Karen Doyle Buckwalter – The Adult Attachment Interview: Clinical Applications to Accelerate Therapy Progress

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Speaker:Karen Doyle Buckwalter, LCSW, RPT-S

Duration:1 Hour 19 Minutes

Format:Audio and Video

Copyright:Mar 15, 2024  

Media Type: Digital Seminar

Description

Have you ever found yourself puzzled by a motivated client’s lack of progress? Wondering how to address the unconscious barriers hindering change for both client and therapist?  

The Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) is the answer.  Tap into a person’s unconscious in ways that other assessments or clinical interventions can’t match. Here’s why it’s a game-changer: 

• Unparalleled Insight: Explore hidden dimensions of a person’s psyche, revealing critical aspects of their narrative. 
• Illuminate the Unresolved: Shed light on important, unresolved elements of a person’s history that lurk in the shadows. 
• Transformation and Acceleration: Allow a previously untold story to emerge, deepening the therapeutic alliance and transforming the therapy process. 
• Holistic Approach: Go beyond traditional assessments, addressing the unknown factors that impede progress. 

Embrace the Adult Attachment Interview to elevate your counseling practice, deepen connections, and accelerate transformative change for your clients. 

Speaker

Karen Doyle Buckwalter, LCSW, RPT-S, is an Author, Teacher, Podcaster, Psychotherapist and Consultant.  

Karen is a Certified Theraplay® Trainer and Supervisor and a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor™ She provides training, consultation, and supervision services to agencies and individuals in the U.S. and across the world. Following her graduate studies, she completed a 2-year post-masters Marriage and Family Therapy Training Program at Menninger Clinic. She is trained in many types of therapy including Child-Centered Play Therapy, Sandtray Therapy, Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP), Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP), Video Intervention Therapy, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).  

Her clinical specialty areas include working with attachment disruptions, complex trauma, and adoption and foster care-related issues. Having completed the 2-week Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) Institute in 2007, she has a special interest in clinical use of the AAI and the intergenerational transmission of attachment in adoption dyads as measured by the AAI. 

She has authored peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and articles featured in Adoption Today and Fostering Families Today Magazines. Her first book, Attachment Theory in Action, edited with Debbie Reed released in 2017. Her second book, Raising the Challenging Child, co-authored with Debbie Reed and Wendy Lyons Sunshine released in 2020.  

During her nearly 30 years at Chaddock, a child serving agency in Quincy IL, Karen led in the creation of Chaddock’s Developmental Trauma and Attachment Program (DTAP). The renowned program catapulted Chaddock to both national and international recognition for their work with attachment and trauma issues in children and adolescents. 

In 2023, Karen transitioned to private practice work and launched Carolina Attachment and Trauma Services. Although she still works directly with families, most of her time is spent teaching and providing supervision and consultation to agencies and individual therapists. 

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Karen Doyle Buckwalter is the director and owner of Carolina Attachment and Trauma Services. She receives a consulting fee and speaking honorarium from The Theraplay Institute, Lincoln Prairie Behavioral Health, RISE Program, and Matters of the Heart Counseling. Karen Doyle receives royalties as a published author. Karen Doyle Buckwalter receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Karen Doyle Buckwalter is a member of the Association for Play Therapy and World Association of Sand Therapy Professionals.

Objectives

1. Administer the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) Protocol to improve clinical outcomes. 
2. Describe and name the four major categories of AAI findings and their implications for refining clinical interventions. 
3. Apply data from the AAT to improve therapeutic outcomes. 

Outline

Correctly Administer the Adult Attachment Interview 

• Time required to give the interview 
• Avoiding violations of the interview protocol 
• Using appropriate interview probes 
• Risks and limitations 

Uncover Key Narratives in the Adult Attachment Interview 

• Appraise the interview linguistically  
• Distinguish Grice’s maxims during the interview 
• Ascertain the possibility of unresolved loss and trauma in the interview  

Accelerate Therapy with Adult Attachment Interview Data 

• Formulate and revise treatment plan goals as appropriate following the interview 
• Select aspects of the interview narrative to utilize in therapy sessions 
• Analyze possible incoherence in the interview  

Target Audience

• Case Managers
• Licensed Clinical/Mental Health Counselors
• Marriage & Family Therapists
• Psychologists
• Social Workers
• Child and Adolescent Therapists
• School Administrators

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