Fall-Spring 2010

Attachment-Focused Therapy Certificate Program—Cascadia Trainng, Deborah Gray Instructor.

This small, master class is designed for the clinician who wants to develop a specialty in treating the attachment/trauma issues of children. This program will prepare or increase the skills of the clinician whose cases are attachment, loss, and trauma-focused. 70 CEUs.

April 23-24, May 21-22, June 12. Seattle, WA.

Attachment-Focused Therapy Certificate awarded June 2010.

Contact Brian Andersen: www.cascadia-training.org 

April 16, 2010, Kirkland, WA, Structured Clinical Consultation Group: Adoption and Foster Care Issues, 3 CEUs, Consult Group of Advanced Clinicians at the Office of Deborah Gray. Contact Brian Andersen: www.cascadia-training.org 

April 29-30, 2010 Nevada City and Chico, CA, Homes that Heal, Therapies that Work—after Neglect and Trauma, sponsored by Sierra Adoption and CA Department of Children’s Services, Contact: Dsalisbury@sierraff.org 530.879.3861

May 7, 2010. Seattle, WA. Adoption Therapy and Casework for Children Prenatally Exposed to Alcohol and Drugs. Preparing Such Children For Placement. 10-2:30. 4 CEU. Contact Brian Andersen: www.cascadia-training.org 

May 14-15, 2010, Portland, OR, Portland State University, Adoption Therapy Certificate Program, Putting Adoption Therapy into Practice, Contact Kelly Herold, 503.725.8539.

May 26-27, 2010, Anchorage, Alaska, “Alaska Bringing the Kids Home,” Keynote and 3 workshops,

Sponsored by  consortium of public and private agencies including: NorthWest Adoptive Resource Exchange and the Alaska Office of Children’s Services, Contact: Sallye Werner: swerner@nwresoruce.org

May 27, 2010, Anchorage, Alaska, 2010 Early Childhood Mental Health Institute, “Attachment-Focused Therapy,” Afternoon 3-hour workshop, Contact: Shirley Pittz, Shirley.pittz@alaska.gov

June 4, 2010, Kirkland, WA, Structured Clinical Consultation Group: Adoption and Foster Care Issues, 3 CEUs, Consult Group of Advanced Clinicians at the Office of Deborah Gray. Contact Brian Andersen: www.cascadia-training.org 

June 19, 2010, Renton, WA. WACAP, Promoting Attachment, Contact: 206.575.4550.

September 23, 2010, San Francisco, CA, International ATTACh Conference, “The Bonding and Attachment Assessment: A Best Practices Protocol,” Contact: www.attach.org

Services and Referrals:

If you need help or services, you should first purchase and read Deborah's books, Attaching in Adoption and Nurturing Adoption.  They are available at www.amazon.com and www.bn.com.  Nurturing Adoption has an updated resource section that can be used to find referral sources and additional information.  Due to the volume of requests received, she can not give personal referrals or advice about your specific situation.

If you want to ask about being added to Deborah's waiting list for child and family therapy, please contact her office staff at nurturingattachments@yahoo.com. 

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