Adults Affected by Adoption

Joanna North Adoption now focuses on Adoption Across the Lifespan and this page highlights our services for adults who have been adopted. Adopted adults have a unique identity and broader perspective and understanding on what it means to be parented and belong in a family. But even the best adoption can leave an adopted person with questions about their life that they need answered. Often these answers can be found in birth records, and we are now running a Birth Records Counselling Service. We offer psychotherapy sessions for adults affected by adoption and you are welcome to participate in our Blog by sending us news and articles on adoption (please contact us if you would like to contribute).

Jo North is involved in many aspects of adoption in the United Kingdom including being Chair of the Consortium of Adoption Support Agencies as well as sitting in on the Ofsted Social Care National Consultative Forum and a forum set up by University of East Anglia to explore adoption services for adults – IASA Headed by Professor Beth Neal. Last year she completed research with University of East Anglia on the challenges that adoptive adults have in retrieving birth records. Jo also runs a psychotherapy and counselling service for adults affected by adoption. There can be unintended consequences to adoption such as attachment insecurity and anxiety about relationships together with the trauma of losing loved ones. Do contact us for information about psychotherapy for adults affected by adoption.