Tag Archives: psychology

An attachment-informed perspective about why healing birth family connection is vital in social care endeavours.

Posted on September 25, 2025 by colbypearce

Attachment is an important consideration in decisions that are made in Child Protection. Attachment security is an aspirational goal for children and young people who could not be safely cared for at home with their birth family. Though this is … Continue reading →

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When are psychology interventions developmental?

Posted on September 20, 2025 by colbypearce

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has delivered much-needed support for children and young adults who have a neurodevelopmental condition  or other diagnosed disability. Psychology service provision is one of these supports. However, in recent times the National Disability Insurance … Continue reading →

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Update About Me

Posted on December 8, 2024 by colbypearce

In this post I share with the reader a statement of my competencies and experience that I bring to my work and any role I am engaged for. It is also represented on the About Me page of this site. … Continue reading →

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Diary of a Psychotherapist #2: Attachment

Posted on November 4, 2024 by colbypearce

This is the second of what I plan to be a series of short videos about my thoughts on psychotherapy service delivery, with a special focus on service provision to children and young people who have experienced relational and developmental … Continue reading →

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Understanding and Managing Children’s Unsettled Behavior After Parent Contact

Posted on July 24, 2024 by colbypearce

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

Posted on July 24, 2024 by colbypearce

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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We need to think more broadly than responding to the unmet need

Posted on July 24, 2024 by colbypearce

In this video I share my thoughts about the need to broaden the much used maxim in out-of-home care circles, from “respond to the need” to “respond to the reason for the behaviour”. My views are shaped by my observation … Continue reading →

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

Posted on November 8, 2023 by colbypearce

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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Redundancy as a goal of trauma-focused psychotherapy

Posted on February 13, 2023 by colbypearce

When you take on the psychotherapy role with a child or young person who is recovering from as tough start to life in out-of-home care, there is a real possibility that you will become the most consistent and enduring adult … Continue reading →

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What attachment security looks like

Posted on November 1, 2022 by colbypearce

In the first blog of this series about child welfare intervention outcomes, I wrote about the importance of knowing, and being able to say, what progress toward successful outcomes looks like. In this second blog of the series, I will … Continue reading →

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