DDP Level One Training, Worcestershire, England
Dates: 18th May 2026 - 21st May 2026 | Time: 9:30 am - 4:30 pm BST
This is an introductory 4-day course on Dyadic Developmental Practice, Psychotherapy and Parenting, an intervention model developed by Dan Hughes, Clinical Psychologist, USA.
This approach assists therapists and professionals to understand and effectively support children, young people and their families. In this model, theory and research in the areas of developmental trauma, attachment theory, intersubjectivity and child development are integrated to produce a therapeutic approach used for relationship development and trauma resolution.
DDP recognises the vital role which adoptive parents, foster carers and residential workers play as primary attachment figures in the recovery of traumatised, attachment-resistant children.
The principles and interventions are presented through formal presentations, discussion, videotape of sessions, role-play, and hand outs.
Who is it For?
The training is relevant and open to therapists and practitioners who have experience in working with children and young people with trauma-attachment problems and their foster, adoptive or birth families.
Required reading prior to attending the training:
Healing Relational Trauma Workbook, Dan Hughes & Kim S. Golding
Healing Relational Trauma with Attachment-Focused Interventions, Dan Hughes, Kim S. Golding, Julie Hudson
Lunch and refreshments are included.
For more information or to book your place, please contact us using the details below.
Contact: Chris Barrett at chris@kimsgolding.co.uk or Bonita Fradd at bonita.fradd@btinternet.com or 077 87436163
Lunch and refreshments are included.
We are able to offer 3 tickets at an alternative ticket price that we hope will encourage individuals who self-identify as belonging to an under-represented section of our UK and Ireland community. This might include LGBTQ+, Global Majority, Physical disability / sensitivity, Neurodivergence, Low income, Adult Adoptees, and individuals that might identify as belonging within the intersections of groups that are underserved, for example. Please get in touch if you would like to request one of these tickets.