Past Events

A group mainly for those working therapeutically with parents and children using the principles of the Meaning of the Child. The aim is to encourage and support one another, share good practice and offer suggestions regarding case-work or other issues, as raised by group members themselves. This group has also become a place where we can share experiences of using  MotC principles in services where the MotC is less well known, so that we feel less isolated and can gain…

An opportunity to re-visit the practice schedule part 2 with online webinar support on 24th Aug and 5th Oct. We will work through the practice schedule together with feedback and e mail support from Juliet. If you have been meaning to work towards reliability and were too busy before this is your chance to re-engage and meet your goals !! We will  begin with 90 minute webinar on the 24th Aug to re-visit general principles in coding ( a recording will…

A group mainly for those working therapeutically with parents and children using the principles of the Meaning of the Child. The aim is to encourage and support one another, share good practice and offer suggestions regarding case-work or other issues, as raised by group members themselves. This group has also become a place where we can share experiences of using  MotC principles in services where the MotC is less well known, so that we feel less isolated and can gain…

A group mainly for those working therapeutically with parents and children using the principles of the Meaning of the Child. The aim is to encourage and support one another, share good practice and offer suggestions regarding case-work or other issues, as raised by group members themselves. This group has also become a place where we can share experiences of using  MotC principles in services where the MotC is less well known, so that we feel less isolated and can gain…

Observing Parent-Child Relationships in Contact What is it? This new 2-day training course aims to teach a relational approach to observing parent-child relationships in child-parent contact following separation. Current practice in the observation of contact tends to be task focussed, looking at what parents and/or child(ren) do rather than what is happening between the parent and the child, and what this means for the relationship.  This can lead  to a skewed and partial understanding where risk can be missed, concealed…

Juliet Kesteven and Dr Ben Grey will continue to develop the themes put forward in the Don’t Blame the Parents day last year.  The Meaning of the Child Interview (MotC) and CARE-index patterns of caregiving (Sensitive, Controlling, Unresponsive), as well as the circle of subpatterns, refer to how the parent’s care might be experienced by a particular child.   They don’t in themselves, describe the parent, or how the parent experiences the relationship.  This raises important questions: What might it be…

Online and in person at: Cambridge Centre for Attachment: Garden Annexe, Old Railway Tavern, Station Road, Cambridge, CB24 3DS 10am – 4.30pm   What is is it? A workshop  designed to support those trained and involved in, or actively interested in using the MotC.  Its aim is to continue the development of an active network of those interested in the MotC, to facilitate ‘peer supervision’ & the sharing of ideas, experience and expertise. Who is it for? Anyone trained (or…