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Dr. Laurel Shaler

Dr. Laurel Shaler is a licensed professional counselor, social worker, and full-time professor at Liberty University. Dr. Shaler’s latest book is Loving Adopted Children Well: A 5 Love Languages Approach, co-authored with Dr. Gary Chapman. She and her husband, Nick, and their three adopted children live in South Carolina. You can learn more at www.drlaurelshaler.com

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Speaking Your Adopted Child’s Love Language

Adoption brings unique joys and challenges. Parents and children often experience emotional distress, trauma, and disappointment. You can’t compensate for what your children have lost. But through the lens of the Five Love Languages, adoptive mom and counselor Dr. Laurel Shaler wants to help you experience love and support for your family. She highlights specific ways that she loves her children – and how you can too!