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The Psychology of Children in Care
with Kim Matthews
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What you’ll explore
- Why Life Story Work is essential for children in care and their long-term wellbeing
- How missing or misunderstood narratives affect identity, behaviour and mental health
- Practical ways to hold children's stories safely and shape narratives that build resilience
About this talk
Explore how the stories children in care carry shape their identity, behaviour and wellbeing.
What happens when a child grows up without a complete, clear understanding of their own story? Children in care often grow up with confusing narratives shaped by adults speaking about them rather than with them. This talk explores how those stories directly influence identity, behaviour, relationships and self-worth.
It explains why Therapeutic Life Story Work matters, what happens when it's done poorly or too late, and how it can reduce distress, support healing and improve mental wellbeing — grounded in everyday experience, for professionals and those with lived experience of adverse childhood experiences alike.
A peek inside
Your speaker: Kim Matthews
Kim Matthews is a qualified social worker and therapeutic practitioner leading the Therapeutic Life Story Work at The Behaviour Clinic, specialising in work with children in care; she trains practitioners nationally. Laura Neal is a social worker, Board Certified Behaviour Analyst and founder of The Behaviour Clinic, co-developing training and published research to improve Life Story Work across the UK.
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