If you work with kids, families, or clients impacted by trauma, you’re in the right place. The Attachment Theory in Action Podcast is your go-to podcast for real conversations about trauma, attachment, and making a meaningful difference in the lives of those you serve. Every other week, host Kirsty Nolan sits down with experts in attachment, trauma, and child development to talk about the stuff that really matters—how trauma shapes behavior and development, how to build stronger relationships, and how to bring these insights into your daily work. Looking for practical tips you can actually use? Wondering how to better support your clients? Curious about the latest research in attachment and trauma? We’ve got you covered. With nearly 2 million downloads, over 300 episodes, and a loyal community of listeners, the Attachment Theory in Action Podcast helps professionals like you grow and learn—all in under an hour, every other week. Whether you’re a therapist, counselor, social worker, parent, or simply someone who cares deeply about helping others, this is a space for learning, growth, and inspiration. Hit follow, and let’s dive into the work that changes lives. The Attachment Theory in Action Podcast is brought to you by The Knowledge Center at Chaddock. The Knowledge Center has equipped thousands of educators, clinicians, and helping professionals on the latest trauma-informed, attachment based strategies. Visit TKCChaddock.org to learn more. Want to jump behind the mic and share your expertise? Visit AttachmentTheoryInAction.com to fill out our form to be a guest.
Episodes
Tuesday Jun 18, 2019
Tuesday Jun 18, 2019
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.
Today, host Karen Buckwalter welcomes Dr. Margaret Blaustein, Ph.D. and co-developer of the ARC Model in part one of their discussion on exactly what the ARC Model, or Attachment Regulation and Competency, is.
Margaret E. Blaustein, Ph.D., is a practicing clinical psychologist whose career has focused on the understanding and treatment of complex childhood trauma and its sequelae. With an emphasis on the importance of understanding the child-, the family-, and the provider-in-context, her study has focused on identification and translation of key principles of intervention across treatment settings, building from the foundational theories of childhood development, attachment, and traumatic stress.
With Kristine Kinniburgh, Dr. Blaustein is co-developer of the Attachment, Self-Regulation, and Competency (ARC) treatment framework (Kinniburgh & Blaustein, 2005), and co-author of the text, Treating Complex Trauma in Children and Adolescents: Fostering Resilience through Attachment, Self-Regulation, and Competence (Blaustein & Kinniburgh, 2010). She has provided extensive training and consultation to providers within the US and abroad. Dr. Blaustein is currently the Director of the Center for Trauma Training in Needham, MA, and is actively involved in local, regional, and national collaborative groups dedicated to the empathic, respectful, and effective provision of services to this population.
Tuesday Jun 11, 2019
Tuesday Jun 11, 2019
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.
Today, host Karen Buckwalter concludes her two part conversation with Donna Potter, LCSW and Professor in the Duke University School of Medicine, about the problems with RAD, or Reactive Attachment Disorder, Diagnosis.
Donna Potter, has worked with traumatized children and families since 1992 and has been an instructor for Duke University’s Department of Psychiatry since 2000. She is endorsed as a trainer by the developers of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) and Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP). She currently serves as the lead trainer and senior clinical faculty consultant for these two models for the NC Child Treatment Program at CCFH.
Ms. Potter has provided consultation to the North Carolina Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse on issues of diagnosis and treatment of Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD), including having co-written the clinical guidelines for assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of RAD. She has provided training to child welfare using NCTSN’s Child Welfare Trauma Training Toolkit and to community clinicians providing military-informed treatment to members of the military and their families through the Welcome Back Veterans Project.
Tuesday Jun 04, 2019
Tuesday Jun 04, 2019
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.
Today, host Karen Buckwalter starts her two part conversation with Donna Potter, LCSW and Professor in the Duke University School of Medicine, about the problems with RAD, or Reactive Attachment Disorder, Diagnosis.
Donna Potter, has worked with traumatized children and families since 1992 and has been an instructor for Duke University’s Department of Psychiatry since 2000. She is endorsed as a trainer by the developers of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) and Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP). She currently serves as the lead trainer and senior clinical faculty consultant for these two models for the NC Child Treatment Program at CCFH.
Ms. Potter has provided consultation to the North Carolina Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse on issues of diagnosis and treatment of Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD), including having co-written the clinical guidelines for assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of RAD. She has provided training to child welfare using NCTSN’s Child Welfare Trauma Training Toolkit and to community clinicians providing military-informed treatment to members of the military and their families through the Welcome Back Veterans Project.
Tuesday May 28, 2019
Tuesday May 28, 2019
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.
Today, host Karen Buckwalter continues her conversation with Roy Kiessling, LISW and an
EMDRIA approved consultant and training provider. Roy and Karen are discussing the use of EMDR from an attachment-based perspective.
From 2001 until 2013, Roy was one of Francine Shapiro’s Senior Trainers for her for-profit institute and her humanitarian non-profit organization. In 2013, he formed EMDR Consulting, a national network of trainers presenting his EMDRIA approved basic course: Integrating EMDR into your Clinical Practice. Since 2013, he has personally conducted nearly 100 basic training courses and over 65 EMDRIA approved advanced specialty courses and conference presentations within the United States as well as internationally in Singapore, Scotland, The Middle East and Canada.
Tuesday May 21, 2019
Tuesday May 21, 2019
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.
Today, host Karen Buckwalter begins a two part conversation with Roy Kiessling, LISW and an
EMDRIA approved consultant and training provider. Roy and Karen will explore the use of EMDR from an attachment-based perspective.
From 2001 until 2013, Roy was one of Francine Shapiro’s Senior Trainers for her for-profit institute and her humanitarian non-profit organization. In 2013, he formed EMDR Consulting, a national network of trainers presenting his EMDRIA approved basic course: Integrating EMDR into your Clinical Practice. Since 2013, he has personally conducted nearly 100 basic training courses and over 65 EMDRIA approved advanced specialty courses and conference presentations within the United States as well as internationally in Singapore, Scotland, The Middle East and Canada.
Tuesday May 14, 2019
Tuesday May 14, 2019
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.
Today, Karen will continue her conversation with Dr. Judith Eckerle, director of the Adoption Medicine Clinic in Minneapolis, MN, on the importance of global assessments when looking at attachment issues. A graduate of the Medical College of Wisconsin, Dr. Eckerle completed a pediatrics residency at the New York Presbyterian Hospital and a fellowship in international adoption at the University of Minnesota Medical School.
An international adoptee from South Korea, Dr. Eckerle feels a close bond to adopted children and their families. Her personal history combined with her medical training strengthens her perspective as she works with children on health and transition issues.
Tuesday May 07, 2019
Tuesday May 07, 2019
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.
Today, Karen will introduce us to Dr. Judith Eckerle, director of the Adoption Medicine Clinic in Minneapolis, MN, who will talk about the importance of global assessments when looking at attachment issues. A graduate of the Medical College of Wisconsin, Dr. Eckerle completed a pediatrics residency at the New York Presbyterian Hospital and a fellowship in international adoption at the University of Minnesota Medical School.
An international adoptee from South Korea, Dr. Eckerle feels a close bond to adopted children and their families. Her personal history combined with her medical training strengthens her perspective as she works with children on health and transition issues.
Tuesday Apr 30, 2019
Tuesday Apr 30, 2019
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.
Today, Karen will introduce us to Jim Harlow, who will explore the use of the Adult Attachment Interview.
Jim is the adoptive father of 5. He and his wife adopted each of their kids individually about 30-35 years ago here in north Texas through the foster care system. The children came at different ages (3 months to 15 years old) and from diverse backgrounds. They have all now made it to adulthood, educating Jim in the process.
Other education includes an MA in Counseling from Dallas Baptist University and four years working with the TCU Institute of Child Development.
Tuesday Apr 23, 2019
Tuesday Apr 23, 2019
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.
Today, Karen will introduce us to Jim Harlow, who will explore the use of the Adult Attachment Interview.
Jim is the adoptive father of 5. He and his wife adopted each of their kids individually about 30-35 years ago here in north Texas through the foster care system. The children came at different ages (3 months to 15 years old) and from diverse backgrounds. They have all now made it to adulthood, educating Jim in the process.
Other education includes an MA in Counseling from Dallas Baptist University and four years working with the TCU Institute of Child Development.
Tuesday Apr 16, 2019
Tuesday Apr 16, 2019
Welcome to Attachment Theory in Action, a weekly podcast presented by The Knowledge Center at Chaddock. Our Podcast is dedicated to therapists, social workers, counselors and psychologists working with clients from an attachment-based perspective.
Your host Karen Doyle Buckwalter will introduce you to Ruth Setlak, who will discuss the impact of PANS/PANDAS/Lyme disease on clinical work.
Ruth has a Masters Degree in Social Work from the University of Kentucky with a speciality in mental health and is currently a clinical social worker in Colorado. Her education and training has primarily focused around child/parent attachment, neuro-developmental disorders, adoption, medical disorders such as PANS/PANDAS and chronic illnesses, as well as trauma, parenting dynamics, and building healthy relational dynamics. Ruth is certified in EMDR and DIR/Floortime, as well as Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy. Ruth is very passionate about learning brain-based interventions to help her clients.