Meet Abby

Abby Jacobson is a professional Adoptee Counselor, bringing over 20 years of experience from her previous career as a psychotherapist and substance abuse counselor. Additionally, she has received training as a National Adoption Competency Mental Health Provider.

With her knowledge of family systems and networking, it is her aim to provide support to individuals who have experienced the process of adoption, both adults and youth alike. Coming from a family with 4 generations of adoptions, this is an issue she is very familiar with and which originally led her into the field of counseling.

Her greatest accomplishments have been to raise two healthy mature sons and reuniting with her brother after a separation of 15 years due to his being adopted out of the family. As a result of Abby’s familiarity with being a foster child, an adoptee and a clinician she brings opportunities for offering support, mentoring and coaching.

Outside of her work life she enjoys hiking, cross country skiing, snowshoeing, gardening, cooking and spending time with her sons, brother, friends and her 2 cats, who are also adopted.

Education & Experience:

• Bachelors Degree in Psychology from Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT

• Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology from Antioch NE Graduate School, Keene, NH

• Executive Board Member of the Vermont Adoption Consortium (www.vtadoption.org)

• Presently training as a National Adoption Competency Mental Health Provider

Mission Statement

Created in 2021, Abby Jacobson’s Adoptee Counselor business grew out of her dedication of working with others: being a former foster child, becoming an adoptee at age 14 and then completing her degree in psychotherapy, a field she practiced in for over 20 years.

Her mission is to provide a safe, trustworthy platform by which adoptees can share their stories while establishing their self identities. It is her goal to assist other adoptees as they navigate and define their own perceptions of identity.