Brainy Kids Skating on Thin Ice: New Thoughts on Psyche-Soma and How Minds Over-Develop to Cope with Trauma

Psychotherapist, trainer, author and supervisor. He has been Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist at the Tavistock Centre where he worked for nearly 30 years, and he has been adult Psychotherapist for about 35 years. Formerly Associate Clinical Director of the Tavistock Clinic’s Child and Family Department, he has developed many innovative programs, including setting up services in over 40 schools and a range of services working with the aftermath of child maltreatment and neglect. His clinical specialty for decades been understanding and working with trauma. He supervises and teaches nationally and internationally and has a particular interest in linking cutting-edge developmental findings with therapeutic practice. His publications include Nurturing Natures (2023, 2016, 2010), Respark: Igniting Hope and Joy after Trauma and Depression, (2022), Affect and Emotion (2022, 2001), Nurturing Children: From Trauma to Hope (2019), The Good Life (2014), as well as co-editing From Trauma to Harming Others.