Category Archives: trauma
Relational templates within the family
The relationships that are demonstrated between the adults within the child’s family provide powerful experiences of how to manage these outside of it. Whilst children may not be able differentiate between helpful and harmful responses to situations, they are reliant … Continue reading
Posted in anxiety, Behaviour, emotional wellbeing, family, Parents, Relationships, Stress, trauma
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What is this child trying to tell me?
What do you do if you feel upset, worried or have just had a bad day? As adults we have the ability to use language to express our thoughts and feelings about ourselves and our experiences. Children do not have … Continue reading
Posted in anxiety, Behaviour, emotional wellbeing, Relationships, School, self regulation, staff, Stress, trauma
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Children who are overly independent
I have recently started play therapy with a four year old who is very quiet, doesnt make much eye contact and is involved in a lot of solitary play during the session. This week he was trying without success to … Continue reading
An insight into one child’s behaviour
I have been doing play therapy with a six year old boy for five weeks now, i will call him Jack. Like many children in our schools he has had some very difficult experiences outside of school, which have … Continue reading
Posted in anxiety, Behaviour, emotional wellbeing, fear, Helping, primary school, trauma, Uncategorized
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Meeting the needs of looked after children
I have been doing some work in schools recently with looked after children and their foster carers and am shocked and amazed by how much we expect these children to manage. Looked after children have usually experienced living with chaos, … Continue reading
Children who sabotage
Some children have such negative and traumatic life experiences that they may approach life with a “what’s the point” attitude. This has been learnt as a defence mechanism against feeling hurt and upset. Their lives have been so painful that … Continue reading
Posted in anxiety, fear, sabotage, School, trauma
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