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We specialise in working with children, young people and families, but also provide counselling for adults

Useful resources

We have placed here several very useful documents that you can download by clicking the links provided.

Good to Remember

Bullet points to help understand what your child's behaviour is saying

Good_To_Remember.docx 

Helpful Tips for Parents

Tips to assist with attachment focused parenting

Helpful_Tips_for_Parenting.docx 

A poem to Gail.

This poem has been written by a young person receiving DDP alongside her family to describe their appreciation of the support her therapist, Gail Thornton, is providing within Time to Listen.

Young_Person_Poem.pdf 

Rabbit Story for when children may use Dissociation as a coping strategy

Gail has written a story which can be read by parents to their child to help them understand why they might act in different ways at different times.

Rabbit_Story.docx 

Information for School's from the Child's perspective

Useful Information For Schools From The Child's Perspective


Useful_Information_for_Schools_from_Child's_Perspective.docx 

School resource

This can be a helpful document for school to read

Survival_in_School.pdf 

Foster Carer's perspective of DDP

Statement from a Foster Carer who has received Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) Intervention

DDP_Reciever_comments.pdf 

Insightful perspective for Adoptive Parents

Welcome to Holland . A way of understanding the loss of a dream

Welcome_to_Holland_.docx 

Re-framing behaviour for schools

This document can be very useful for school to reframe the behaviour they are seeing

Appropriate_language_for_presenting_behaviour.pdf 

Dan Hughes words of wisdom

A simple yet very effective visual overview of what children with attachment issues need from the master himself Dan Hughes

Dan-Huges-Guide_for_Raising_Your_Troubled_or_Sensitive_Child.pdf 

Dan Siegel's flow chart to help understand the brain

A simple flow chart from Dan Siegel to help understand the brain

The_whole_-brain_child.docx 

A tale for relationships

A lovely story about relationships

The_Warm_Fuzzy_Tale.docx 

"Hear what I am NOT saying"

Please_hear_what_i_am_not_saying.docx 

ADHD or ATTACHMENT

ADHD_or_Attachment.docx 

Trauma Burps

Trauma_Burps.docx 

A Brief History of Adoption

A brief overview on the history of adoption which may be helpful for adolescent adoptees

A_brief_history_of_adoption.docx