Ep 06- 'A Bag of Metaphors': Training in Trauma

05/04/15 • 38 min

Join Adela and Stephan as they discuss the trickiness of training professionals and carers to put developmental trauma theory and its counter-intuitive strategies into practice

Join Adela and Stephan as they discuss the trickiness of training professionals and carers to put developmental trauma theory and its counter-intuitive strategies into practice

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Ep 05: Sparing The Rod- How Trauma Theory Informs Everyday Parenting

How do new understandings of developmental trauma inform decisions in everyday parenting? This week's discussion opens a few cans of worms, as Adela and Stephan discuss the implications of trauma theory for debates on 'smacking', 'controlled crying' and other tricky parenting issues.

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Ep 07- Holding the Balloon Strings: Reclaiming Therapeutic Care

In this episode Adela and Stephan discuss the possible decline of trauma-informed practice, that in order to make a real and measurable difference, the system must be set in an understanding of developmental trauma and its ongoing effects.