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Gender	Female
Industry	Non-Profit
Occupation	Vice President Strategic Development
Location	New Britain, Connecticut, United States
Introduction	I am the Vice President of Strategic Development at Klingberg Family Centers in New Britain, Connecticut. I specialize in Trauma-informed and attachment based treatment of children and families and have presented extensively on this topic. I am the creator of the Restorative Approach™, a trauma- and relationship-based approach to congregate care treatment of children. I am the current Executive Director of the Trauma Research, Education, and Training Institute (TREATI), and I am a Faculty Trainer for the Risking Connection® trauma training program. The Traumatic Stress Institute (TSI) of Klingberg Family Centers promotes excellence in trauma-informed services both within Klingberg and to child-serving organizations around the country. Our mission is to build healing relationships with children and families by promoting excellence in trauma-informed treatment.
Interests	Developing, implementing and training on a new trauma informed, attachment based method for treating traumatized children, helping treatment programs improve, working with foster parents, writing, teaching, learning
Favorite books	Healing the Bonds of Attachment (Daniel Hughes) The Boy Who was Raised as a Dog (Bruce Perry) Collaborative Treatment of Children and Adolescents (Glenn Saxe) Risking Connection (Pealman, Saakvitne et al) Trauma and the Therapist (Pearlman Saakvitne)