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Between Child & Parent – Using Group Support & Reflection to assist in healing Relational Trauma

Between Child & Parent – Using Group Support & Reflection to assist in healing Relational Trauma

In this workshop Margaret will describe a group used in the Early Childhood Unit at Redbank for carers and children with strained relationships and history of trauma. Children and parents/carers attend the group together, and the group offers a supportive space for carers and children to interact as part of the whole group activity, and for carers to reflect on their experience of brief play sessions held during the group time. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss the concepts and to practice some of the skills used in the group.

Conference: AAFT
Areas of Interest / Categories: AAFT 2015, Attachment, Healing, Parenthood, Relationship Issues, Trauma

AAFT 2015

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