Counseling adult adoptees. The

This review presents various resources about working with adult adoptees in order to inform counselors in their practice. Topics covered include basics of adoption, including types of adoption and adoption statistics; possible issues adult adoptees may face; and suggestions and implications for counselors. The article addresses some of the serious emotional and psychological issues the adult adoptee can bring to the counseling relationship. Also included is a discussion of the search process for birthparents and the counselor’s possible role in this process. Keywords adoption, adult adoptees, counseling adoptees Imagine growing upwith two entirely separate families. One you live with daily and know intimately. The other you know little, if anything, about. You have no idea what they look like, what they like or dislike, maybe not even their names. You have a mother and father you have never met, and possibly siblings, aunts and uncles, grandparents, and cousins. For some adult adoptees, this unknown family, their birth family, is a reality