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The Secure Start Podcast Episode One: Sally Rhodes

I recently started a podcast. This is a project I intended to launch more than a year ago. Unfortunately, life intervened. My first guest is Sally Rhodes. Sally has a Master of Social Work, and a Graduate Diploma in Family … Continue reading

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Diary of a Psychotherapist #3: The impact of a long career in child protection and out-of-home care

This video stems from preparations for supervision I was delivering to a social enterprise that works in the child protection and out-of-home space, with a mind to they might feel acknowledged, and acknowledge each other, in the challenging and rewarding … Continue reading

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Understanding and Managing Children’s Unsettled Behavior After Parent Contact

In this audio, drawn from one of my supervision sessions with a local organisation, I lead the group through a reflective process considering the question – why are some children unsettled after birth parent contact? The audio is intended to … Continue reading

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Childhood Trauma and Fire Lighting: Differentiation, Reasons, and Interventions

In this video I respond to a question raised in supervision, recently, about my thoughts about children and young people who light fires. This led to a wide-ranging conversation, a portion of which is shared here. The video is intended … Continue reading

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Working with At-Risk Families: The Importance of Regulating Shame

In The Zahir, author Paulo Coelho tells the story of two firefighters who take a break from fighting a forest fire by a stream. The face of one of the firefighters is dirty and sooty. The face of the other … Continue reading

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