Navigating the Emotions Around Adoption
Learning that you are adopted, or deciding how and when to talk to a child about their adoption, can bring many different emotions and questions. Even within a loving and supportive family, adopted people may wonder about where they came from, why they were adopted and what their life might have been like under different circumstances.
Questions about birth parents, siblings, family history and medical background can emerge during childhood or much later in adult life. These experiences may sometimes be accompanied by feelings of loss, rejection, uncertainty or difficulty understanding your own identity. Having been adopted myself, I bring first-hand understanding alongside my professional experience, providing a supportive environment in which these thoughts and feelings can be explored openly and without judgement.
