DDP Guide to Healing Childhood Trauma

Kim S. Golding (Author) Kim S. Golding CBE, BSc, MSc, D. Clin. Psy. AFBPsS is a clinical psychologist who works in Worcestershire, England where she was influential in the founding of the Integrated Service for Looked After Children - a multi-agency, holistic service providing support for foster, adoptive and residential parents, schools and the range of professionals supporting children growing up in care or in adoptive families. Kim was trained and mentored by Dan Hughes in the use of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP). She was formerly on the board of the Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Institute supporting the use of DDP in Europe, USA and Canada. She accredits and trains professionals in the approach and has been invited to speak about this work internationally.Juliet Young (Illustrator) Dr Juliet Young is a Clinical Psychologist and author of An Illustrated Guide to Clinical Psychology. She has training in narrative approaches, systemic and community psychology and accreditation as a cognitive behaviour therapist. She runs the Instagram page, @creative.clinical.psychologist where she shares illustrations explaining concepts from her training and work. Find her on Patreon or on Etsy @CreativeClinicalPsy.

The goal of DDP is to enable the child to understand their traumatic experiences and to discover new experiences of resilience and trust. The goal of Dr. Kim Golding's guide is to enable the reader to experience this process and utilize it in their work with these children and their caregivers. Her writing is so clear, so able to carry experiences, that this guide has become a companion for them as they journey with these children who need to develop a safer, more coherent story to describe their lives. In so doing, Kim has beautifully described the experience that is created by DDP. I believe that she will manage to touch and affect both the mind and heart of many of the readers of this guide.