Attachment Theory in Action

Welcome to Attachment Theory in Action! Our podcast is dedicated to therapists, social workers, counselors and psychologists who are working with clients from an attachment-based perspective. Interviews are conducted with individuals who are doing clinical work as well as leading attachment theory researchers.

Your host, Karen Doyle Buckwalter will introduce you to Melanie Chung-Sherman. Melanie has worked in the field of child welfare--specifically adoption and foster care that spans international adoption, private/domestic adoption, kinship adoption, foster care and matched-adoption for over 19 years. Her specialties include Adoption centered-psychotherapy for individuals, families, and groups; Theraplay; EMDR; Trauma-focused intervention; Adult Attachment Interview; Adoption Lifespan Issues; and Complex grief and loss among other specialties.

Melanie will be discussing her chapter in the soon to be released book, Attachment Theory in Action: Building Connections between Children and Parents which was edited by Karen Doyle Buckwalter and Chaddock’s President|CEO, Debbie Reed. Attachment Theory in Action is available for pre-order on Amazon and will be released in mid- December 2017.

Welcome to Attachment Theory in Action! Our podcast is dedicated to therapists, social workers, counselors and psychologists who are working with clients from an attachment-based perspective. Interviews are conducted with individuals who are doing clinical work as well as leading attachment theory researchers.

Your host, Karen Doyle Buckwalter will introduce you to Deb Wesselmann, adoptive mother, author, mental health therapist, researcher, & expert in attachment trauma.

Deb will be discussing her journey as an adoptive mother and her chapter on EMDR in the soon to be released book, Attachment Theory in Action: Building Connections between Children and Parents which was edited by Karen Doyle Buckwalter and Chaddock’s President|CEO, Debbie Reed. Attachment Theory in Action is available for pre-order on Amazon and will be released in mid-December 2017.

Welcome to Attachment Theory in Action! Our podcast is dedicated to therapists, social workers, counselors and psychologists who are working with clients from an attachment-based perspective. Interviews are conducted with individuals who are doing clinical work as well as leading attachment theory researchers.

Your host, Karen Doyle Buckwalter will introduce you to Faith Friedlander, Clinical Vice President and Co-Founder of Kids & Families Together located in Ventura, California. Faith will be discussing her journey as an adoptee and her chapter in the soon to be released book, Attachment Theory in Action: Building Connections between Children and Parents which was edited by Karen Doyle Buckwalter and Chaddock’s President|CEO, Debbie Reed. Attachment Theory in Action will be available for purchase on Amazon beginning in mid-December of 2017.

Welcome to Attachment Theory in Action! Our podcast is dedicated to therapists, social workers, counselors and psychologists who are working with clients from an attachment-based perspective. Interviews are conducted with individuals who are doing clinical work as well as leading attachment theory researchers.

Michael Trout, Director of the Infant Parent Institute, discusses his chapter in the soon to be released book, Attachment Theory In Action: Building Connections Between Children and Parents which is edited by Chaddock's Director of Program Strategy, Karen Doyle Buckwalter and President|CEO, Debbie Reed. He also explains his experience working with children and the process of wondering, following, and holding. 

Welcome to Attachment Theory in Action! Our podcast is dedicated to therapists, social workers, counselors and psychologists who are working with clients from an attachment-based perspective. Interviews are conducted with individuals who are doing clinical work as well as leading attachment theory researchers.

Dr. David Cross, Rees-Jones Director of the Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development joins Karen Doyle Buckwalter to discuss the early days of TBRI.