Speaking

• Columbia University Coaching Conference, October 2025: Who Has Your Back at Work? Coaching for Resilience Using Attachment Science in the Age of AI.

• 97% Effective Podcast: Who has your back? How to manage your boss, stress and conflict at work. January 2026

• My Robot Boss Podcast, Host. Available on Apple and Spotify. 2025

• Columbia Business School Alumni Network - Four separate talks, 2020-2021

• Financial Women’s Association Workshop 2022

• CHIEF - Workshop on managing stress for the startup squad, Sept 2022.

• Money 2020 Keynote Speaker, 2016

Articles

• A Hidden Cause of Burnout: How Attachment Science Reframes Workplace Distress, The Therapist Magazine April 2026

Research

• The relationship between attachment and mental health at work: A narrative review
  Reference: McConnell, D., Wong, G., & Ferrey, A. (2025). The relationship between attachment and mental health at work: A narrative review. WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation, 81(3), 2833-2843. https://doi.org/10.1177/10519815251327313 (Original work published 2025)

• Who Has Your Back at Work? Coaching for Resilience Using Attachment Science in the Age of AI.
  Accepted and presented at the Columbia University Coaching Conference 2025. Finalist for the Judith B. Glaser Outstanding Paper Award.

• A realist review of the potential, limitations and impact of AI automating and augmenting leadership in organizations (currently under peer-review)

• A realist evaluation of Emotionall Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) for work-related distress (currently under peer-review)