I specialize in working with trauma and attachment through connected parenting.   I have worked for an intensive in-home program for families with children from trauma, as well as in my own private practice. I am a TBRI® (Trust-Based Relational Intervention) practitioner and mine is a Theraplay®-informed practice. I am trained and certified in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). I am also trained in Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR) and use sandtray in my practice. My work is family centered and connections based. I have been a frequent speaker at Heritage Camps for Adoptive Families and also offer pre and post-adoptive training at a USA based international adoption agency. I have conducted a one-week training for social welfare leaders in China and several two-day trainings to orphanage workers in Henan, China. My husband and I are parents to four children including our two daughters who were adopted internationally. I was Executive Director and co-founder of First Hugs, a non-profit organization that offered care and love to children in an orphanage in China through training caregivers in nurture and connection.