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Adoption-Informed Counseling: Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Adult Adoptees

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Presented By Susan Branco, PhD
Susan Branco, PhD

1 Hour | 1 CE

This on-demand professional training program on Adoption-Informed Counseling: Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Adult Adoptees is presented by Susan Branco, PhD.

Adopted populations are more likely to seek behavioral healthcare services than non-adopted populations; however, many providers do not have training to meet the specific needs of adoptees. The presenter offers an overview of adoption-informed tenets, competencies, and interventions that support mental health providers in working with adoptees. Upon completion of the program, participants can implement adoption-informed interventions.

This program is intended for beginner to intermediate practitioners, including counselors-in-training, Individual, family, and couple counselors, in Independent, group, and or community mental health settings.

Program Outline

  • Stats about adoptees in the US and globally as applicable
  • Rationale for increased behavioral healthcare seeking for adoptees
  • 7 Core Issues in Adoption (Roxia & Maxon, 2019)
  • Adoption informed competency areas (Baden et al., 2015; Atkinson et al., 2013)
  • Adoption-informed assessments and how to implement using a composite case study

Intended Audience

This on-demand professional training program is intended for mental health and other allied professionals

Experience Level

This on-demand professional training program is appropriate for beginner, intermediate, and advanced level clinicians.

CE / CPD Credit

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Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this program you will be able to:

Describe two reasons adult adopted populations may seek behavioral healthcare at a higher rate than non-adopted persons

Describe 7 core issues in adoption

Describe three mental health competency areas to provide adoption-informed care

Describe at least two adoption-informed interventions they can use immediately in their practice

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Presented By

Susan Branco, PhD

Susan Branco, PhD, LPC (VA), LCPC (MD), NCC, ACS, BC-TMH, (she/her/ella), is a transracial and transnational adoptee from Colombia, South America. She is an advocate for increased adoption related research and training within counselor education and is passionate about improving mental health outcom...

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Curriculum

1. Introduction

2. Adoption-Informed Counseling

3. Types of Adoption

4. History of Adoption

5. Legal Issues

6. Adoptee Consciousness Model

7. Implications

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