Healing the Hidden Hurts: Transforming Attachment and Trauma Theory into Effective Practice with Families, Children and Adults

About

Caroline Archer is an adoptive parent an independent consultant in post-adoption support and a therapeutic parent mentor. She is also the bestselling author of Reparenting the Child who Hurts: A Guide to Healing Developmental Trauma and Attachment First Steps in Parenting a Child who Hurts: Tiddlers and Toddlers 2nd Edition and Next Steps in Parenting a Child who Hurts: Tykes and Teens (with Christine Gordon). Christine Gordon is an adoptive parent with many years' experience of working with adoptive and foster families. She was a co-founder of Family Futures Consortium London. Alongside her 'hands on' supportive role to parents she is active in training and promoting the professional role of parent mentor as an integral part of the therapeutic team. Helen Jury is an Art Psychotherapist and Supervisor in Independent Practice UK working with adults and children groups and individuals clinical training patients and referrals from agencies and organisations and at University College London (UCL) gathering data for PhD doctoral research. Helen is an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Art Therapy. Helen co-edited 'Art Therapy in Museums and Galleries - Reframing Practice' with Ali Coles also published by Jessica Kingsley.