Vera I. Fahlberg, M.D.

Vera Fahlberg retired in December, 1998, after a long and influential career as a pediatrician who traveled all over the world sharing her many years of specially focused experience and expertise
in attachment therapy with families and mental health professionals. A frequent consultant
to social service agencies and courts, Dr. Fahlberg wrote two of Perspectives’ books:
the award-winning A Child’s Journey through Placement (which is considered
by most professionals to be THE basic reference for those working with and parenting
children who will spend part of their growing up years in any type of out-of-home
care) and the now out-of- print Residential Treatment: A Tapestry of Many Therapies.
For many years she was medical director at the world-renowned Forest Heights Lodge,
a residential treatment facility for troubled adolescent boys. She has two grown
children by birth and has fostered several other children.

We don’t produce videos, but several videos featuring Vera’s excellent trainings can be obtained through Northwest
Media. Titles include “Separation & Loss for BirthFamilies,” “Insights
into Birth Families,” “Foster Parents Working With Birth Parents,”
“BehaviorManagement Using Supportive Control,” and “Re-education of
Foster & Adopted Children.”

In addition, the well-known California parent group FAIR produced “I wonder…Teenagers talk about being adopted” which is an interview discussion led by Vera Fahlberg with a whole bunch of teens from a variety of ethnic/racial backgrounds who were adopted at various ages from newborn to young teen. It is available from FAIR for $26 (PO Box 51436, Palo Alto CA 94303 email Lansing
Wood for more information.)

Dr. Fahlberg has retired and no longer accepts speaking invitations. You may reach her by email at fahlberg@telebyte.net.

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