Tag Archives: kinshipcare

Ten experts speak about child trauma, safeguarding, and therapeutic care

Followers of this page will be aware that this year I finally started The Secure Start Podcast. So far I have had eleven highly esteemed guests appear, with more booked in. It has been so encouraging that so many respected … Continue reading

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Do I support late stage reunification?

Recently, I was asked the question that is the title of this post. The context in which I was asked aligned with my view that this is an important topic for me to share my views on. Just a disclaimer; … Continue reading

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How do I express unconditional positive regard toward deeply hurt and troubled children and young people?

Transcript: Recently, I have been turning my mind to the notion of unconditional positive regard and how we deploy that when working with deeply hurt and troubled young people. So I think it’s really important to have straight in our … Continue reading

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One piece of advice I would give to people considering working in child protection and social care

In this short video, extracted from a recent interview I gave to Therapeutic Residential and Foster care, I respond to the question about what one piece of advice I would give to people (considering) working in child protection and social … Continue reading

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Therapeutic Care is all about your AURA

Dear Followers, Just bringing to your attention some recent videos I have uploaded to YouTube. The first one you may not have seen is an attempt to delineate responding to the behaviours and responding to the need/reason, using the common … Continue reading

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Building self-worth after trauma

They blame themself For me building self-worth is a critical task when reflecting on the care requirements of children and young people who are recovering from a tough start to life. Self-worth is one of the main casualties of early … Continue reading

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Needs trump reason, and other new videos posted to YouTube this week

This week I posted three more videos drawn from my experience in child and family psychology practice, with a major focus in child protection and out-of-home care, across the last twenty eight years. You will find each video, below. If … Continue reading

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Attachment, Relationships, and the importance of Identity: Being a podcast guest for Lisa Cherry

A couple of weeks ago I posted on LinkedIn that I was interested in releasing more online video content, including long-form conversations, on the subject of my work these past twenty-eight years. I had been reflecting about access to knowledge … Continue reading

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How do I care for a child who experienced early trauma?

The content of this post is drawn from my self-paced learning module on the topic of Early Trauma: The Infant’s Experience. It was developed for carers of children recovering from early relational trauma that necessitated placement away from home. The complete … Continue reading

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Why wont my child communicate?

The content of this post is drawn from my self-paced learning module on the topic of Behaviour as Communication. It was developed for carers of children recovering from early relational trauma that necessitated placement away from home. The complete module … Continue reading

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