[thanksgivingmom]

I put this on another thread of the same topic, so I'll paste it here too:

I take a little bit of issue with the idea of "requiring" counseling. If it's required is it the agency that makes sure this requirement is fulfilled? If so, I worry...because those eparents that have medical insurance and/or can affor thier own counseling might have a chance at it being unbiased.

HOWEVER, if the agency could recommend thier own counselor provided the eparents not be able to get the required counseling, I worry that any "help" would be biased. Coming from an adoption agency, of course the goal of the agency is for adoption.

This very well may not be for ALL agencies, so if you have a great one, excellent! But if even one agency used a biased counselor as part of the eparent requirement it would be too many in my opinion...