Toni Vaughn Heineman

Background

Toni Vaughn Heineman was born on September 30, 1947, in Ohio, United States to Richard R. Vaughn, a businessman, and Bonnie E. Vaughn, a homemaker.

Education

Toni graduated from Western College for Women with А.В. in 1969 and from University of California, Berkeley, with M.S.W. in 1975, M.S. in 1977. She later studied at University of California, San Francisco.

Career

Toni is Clinical Professor at the University of California, San Francisco in Psychiatry and has been in private practice in San Francisco, working with adults, children, and families for over 30 years. Dr. Heineman consults with individuals and organizations. She is the author of several articles focused on psychotherapy with children and has made numerous presentations to lay and professional audiences about the mental health issues facing children and parents. She authored An Abused Child: Psychodynamic Understanding and Treatment and co-edited Building A Home Within: Meeting the Emotional Needs of Children and Youth in Foster Care.

Achievements

• Toni is a brilliant psychologist and author. She has been awarded a Leadership Fellowship from Zero to Three, a Draper Richards Social Entrepreneur Fellowship, a Social Entrepreneur Award from the Manhattan Institute, the national Jefferson Award for outstanding public service, and the 2008 Civic Ventures Purpose Prize, given to social entrepreneurs over the age of 60.

Works

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  • Relational Treatment of Trauma

    (Relational Treatment of Trauma: Stories of loss and hope ...)

  • The Abused Child

    (Capturing the complexities of working with abused childre...)

  • Treating Trauma

    (Clinicians working with traumatized youth face many chall...)

  • Building a Home Within

    (All children need stable, lasting relationships with cari...)

  • Interrupting Cycles of Early Loss, Trauma and Abuse

    (This volume offers rich and detailed illustrations of the...)

  • The Abused Child 1998

Personality

Toni is fond of gardening and cooking.

Interests

• gardening, cooking

Connections

Toni married Alan Heinenian, a professor, in 1970. They have two sons: Jonas V. Heinenian, Parker V. Heinenian.

Father:

Richard R. Vaughn

Mother:

Bonnie E. Vaughn

Spouse:

Alan Heinenian

Son:

Jonas V. Heinenian

Son:

Parker V. Heinenian

References

• Contemporary Authors New Revision: A Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Nonfiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Television, and Other Fields: 178