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This day grows from the doctoral and post-doctoral research undertaken by Fiona in which she used the term Tacit Maternal Knowing to capture this body based knowledge and make it available to all clinicians, whatever gender or parental status, who want to understand the relational aspects of their work in as much depth and nuance as understanding the neuroscientific.

Just as the body keeps the score, the body also tells us the story.  As social beings, Fiona makes the argument that for lasting and meaningful change, people need their narrative, storytelling and personal truths  to be heard (certainly alongside, maybe more so, than science based truths).  This day will help you tune into those personal story truths that come into your therapy room via the bodies of the people you are working with.

Theraplay is an attachment based, trauma-informed method of interacting with children. Theraplay is adult-directed, structured play that incorporates playful, cooperative and nurturing activities that enhance the emotional well-being of children.
The Theraplay approach can very quickly and dramatically improve the quality of the classroom or other group setting and provide teachers, counsellors and therapists with resources to maintain an emotionally positive and cognitively enriched environment.