A qualitative analysis of how therapists experience the therapeutic relationship with adults who were adopted as infants
Six adoption counsellors were interviewed about therapy with adults adopted in infancy. Interpretative phenomenological analysis examined rejection within the therapeutic process, counsellors’ efforts to offer different relational experiences, and the personal and professional implications of this work.
Limitations: This is professional evidence rather than adoptees’ own accounts or a trial of therapy. The small purposive sample limits generalisation, and participant recruitment region is not specified in the abstract. The later journal article reports related doctoral work.
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- Doctoral thesis
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- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
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- Age group
- Adults
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: Adults
Adoption context: Mixed adoption pathways
Programme: Vote adoption counselling therapeutic-relationship study
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: adult outcomes, mental health, post-adoption support, professional perspectives
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: United Kingdom
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