1 ADOPTEE CONSCIOUSNESS Out of the Fog and into Consciousness: A Model of Adoptee Awareness Susan F. Branco 1 , JaeRan Kim 2 , Grace Newton 3 , Stephanie Kripa Cooper-Lewter 4 , and Paula O’Loughlin 5 1 Counselor Education, St. Bonaventure University 2 School of Social Work and Criminal Justice, University of Washington Tacoma 3 Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis 4 Social Worker and Executive Coach 5 Education Consultant Author Note Susan Branco https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0414-8921 We have no known conflicts of interests to disclose. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Susan Branco, Counselor Education, St. Bonaventure University, B52 Plassmann, Box AB, 3261 West State Road, St. Bonaventure, NY, 14778. Email: [email protected]; JaeRan Kim, School of Social Work and Criminal Justice, University of Washington Tacoma. Email: [email protected]; Grace Newton, Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. Email: [email protected] Branco, S.F., Kim, J., Newton, G., Cooper-Lewter, S.K., and O’Loughlin, P. (2022).