The article “Adoption Literacy: A Practical Guide for Counselors” outlines a framework for mental health practitioners to better support adult adoptees through the concept of Adoption Literacy (AL). AL is presented as a community intervention, therapeutic process, and multidisciplinary conversation, designed to address systemic inequities, promote healing, and empower adoptees.
Adoption Literacy seeks to humanize adoptees, validate their experiences, and equip counselors to provide ethical and competent care. By fostering collaboration, systemic change, and adoptee empowerment, AL helps bridge the gap between adoptees’ lived experiences and the support they need throughout their lives.
Cam Lee Small, MS, LPCC 