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Every time we take on a new referral or leave our notes in a locked filing cabinet in a school there are legal and ethical principles at work.

Working with children and young people can present us with challenges, large and small, that demand thoughtful and rigorous processes of decision-making.

This interview is a follow up discussion to the presentation that Susan delivered at the Working with Children & Young People Conference in January 2014, Susan has very kindly agreed to spend more time with us thinking through this fascinating and challenging topic

We enjoyed talking with Jo about her book “Mindful Therapeutic Care for Children” which is an excellent text supporting practitioners and parents to develop their capacity for mindful care.

This talk will explore how an understanding of attachment is crucial to building a child’s resilience in school. It will consider the work of Place2Be through case examples related to this theme, as well as offering practitioners some ideas to develop their own work with children.

Following on from Stephanie’s last interview with us she has generously offered to come back and offer her top tips for helping clients emotionally regulate.

Stephanie used a case presentation to demonstrate strategies that she uses with clients to help them regulate their emotions and be more able to manage in their lives.

Wilderness Psychotherapy is at the cutting edge of psychotherapy. Child at Heart works with the Four Shields, an earth based ecopsychology model that acknowledges the cycles and seasons in nature and how they affect our lives, in other words, we show our clients how to work with the teachings of the land.

We take young people through the Four Shields, which are a psychological and physical map of all nature, of which we are a part. We bring young people into Holding the Space, a radical approach to working with trauma and abuse. This is a therapeutic model that focuses on the building of community and on non violent conflict resolution.

Katherine and Carol engaged in a dialogue about why they offer counselling to children and young people and why they train others to do the same. The dialogue was inspired by their own discussions around what they could offer to the conference as trainers and practitioners.

The Presentation is concluded by a thought provoking and moving story that led to an audience discussion about the practical and political issues around working with Children & Young People.

This presentation was a reflective end to a conference packed full of learning about working with Children & Young People.

Often children and adolescents will not make the decision themselves to attend therapy. Professionals or caring adults choose. The initial step of working with this client group is to engage them in the therapeutic relationship and this short workshop will consider how to engage and build the therapeutic relationship. I will consider rage, shame and conflict within the relationship and how to engage child and adolescent clients.

In this workshop we will explore the emotional and relational impact of trauma on children. This will include a brief overview of the impact of trauma on brain development and attachment patterns. Through the use of clinical examples we will demonstrate how to work effectively and safely with trauma.

As part of the preparation for the “Working with Children & Young People” Conference that Karen is presenting at on January 26th, Karen has agreed to do an online interview with us to give us a sense of herself and how she works.

  Suggested Reference Jones J, Taylor S & Wilson J (2012). Create it! Change it!: A New Approach to Parenting – Interview with Jacci Jones…