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Adoptive
Parent Training Group
First
Tuesday of the month 11:30 -
1:00
Appointments with Gail
can be made at: www.schedulicity.com
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Gail is a licensed
clinical social worker with 17 years
experience working with children with
developmental trauma disorders.
Gail specializes in trauma and she works
with children and adults who spent
numerous years in orphanages, foster
care, and unsafe home
environments.
She is trained in and uses
a variety of therapeutic techniques
including: Psychotherapy, Dyadic
Developmental Psychotherapy, Cognitive
Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical
Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Eye Movement
Desensitization & Reprocessing
(EMDR) and Hypnotherapy.
Gail works with families
struggling with behavioral concerns
associated with disorders such as:
Reactive Attachment, Attention Deficit
and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity,
Oppositional Defiance , and Fetal
Alcohol Effect.
Sixteen years ago,
Gail transracially adopted three older
children as a single parent. She
later married and had a birth child as
well. Although their journey has
not always been an easy one; today
Gail's children are a blessing in her
life.
In addition to earning a 100 hour
certificate in Therapy with Adoptive
Families, Gail holds a 66 hour
certificate in attachment (from
Nurturing Attachments), and she is fully
trained in EMDR. Her undergraduate
degrees are in Law & Justice and
Psychology. She holds a masters
degree in Social Work.
Gail is a member of the National
Association of Social Workers, the Joint
Council on International Children's
Services, and she is a registered
clinician recommended by
Attach.org.
