in coaching parents to help their foster and adopted children adjust and heal from past traumas, overcome their fears, and effectively integrate into their new families and environments. - [Trauma-Individual and Collective](https://deborahhage.com/gospel-according-to-deb/trauma-individual-and-collective/) - Deborah has over 50 years of experience in working with emotionally and behaviorally impacted children, such as RAD or reactive attachment disorder . She specializes in coaching parents to help their foster and adopted children adjust and heal from past traumas, overcome their fears, and effectively integrate into their new families and environments. - [Dialogue Sermon - Mother's Day, 1997](https://deborahhage.com/gospel-according-to-deb/dialogue-sermon-mothers-day-1997/) - Deborah has over 50 years of experience in working with emotionally and behaviorally impacted children, such as RAD or reactive attachment disorder . She specializes in coaching parents to help their foster and adopted children adjust and heal from past traumas, overcome their fears, and effectively integrate into their new families and environments. - [Good Shepard Sunday - Psalm 23](https://deborahhage.com/gospel-according-to-deb/966-2/) - Deborah has over 50 years of experience in working with emotionally and behaviorally impacted children, such as RAD or reactive attachment disorder . She specializes in coaching parents to help their foster and adopted children adjust and heal from past traumas, overcome their fears, and effectively integrate into their new families and environments. - [Remember, I Already Told You](https://deborahhage.com/gospel-according-to-deb/remember-i-already-told-you/) - Deborah has over 50 years of experience in working with emotionally and behaviorally impacted children, such as RAD or reactive attachment disorder . She specializes in coaching parents to help their foster and adopted children adjust and heal from past traumas, overcome their fears, and effectively integrate into their new families and environments. - [Gospel According to Deb](https://deborahhage.com/gospel-according-to-deb/) - Deborah has over 50 years of experience in working with emotionally and behaviorally impacted children, such as RAD or reactive attachment disorder . She specializes in coaching parents to help their foster and adopted children adjust and heal from past traumas, overcome their fears, and effectively integrate into their new families and environments. - [Christmas 2019](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-2019/) - Christmas Letters from the Hage Family. Meet the Hage children and watch them grow through the years. - [Christmas 2018](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-2018/) - Christmas Letters from the Hage Family. Meet the Hage children and watch them grow through the years. - [Obituary](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-2017/obituary/) - Paul Alan Hage (1947-2017) passed away at the age of 70 on November 9, 2017 while traveling abroad with his wife of 48 years, Deborah Hage, in Barcelona, Spain. Paul and his family lived in Silverthorne, Colorado. - [Christmas 2014](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-2014/) - Christmas Letters from the Hage Family. Meet the Hage children and watch them grow through the years. - [Christmas 2012](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-2012/) - Christmas Letters from the Hage Family. Meet the Hage children and watch them grow through the years. - [Christmas 2008](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-2008/) - Christmas Letters from the Hage Family. Meet the Hage children and watch them grow through the years. - [Christmas 2007](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-2007/) - Christmas Letters from the Hage Family. Meet the Hage children and watch them grow through the years. - [Christmas 2006](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-2006/) - Christmas Letters from the Hage Family. Meet the Hage children and watch them grow through the years. - [Christmas 2002](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-2002/) - Christmas Letters from the Hage Family. Meet the Hage children and watch them grow through the years. - [Christmas 2000](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-2000/) - Christmas Letters from the Hage Family. Meet the Hage children and watch them grow through the years. - [Christmas 1996](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-1996/) - Christmas 1996 Sometimes I wonder what complacency feels like. Does one live life differently when it is predictable, stable? Clearly this is a rhetorical question as we will never know! Surprises awaited us around every corner as we take stock of another year. Illinois sprung a big surprise on us when they agreed to return - [Christmas 1990](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-1990/) - Christmas Letters from the Hage Family. Meet the Hage children and watch them grow through the years. - [Christmas 1991](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-1991/) - Christmas Letters from the Hage Family. Meet the Hage children and watch them grow through the years. - [Christmas 1989](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-1989/) - Christmas Letters from the Hage Family. Meet the Hage children and watch them grow through the years. - [Christmas 1987](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-1987/) - Christmas Letters from the Hage Family. Meet the Hage children and watch them grow through the years. - [Christmas 1986](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-1986/) - Christmas Letters from the Hage Family. Meet the Hage children and watch them grow through the years. - [Christmas 1985](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-1985/) - Christmas Letters from the Hage Family. Meet the Hage children and watch them grow through the years. - [Christmas 1973-1984](https://deborahhage.com/christmas-letters-from-the-edge/christmas-1973-1984/) - Christmas Letters from the Hage Family. Meet the Hage children and watch them grow through the years. - [Family Matters](https://deborahhage.com/family-matters-obits-no-births/) - [Downloadable Resources](https://deborahhage.com/downloadable-resources/) - [Resources](https://deborahhage.com/resources/) - Deborah has over 50 years of experience in working with emotionally and behaviorally impacted children, such as RAD or reactive attachment disorder . She specializes in coaching parents to help their foster and adopted children adjust and heal from past traumas, overcome their fears, and effectively integrate into their new families and environments. - [Community Dinner & Treetop](https://deborahhage.com/community-dinner-treetop/) ## Testimonial - [Testimonial from client 3](https://deborahhage.com/testimonial/testimonial-from-client-3/) - Working with Deb, I realized for the first time, how much doesn't matter. 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