“Everyone thinks I should be grateful for being adopted.”

“What if my adoption experience was traumatic?”

“I had to assimilate into my adopted family, and who I was disappeared.”

“I don’t feel like I’m allowed to have mixed feelings about my adoption.”

Adoption is a complex, and often lifelong process of unraveling society’s view of your experience, and the reality of your adoption story.  Frequently, adult adoptees find themselves wondering how to address these complexities without upsetting the balance in their family.

Adult Adoptees are a varied group of people who deserve the chance to define their identity, examine their feelings, and narrate their adoption story in an unbiased and understanding environment. Momentum Counseling is committed to hearing your adoption story.  We can connect you with a therapist who recognizes the complexities of the Adult Adoptee identity and can support you in your journey.

Adult Adoptees may seek the supportive environment of therapy to address:

• Adoptive Identity/Biological Identity

• Deconstructing the Dominant Narrative of Adoption

• Embodied Trauma in the Adoption Experience

• Losing one’s Cultural Identity through Adoption

• Closed Adoption/Open Adoption/Secret Adoption

• Belongingness & Exclusion

• Transracial Adoption & International Adoption

• Forced Gratitude and Repressed Anger

To see if one of our clinicians is a good fit, you can email, call/text us, or fill out this form to schedule your free 15-minute phone consultation.