Psychotherapy, Clinical Social Work, Mental Health Counseling
License Status:
I'm a licensed professional.
Licensing Info:
Diplomate of the American Board of Psychological Specialities
License Type:
Child Psychology and Forensic Psychology
License Number:
1390
My Approach to Helping
I begin, with the client, determining the focus of therapy and the primary issues to be addressed. Our clinic focuses on relationships and attachment as the basis for health and healing. We work with families to resolve past traumas and resolve the pain and distortions created by past maltreatment. Before we begin treatment, we complete a thorough evaluation so that all issues and causes are considered. We focus on the causes not surface symptoms, since the same behavior may have different causes and, thus, require different treatment.
More Info About My Practice
Arthur Becker-Weidman, CSW-R,PhD.DABPS received his doctorate in Human Development from the University of Maryland, Institute for Child Study. He achieved Diplomate status from the American Board of Psychological Specialties in Child Psychology and Forensic Psychology. He is a member of the American College of Forensic Examiners. Dr. Becker-Weidman has received extensive training in the evaluation and treatment of children with disorders of attachment, complex-post-traumatic-stress-disorder, Alcohol Related Neurological Dysfunction (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder or FAS), and other conditions. He has received extensive Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, an attachment-based therapy, with Daniel Hughes, Ph.D., author of Building the Bonds of Attachment and Facilitating Developmental Attachment. Dr. Becker-Weidman has been treating families for over two decades. He has extensive experience counseling families and helping them through difficult times with practical advice. Dr. Dr. Becker-Weidman has published over a dozen scholarly papers and presented at numerous national, regional, and local professional meetings. Much of his research and publications have focused on adolescent and adoptive family development. Dr. Becker-Weidman's work has focused on the evaluation and treatment of adopted and foster children and their families, Complex-Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Alcohol Related Neurological Dysfunction (FAS). He provides training and workshops to parents and professionals across the U.S. and internationally. Dr. Becker-Weidman consults with Department' of Social Services, Residential Treatment Centers, and Mental Health Clinics throughout the US, Canada, and Internationally. Dr. Becker-Weidman has published over a dozen papers in peer-reviewed professional journals and has presented at numerous international, national, regional, and local professional meetings. The results of empirical studies demonstrating the effectiveness of the approach he practices, Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, can be found in several publications: Ã��Ã�¯Ã��Ã�¿Ã��Ã�½Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy: A multi-year follow-up...Preliminary Summary Findings, Connections, June 2005. Ã��ï¿Â½Ãƒ�¯Ã�¿Ã�½Treatment for Children with Trauma-Attachment Disorders: Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal. Vol. 23 #2, April 2006, 147-171. Ã��Ã�¯Ã��Ã�¿Ã��Ã�½Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy: A multi-year Follow-up, in, New Developments In Child Abuse Research, Stanley M. Sturt, Ph.D. (Ed.) Nova Science Publishers, NY, pp. 43 -- 61, 2006. Ã��Ã�¯Ã��Ã�¿Ã��Ã�½Treatment For Children with Reactive Attachment Disorder: Dyadic Developmental Becker-Weidman, A., (2007) Ã��Ã�¯Ã��Ã�¿Ã��Ã�½Treatment For Children with Reactive Attachment Disorder: Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy,Ã��Ã�¯Ã��Ã�¿Ã��Ã�½ http://www.center4familydevelop.com/research.pdf Ã��Ã�¯Ã��Ã�¿Ã��Ã�½Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy: An evidence-based treatment for children with complex trauma and disorders of attachment, In Press 2008, written with Dr. Daniel Hughes. Dr. Becker-Weidman is co-editor with Deborah Shell of the text, Creating Capacity for Attachment, Wood N Barnes, Oklahoma City, OK, 2005. He and Deborah Shell are finishing work on a book about Attachment-Facilitating Parenting that is expected to be published in 2008. Dr. Becker-Weidman is on the Board of Directors of the Association for the Treatment and Training in the Attachment of Children, serves on the Research Committee and Training Committee, and chairs the Registration Committee. He is an adjunct Clinical Professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo.
Services I Provide
Individual Therapy & Counseling
Marriage, Couples, or Relationship Counseling
Family Therapy
Consultation
Clinical Supervision
Distance or Phone Therapy
Other
Ages I Work With
Children
Teens
Adults
Languages I Speak
English
Groups I Work With
Adopted Children, Foster Children, Training of Mental Health Professionals, Families with children who have experienced trauma, Attachment disorders. Specialist in the evaluation and treatment of Complex Trauma disorders of attachment, and Reactive Attachment Disorder. Training of therapists and child welfare workers in various topics, such as Complex Trauma, attachment theory, and the practice of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, an evidence-based treatment for Complex Trauma and Reactive Attachment Disorder and related conditions.
