Meaning of the Child:
“The Meaning of the Child Interview is the most important development in the field of attachment and caregiving since the Adult Attachment Interview.”
Dr Steve Farnfield, co-editor ‘The Routledge Handbook of Attachment’, review of Meaning of the Child Interview: Making Sense of Parent-Child Relationships
NEW: Meaning of the Child Interview Introduction: Principles of Practice – Self-Taught
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NEW: Coding the Meaning of the Child interview (REQUIRES intro course): Self-Taught
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MotC Practice Pathway – using the MotC to understand families and plan intervention. Self-Taught
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Further endorsement of the Meaning of the Child: Making Sense of Parent-Child relationships. See here for further reviews and testimonials
“Ben Grey has developed and researched the Meaning of the Child Interview over many years. The significance and reach of this compassionate and leading-edge approach to the assessment of parenting in child and family welfare practice is seen in this hugely informative, engaging and practical handbook. It outlines a clear path for how a systemic and ecological formulation of caregiving based in attachment dynamics leads to more nuanced choices for assistance and relationship repair.”
Arlene Vetere, Professor Emeritus of Family Therapy and Systemic Practice, VID Specialized University, Oslo, Norway
“As a child protection social worker, I found The Meaning of the Child Interview transformational. Ben Grey masterfully and accessibly integrates attachment, mentalising, offering a practical guide to developing rich, systemic understandings of parent-child relationships. Through illuminating case examples, this book equips social workers with invaluable tools to enhance practice and truly help children and their families.”
Richard Devine, Social Worker, UK and co-host of the Relational Activism in Social Work Podcast
“The Meaning of the Child Interview is a sensitive, nuanced, and practical means of developing a deeper understanding of caregiver processes – bridging the research-practitioner divide. This book is the definitive guide to this assessment practice: comprehensive, informed, and drawing on the latest research and theory.”
Mick Cooper, Professor of Counselling Psychology, University of Roehampton, UK