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Greet the child before they do anything to initiate engagement with you. Greeting children in this way offers them the experience that they are in your thoughts, that they are worthy and that you are accessible. This is necessary as … Continue reading →

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Therapeutic caregiving – why conventional is vital

Posted on May 10, 2017 by colbypearce

We know that . . . We do that . . . These are all-too-familiar responses to endeavours to promote conventional aspects of caregiving and relating as part of a therapeutic approach to the care of children who are experiencing, … Continue reading →

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Parental CARE: Implications for Attachment Security and Disorders

Posted on April 26, 2017 by colbypearce

Parental CARE: Implications for Attachment Security and Disorders A webinar with Colby Pearce Saturday 20 May 2017, 10.00am – 1.00pm, London, UK time In the same way that an infant’s attachments develop in association with their experience of who cares for … Continue reading →

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CARERS must CARE – Lessons on attachment from Colby Pearce

Posted on April 20, 2017 by colbypearce

It was such a privilege to be asked recently to write a review for Colby Pearce’s second edition of a ‘Short Introduction to Attachment and Attachment Disorder’. Colby Pearce is one of the leading experts in attachment and as a … Continue reading →

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Therapeutic Childcare – The CARE Approach

Posted on September 23, 2016 by colbypearce

Earlier this year I set about revising and updating A Short Introduction to Attachment and Attachment Disorder. The second edition is available from December 2016. As part of the revision process I considered what we might mean when talking about … Continue reading →

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