It is not at all common place to find
someone who has the qualities of
professionalism, empathy, insightfullness and intelligence
rolled up into one; but, this indeed, describes Carol
Albers. I would assume that most of the people who
want to adopt a child have good intentions and motives
for doing so. We would all like to make an honest
and favorable impression, but this may mean that the
person doing the Home Study would make us feel at
ease and be ourselves, without thinking too much about
the fact that we were being analyzed. From the start,
Carol made us feel at ease as if we had already known
her.
When Carol arrived to us for the first time, in Rome,
Italy (where we
were living at the time) we went to pick her up at
the wrong airport. She was waiting for us for about
forty-five minutes at another airport about one hour
away. I thought, “Oh no, what a terrible first
impression we are making!” When we finally arrived
at the right airport, there I found a very kind, gentle
and down-to-earth woman and I breathed a sigh of relief.
So, by allowing us to take down our gard and rid
us of any undo anxiety, she was able to give a true
and insightful assesment of who we really were as
perspective parents and was able to write an accurate
Home Study report.
Carol was able to see and to understand all the special
complexities of our case. She had empathy and was
able to deeply understand our concerns, needs and
desires. Her professionalism, not only included her
intuitive insight, but her thoroughness and responsiveness
to all the issues that arose long after she wrote
our Home Study, three years ago. It has been a joy
for me and my husband to come to know her and I feel
sure that you too will have a positive experience
in knowing her and have a reassurance that she will
be there from the beginning to the end, in the same
way as I found her patiently waiting for us at the
airport three years ago.
Karen and Bruno Girolami
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