Presentations
Panel Presentation:
Representing Children in Dangerous Homes – Understanding the Effects of Domestic Violence on Children and the Struggle for Effective Advocacy
Vermont Bar Association’s Family Law Conference
November 17, 2005
Killington, Vermont
Regional Presentations:
The Circle of Security — Connecting with Emotionally Wounded Children
Adoption & Foster Care School Awareness Project’s Adoption and Education Forum
November 15, 2008
Pembroke, Massachusetts
When Good Enough Is Not Enough – Parenting the Wounded Child.
19th Annual ATTACh Conference
Providence, Rhode Island
October 12, 2007
Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy as Applied by Five Experienced Therapists
19th Annual ATTACh Conference
Providence, Rhode Island
October 11, 2007
Behind Cuteness and Rage: Supporting Adoptive Parents Through Children’s Inner Lives
36th NACAC Conference (North American Council on Adoptable Children),
Hartford, Connecticut
August 6, 2010
Decoding the Dysregulated Behaviors of Wounded Children
New England DDP Conference for Professionals
November 18, 2011
Burlington, Vermont
Connecting with Emotionally Wounded Young People
Keynote Presentation
Vermont Mental Health Counselors Association Annual Meeting
June 7, 2013
Montpelier, Vermont
National Presentations:
Adolescent Attachment Work Using Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy.
18th Annual ATTACh Conference
St. Louis, Missouri
October 6, 2006
Can I Blow Up My Brother? — the Therapeutic ‘No’ of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy.
20th Annual ATTACh Conference
Charlotte, North Carolina
September 27, 2008
Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy as Applied by Five Experienced Therapists
20th Annual ATTACh Conference
Charlotte, North Carolina
September 24, 2008
Helping Parents and Other Caretakers of Wounded Children.
21st Annual ATTACh Conference
San Antonio, Texas
September 24, 2009
Four-day DDP trainings co-led with Dan Hughes, PhD
“Introductory Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy”, training master level therapists
- Colby College, Maine, July 12-15, 2010
- University of Toronto, December 7-10, 2010
- Annville, Pennsylvania, January 12-15, 2011
Parenting Wounded Children – a Day for Foster and Adoptive Parents.
Fort Wayne, Indiana
April 16, 2011
International Presentations:
Open and Engaged: Applying DDP to Client Attachment Styles
International Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Celebration
Manchester, U.K.
June 25-26, 2012
Longer, Slower, Harder Cases – Helping Caretakers Who Appease
Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy International Conference
Kingston, Ontario
October 6-8, 2014
Certifications
Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapist (2009)
Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Consultant (2010)
National Board Member
Association for Treatment and Training in the Attachment of Children
(ATTACH) 2009-2010
Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Institute
(DDPI) 2009-2014
Contributing Author
Creating Capacity for Attachment: Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy in the Treatment of Trauma-Attachment Disorders. Becker-Weidman, A. and Shell, D. eds. 334pp. 2005. Wood ‘N Barnes; Oklahoma City. (second printing 2008)
The Bean Seed. [children’s book] Bush, J. and Spottswood. R. 15pp. 2005. Adoption Conversations; Hartland, Vermont. 802-436-1488. (third printing 2009)