[SchmennaLeigh]

I, of course, would say yes. That said, you run into all kinds of problems with enforcing something like this. Your less than ethical agencies will simply want to provide counseling from "in house" to help them save money. I am of the firm belief that counseling needs to come from an impartial third party, not affiliated with the agency or the potential adoptive family(ies). The problem with that comes with funding of such a thing, especially when you factor in my belief that the adoptive family should not be paying for expectant parent expenses. So, even though I know, in my heart and mind, that expectant parents could benefit, TREMENDOUSLY, from such a thing, I don't know how to properly employ the idea.

All that said, my "counseling" was offered by someone without a degree in the field who worked for the agency and was actually also the "contact" for the adoptive parents. I found out, after the fact, that everything I said in supposed confidence was turned around and reported to the adoptive family. THAT is why the impartial third party is so DESPERATELY needed.