Karen Buckwalter
– The Whinypaluza Podcast with Rebecca Greene Episode 028 Attachment Theory in Action.
Karen Doyle Buckwalter, LCSW, is Director of Clinical Practice at Chaddock, a multi-service agency providing a range of residential, educational, and community-based services for youth, birth through age 21, and their families. While at Chaddock, she has been instrumental in the development of an innovative residential program for adolescents, ages 8 – 16, with Attachment Disorders and Complex Trauma. One of the only programs of its kind serving older adolescents, Chaddock’s Developmental Trauma and Attachment Program® (DTAP®) has served youth from 33 different states in the U.S. originating from 18 different countries.
Karen is a Registered Play Therapy Supervisor and a Theraplay Trainer and Supervisor. She has more than 30 years of experience working with children, adolescents and families. She has co-authored peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters as well as articles which have appeared in Adoption Today and Fostering Families Today Magazines. Her first book, Attachment Theory in Action, edited with Debbie Reed, was released in 2017 and she also hosts the “Attachment theory In Action” podcast. Her latest book, Raising the Challenging Child, co-authored with Debbie Reed and Wendy Lyons Sunshine released in January 2020.
Karen is a wife, mother and grandmother and outside of work you will find her hiking the Blue Ridge Mountains of the Carolinas.
Listen to this insightful Whinypaluza episode with Karen Buckwalter about attachment theory in action.
Here is what to expect on this week’s show:
● How attachment theory isn’t only helpful for use in foster homes and adoptions.
● Why there has to be a balance between structure and nurture in children’s lives.
● How the relationship bank applies to both children and adult relationships.
● Why parents want to make positive deposits into their relationship bank with their children.
● How naming an emotion allows children to express how they really feel.
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chaddock.org
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