Supporting a Child’s Adoption Grief and Loss & Making Space for All of It

Adoption is often spoken about as a joyful, new beginning – a story of love, belonging, and hope. And while these things can be true, they are only a part of a complex, intricate story. Another truth is that adoption cannot exist without loss. For an adoptee, that loss can be preverbal or stored in explicit memory, understood early or only later in life, and it is real and worthy of care. Supporting a child’s adoption grief requires honesty, emotional humility, and a willingness to sit with complexity—both the child’s experience and the parents’ experience, who are raising them.

Please read more on this topic by Kylie Golden, LCPC, at the Center for Adoption Support and Education here!