Deborah D. Gray

Deborah D. Gray is a clinical social worker, therapist, and author specializing in attachment, grief, and trauma in foster and adopted children. She earned her MSW and MPA from Syracuse University in 1981 and is licensed as a social worker and mental health counselor in Washington state, where she runs the private practice Nurturing Attachments in Kirkland. Gray has authored books including 'Attaching in Adoption' (2002) and 'Nurturing Adoptions' (2007), and has over 25 years of experience counseling children affected by maltreatment, foster care, and orphanage experiences.