Today was our puppets in practice day. Hosted by the fab Ragdoll Services it was so fun to have a day for lightness, fun, play, creativity, discovering, exploring, being wlike minded people.We had people travelling from across the country & honoured to share a treasure box of ideas.& to make puppets

Tell me your story’ a qualitative analysis of written narratives from individuals affected by sibling sexual abuse and behaviour: The perspective of parents www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Goodness all packed up for tomorrow’s puppet course. It’s a lot of stuff! Plus some pics of the kids trying out some of the materials:)

A lot of fun in a splash room today! V satisfying!

Been a v busy week w f2f training in Lincoln and Durham. However a day of fun- a pirate treasure themed escape room which they loved, an arcade & the park. Now about to do some art. Plus they helped me prepare goodies & some activities for next Tuesdays puppet training in Milton Keynes.Still 1 place

I love coming up with fun, fab, interesting and engaging metaphors, stories and explanations. Psycho education and the why can be so helpful. But also have lots of interactive items to bring concepts alive. Here are some of my brain based ones.

I was in pretty Durham- a morning session w a great group for school staff focusing on power of language and then an afternoon session with educational professionals spotlighting on micro strategies for anchoring. Then just had a v long drive home!

Tonight we went to Alanis Morissette. It was a mission but SO WORTH it. We loved it. Was electric and special to be in collective joy. Trip down memory lane and fab to do it together. She was epic. So authentic and magnetic. And bonus was lots of gluten free food!

Disclose for children of sexual abuse article onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

Only 2 weeks left! Feeling like you need a day of fun, play, joy, nurture, connection. As well as picking up a treasure box of tools for using puppets. This is one time only day. I have a little puppet addiction:) Get your tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/ragdo...

A morning keynote for Powys around the power of relationships. Then back with the ever wonderful Moore house discussing evaluation design and doing cultural reviews, followed by a meeting with one of my doctorate thesis, and a policy review.

nationalfasd.org.uk/the-cost-of-... The Cost of Inaction on FASD: A Critical Gap in Current Reforms – and a credible UK-wide plan to fill

With a fab FCAMHS team today- having a day talking about a whole range of concepts, tools, and reflections to enrich their thorny but important work further. Caring for the carers.

Our Voice: Survivor Experiences of Online Abuse. Understanding the Distinct Impacts of Online and Offline Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation www.suojellaanlapsia.fi/en/post/our-...

An afternoon with an inspiring team who have commissioned me to design some resources and activities for them to support children who are experiencing school based abuse. Love putting my creative hat to use

Wonderful to be with the fab team from young lives vs cancer for a thinking space this morning around a trauma informed lens in the context of cancer, centring cultural humility, and enriching their training resources.

Back with the wonderful FirstLight- an amazing organisation who support parents & relatives who have had a child die. We are doing a day reviewing policies, doing a trauma infused walk through, looking at their processes to enrich & quality assure,

Ambiguous Loss and Disenfranchized Grief in Adoption Breakdown: Perspectives of Adopters Nicola Platt, Eleanor Vowles www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Back with Channel and Choices again- today’s focus is the incredibly important often sidelined topic of moving on, transitions, and goodbyes within foster care and children’s homes. sharing lots of ways of being, amongst a treasure box of direct work tools to support

Exploring factors influencing attitudes of professionals and paraprofessionals towards individuals who have sexually offended: a systematic review Tanzeel Ali Akhtar & Zoe Stephenson www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Associations between brain function during fear learning and inflammatory levels: The moderating roles of early and late maltreatment- Chen et al., 2026 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Back with Irish Association of Speech and Language Therapists- today’s focus is on what the trauma informed and healing centred values mean & look like in practice. Why the why matters and what happens when these values are missing or not felt or embodied.Then ending the day w a supervision session

What a gorgeous day. What a difference it makes when people turn up to training w cameras on, excited to be there, & enthusiastic about the topic. Love days like today when feel change is possible & know that people will infuse lots of the golden nuggets into practice & take them to the next level

psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d... A qualitative meta-analysis on therapist responsiveness to dissociation: Introducing the dissociation-responsive therapy model

Powerful, Weightless, and Free: Reconceptualising Young People's Narratives of Resistance in the Context of Sexual Violence and Exploitation Using Recognition Theory onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Physical punishment and child outcomes in the UK www.ucl.ac.uk/population-h...

Ooh an afternoon with GPs and primary care practitioner talking about trauma infused ideas and how small things and micro tweaks can make a big difference. Then ending the day with a thinking space session with a senior leader.

Back for part 2 for lots of workshopping around this- A morning with a wonderful adult learning disability service focusing on the values & principles of trauma informed practice. Embedding & reflecting on their journey. Already some fab conversations about layering, weathering & dosing experiences

A morning with a wonderful adult learning disability service focusing on the values and principles of trauma informed practice. Embedding and reflecting on their journey. Already some fab conversations about layering, weathering and dosing experiences.

Happy International Day of Play. A day to celebrate the power, magic, joy, creativity, connection, wonder, and possibilities that play can bring across the lifespan! I love bringing play into sessions, training, team connecting days, my resources and more.

Attendance really is everyone’sbusiness”: Promoting attendance and preventing exclusions in children with a social worker - secondary school staff perspectives www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Posttraumatic stress in infancy: The roles of cumulative trauma and caregiving context- onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Busy morning- recording a bespoke online module for an organisation so they can use in their induction. A couple of meetings about direct work tools to support the voice of the child. And planning for a creative team connecting day full of fun and enriching activities.

A varied day-a morn thinking space w a team around the emotional heavy lifting of the work we do.Then supervision,a policy review, supporting the creation of an evaluation of org culture,& some conversations around developing some direct work tools for kinship carers & also for exploring friendships

I just had a change of plans so if anyone wants to book a half day or full day training or half day full day consultation I’m now available on 2nd July, 15th July, or 21st July. That’s my only availability now until mid october.

A day of book writing, recording a bespoke new modules for an organisation, and putting together 3 new training packages for teams. With a swim weaved in:)

Beyond excited for this course! It’s super unique. Will have more than a treasure box of tools. Lots of fun hands up activities, theories, ways of being. So often training is watered down or squashed into a day but this has 14 days to really be able to think, be creative, embed and enrich

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... “Mainstream is not right for a huge group of children now”: Parent/carer insights and experiences of neurodivergent pupils’ school distress and attendance difficulties

Today I have a thinking space w 1 of my clinical psychology doctorate students about their viva, then a consult for a PhD student about a TI project. & then a meeting around supporting an evaluation & policy review for 2 diff organisations. Love being part of research & having variety + writing time

m.youtube.com/watch?v=_z0i... Do listen so many inspiring wisdom from the heart led Mrs S

Back with the wonderful Blue Cabin today. Focusing on concepts, ways of being and some tools to support anchoring, regulating, and grounding. Including some micro anchors which can be infused in the everyday.

Going out tomorrow! Do sign up if haven’t already