A Day With Dan Hughes
‘A Day with Dan Hughes’ is a video recording of Dan’s presentation at Scottish Attachment In Action’s conference in Aberdeen in October 2018, held in partnership with Aberdeen City Council. It will be of interest and use to professionals, parent and carers.
Powerfully Interwoven with stories of his therapeutic work with families, Dan talks about the potential impact on all aspects of children’s development of interfamilial trauma. He straightforwardly explains the theoretical underpinnings of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, for example, Intersubjectivity, Blocked Trust and Blocked Care. Dan then articulates how these understandings translate into therapeutic action with the core attitude of PACE, supporting the parenting figures to keep their hearts hopeful, and the children - with their parents as co-therapists - to go on the journey from ‘it’s my fault, I’m a bad kid ‘to I am ‘likeable and lovable’. The recording is interspersed through stories with practical parenting strategies such as connection before correction.
Part 1 - 1 hour 10 minutes
After a welcome from Graham Simpson, Aberdeen City Council's Chief Social Work Officer, Dan Hughes talks about building relationships and building trust with traumatised children
Part 2 - 45 minutes
Dan Hughes on caring for children who block care.
Part 3 - 27 minutes
Dan Hughes on creating connections with traumatised children.
Dan kindly has allowed us to share this recording in support of the ongoing work at Scottish Attachment in Action. For a small fee of just £10 you can access the links to the three parts on Vimeo.
A link and password to access the recordings will be emailed to the purchasers e-mail address. Please note their may be a delay in receiving this, as the SAIA Development Team work part time hours only.
