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30 Years of Expertise

Explore publications and research created by A Home Within clinicians over the last three decades. If you are interested in adding a publication to this list, contact Jules Welch at jules@ahomewithin.org.

Calming Stormy Feelings: A Child’s Introduction to Psychotherapy
Sarah Abel & Karen Zilberstein (Western Mass)
Western Massachusetts Chapter 2024
Skills and knowledge therapists need to work with foster youth: According to key Stakeholders in child welfare
Linville, D., Ruff, S. C., & Zilberstein, K
USF Foster Care Research Group 2024
Examining Symbolic Play in Play Therapy
Denise Galford-Koeppel, LMHC, PMC, RPT™ (Boston Chapter)
Boston Chapter 2023
Resilience as Defined by Foster Youth and Key Stakeholders
Saralyn Ruff, Deanna Linville & Nick Vasquez (Researchers)
USF Foster Care Research Group 2023
Taking Outside In, Turning Inside Out: Exploring Social Dimensions and Psychotherapeutic Process in the Play Therapy of a Young Girl in Foster Care
Ayelet R. Barkai, Anonymous, Neil Altman, Carol Rubin & Ruth Drasin (Boston Chapter)
Boston Chapter 2023
Psychologists work to support children and parents in the child welfare system, but more is needed
By Zara Abrams
USF Foster Care Research Group 2023
One Piece of the Puzzle: Treatment of Fostered and Adopted Children with RAD and DSED
Karen Zilberstein (Western Mass)
Western Massachusetts Chapter 2023
Preliminary effects of A Home Within psychotherapy with former and current foster youth
Ruff, S. C., Linville, D., Clausen, J. M., & J. Kjellstrand, J.
USF Foster Care Research Group 2022
Essential Tools for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Dr. Tiffany Loggins, San Francisco Chapter
San Francisco Chapter 2022
I Want This to Work: An Inclusive Guide to Navigating the Most Difficult Relationship Issues We Face in the Modern Age
Elizabeth Earnshaw LMFT (Philadelphia)
Philadelphia Chapter 2021
Trauma in Context: an Integrative Treatment Model
Karen Zilberstein
Western Massachusetts Chapter 2021
Experiences During COVID-19: Needs of College Students with a History of Foster Care
Saralyn Ruff, Deanna Linville, and Jean Kjellstrand
USF Foster Care Research Group 2020
Parents Under Pressure
Karen Zilberstein
Western Massachusetts Chapter 2019
Psychoanalytic Reflections on Parenting Teens and Young Adults: Changing Patterns in Modern Love, Loss, and Longing
Karen Earle (Western Mass)
Western Massachusetts Chapter 2018
Relational Treatment Of Trauma: Stories Of Loss And Hope
Toni Heineman, AHW Founder
AHW Founder 2015
Interrupting The Cycles Of Early Loss, Trauma And Abuse: Therapeutic Challenges
Toni Heineman, AHW Founder
AHW Founder 2014
Treating Trauma: Relationship-Based Psychotherapy With Children, Adolescents, And Young Adults
Toni V. Heineman (Editor), June M. Clausen (Editor), Saralyn C. Ruff (Editor), Paula Ammerman (Contributor), & 11 more
AHW Founder 2013
For As Long As It Takes: Relationship-Based Play Therapy For Children In Foster Care
Toni Heineman, June Madsen Clausen, Saralyn C. Ruff, Wendy Von Wiederhold, Psychoanalytic Social Work
AHW Founder 2012
Building A Home Within: Meeting The Emotional Needs Of Children And Youth In Foster Care
Toni Heineman, Diane Ehrensaft, Brookes Publishing Co.
AHW Founder 2005
The Abused Child: Psychodynamic Understanding and Treatment
Toni Vaughn Heineman
AHW Founder 1998

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