How can therapeutic letters support healing, truth-telling and connection?Ciara McClelland from Trauma Informed Consultancy Services explains how letters can help young people feel seen, heard and understood. How they can reach people in a way that conversations can't, and how they can help us say things that might be difficult to talk about in person. Listen to this episode of the Creative Life Story Work podcast for Ciara's tips on where to start with therapeutic letter-writing, techniques you can try, and language to use.Find out more about Ciara's upcoming Live Classroom by clicking here Find out more about Creative Life Story Work membership here, and sign up to our mailing list here, for regular updates on our training and resources.Check out the other training we have coming up, with online Live Classrooms​,​ delivered by our brilliant ​expert trainers>>
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Episode 3: S5E3 - Exploring The Vault: a digital tool for life story work
How can digital tools help young people store important memories, documents and stories? And how can care-experienced voices guide their use? Find out how artists Rosie Reid and Ruth Mary Johnson worked with three young care leavers to experiment with an app called The Vault (developed by Articulate Cultural Trust). Hear how they played, created, and tested The Vault, to see how it could be used to complement life story work. Find out more about The Vault experimentRosie and Ruth have shared more about their work with the young researchers in this blog post here.You can learn more about the All About Me themes, which are mentioned in the podcast episode, here.And find out more about the Rose Model of Therapeutic Life Story Work here. Find out more about Creative Life Story Work membership here, and sign up to our mailing list here, for regular updates on our training and resources.Check out the other training we have coming up, with online Live Classrooms​,​ delivered by our brilliant ​expert trainers>>
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Episode 2: S5E2 - How to add creativity into life story work
In this episode of the Creative Life Story Work podcast, Dawn is joined by Blue Cabin Associate Artist, Nic Golightly, to explore the power of creativity in life story work. Together, they challenge the myth of 'I’m not creative', uncover everyday acts of imagination we often overlook, and share how playful approaches can spark confidence, connection and curiosity. From mistakes to masterpieces, Nic reveals how creativity in all its forms can open up new ways of storytelling and strengthen relationships.Sign up to Nic's live classroom by clicking here Find out more about Creative Life Story Work membership here, and sign up to our mailing list here, for regular updates on our training and resources.Check out the other training we have coming up, with online Live Classrooms​,​ delivered by our brilliant ​expert trainers>>
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Episode 1: S5E1 - Therapeutic Life Story Work with adults
Psychologist Amy Payne joins us from Australia's Blue Mountains to talk about Therapeutic Life Story Work with adults. We discuss how she has adapted the Rose model of Therapeutic Life Story Work for different ages and Amy shares examples of its use. Find out how Therapeutic Life Story Work can help adults manage transitions in life and plan for the future. Discover how to retain elements of creativity and playfulness in life story work with adults, and how it can help you map out multi-generational stories taking in grandparents, parents and children. Find out more about Creative Life Story Work membership here, and sign up to our mailing list here, for regular updates on our training and resources.Sign up to Amy's live classroom by clicking hereCheck out the other training we have coming up, with online Live Classrooms​,​ delivered by our brilliant ​expert trainers>>
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Episode 12: S4E12 - Making genograms more creative and meaningful
Clinical psychologist Dr Karen Treisman MBE joins us to talk about genograms and why they matter in trauma-informed care. Genograms are a visual representation of a family tree, which are often used in therapeutic settings. Karen shares how we can extend the traditional genogram model to make it into something much more creative, relational and meaningful. Hear how you can incorporate different materials -- from household items to puppets -- and use genograms as a springboard to open up questions and discussions about intergenerational themes, patterns and relationships.Find out more about Creative Life Story Work membership here, and sign up to our mailing list here, for regular updates on our training and resources.Sign up to Karen's live classroom by clicking hereCheck out the other training we have coming up, with online Live Classrooms​,​ delivered by our brilliant ​expert trainers>>
Find out how a creative approach to Life Story Work can help children and young people who have been in care make sense of their past and build a brighter future.A new model for Life Story Work is being rolled out in the North East of England, and this podcast shares the latest learning and investigates how it could help improve the lives of care-experienced children and young people across the country.
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