Until this week (18 December), those who provide therapy to adoptees, birth parents and adoptive parents aged over 18 in England, had to register with Ofsted.
Registration is intended to help prevent unsuitable people owning or working in adoption support agencies, but this requirement has caused delays for adults trying to access therapy, according to the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
Following years of lobbying to remove this requirement by the BACP, the government relaxed rules, meaning providers of adult adoption-related therapy no longer need register with the inspectorate.
Marian O’Brien, who was adopted and recently affected by barriers to support, said: “Having finally decided to take the big step and have counselling to discuss my adoption story, I was told by the lovely therapist I had found that the law prohibited her from working with me - I was incredulous.
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