Identity as experienced and explored in therapy with adopted children: An IPA study
Eight therapists in a specialist CAMHS clinic were interviewed about adopted children’s identity. Interpretative phenomenological analysis described themes around evolving selfhood and different facets of identity. Therapists reported trauma-related difficulties, fragmented self-perceptions, family adjustment and stigma, and valued space to reflect on their work.
Limitations: Specialist clinical sample and therapists’ interpretations; children and families did not provide direct testimony. It is not an evaluation of treatment effectiveness. Regional location is not specified in the abstract.
- Research type
- Doctoral qualitative thesis
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- No
- Age group
- Children / Adolescents
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: Children; adolescents
Adoption context: Domestic adoption
Programme: Not recorded
Institutional context: No relationship identified in the material checked
No adoption-sector organisational relationship identified from metadata reviewed. Funding and conflicts were not comprehensively audited; this is not confirmation of institutional independence.
Bibliographic screening. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: adoption stigma, identity, mental health, professional perspectives, therapy
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: United Kingdom
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- Funder role
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- Declared conflicts
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- Recruitment
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- Adoptee involvement
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Entry: study_706b355aa832dacb