Therapeutic parenting support
Guidance for carers and professionals to nurture, heal, and support children's needs.
We have different ways to support carers and professionals with our therapeutic groups, alongside individual support. Take a look at how we can help.
Individual Therapeutic Support
We provide direct therapeutic intervention for children and young people (aged 0-24). This support is offered using a range of therapeutic approaches, including therapeutic parenting support for caregivers.
We believe that intervention support for children and young people can be more effective when their parenting teams - foster carers, social workers, teachers - are offered support too.
Find out more about individual therapeutic support on our page below.
Visit our individual support page for more information.
Attachment Group
This group programme, inspired by Kim Golding’s Foundations for Attachment, is designed to help foster carers feel more confident in using therapeutic parenting. Through a mix of group reflection, discussion, and practical activities, carers explore how developmental trauma affects children and how to respond in ways that build trust and connection.
Over six sessions, carers dive into topics like attachment styles, the impact of trauma and shame, and the principles of therapeutic parenting—especially using PACE (Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity, Empathy). There’s also space to reflect on personal experiences, explore barriers to connection, and think about self-care, which is key to sustaining therapeutic relationships.
Find out about our upcoming dates below and download our leaflet for more information:
Upcoming Dates TBC
RE-Play (TBC)
Connection through play!
More information to be added in due course about a newly developed group therapeutic parenting intervention.
TBC
Intro to Trauma, Attachment & Therapeutic Parenting
This in-person training programme offers a trauma-informed approach to understanding the emotional and behavioural needs of children and young people. It explores how early experiences of neglect, inconsistent caregiving, and relational traumas affect attachment, brain development, and a child’s sense of safety.
- Attachment styles and the impact of developmental trauma
- Therapeutic parenting using the PACE model: Play, Acceptance, Curiosity, Empathy
- Understanding shame and its influence on behaviour
- The 'Window of Tolerance' and strategies for co-regulation
- The 'Two Hands of Parenting': combining nurturing care with safe, non-punitive boundaries
This training equips caregivers and professionals with practical tools to support healing, build trust, and foster secure relationships with children and young people who have experienced trauma.
Visit our training page for more information, upcoming dates and to register your interest.
Therapeutic Parenting with PACE Training Programme
Currently this programme not included within the new 2025 service model, but is available for spot purchase by individual provisions.
This programme provides a series of monthly half-day training sessions can be provided for groups of supervising social workers, residential care workers or foster carers.
The goal of this is to build confidence and skills for therapeutic parents, recognising the challenges they may face in doing this.
From January 2026 we will be launching a new way to sustain reflective and trauma informed practices across a broader reach in Derby and Derbyshire.
For more information visit: Reflective Practice: our RELATE approach