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Post by esty on Jun 12, 2017 13:09:12 GMT
Can anyone explain it in a nutshell please?
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Post by serrakunda on Jun 12, 2017 16:02:35 GMT
Dan Huges - PACE
Attachment based - involves both child and parent/s/carers
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Post by leo on Jun 12, 2017 18:34:18 GMT
Agree witb Serrakunda.
My children have individual play therapy type sessions and then dyadic sessions with me. Doesn't always follow 'PACE'/Dan Hughes style but the kwy thing is the parent being there to support the process and discussion. Sessions can be art, drama, play, talking or gym based but the focus is on dealing with the history to improve the relationship now.
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Post by esty on Jun 13, 2017 3:27:28 GMT
Leo is it making changes even small ones?
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Post by leo on Jun 13, 2017 6:06:14 GMT
Slow but steady changes even though mine find it incredidbly hard to engage.
I would say though that your trust and relationship with the therapist is key to it working -we had one earlier attempt that failed badly due to the therapist just not 'getting it'.
Make sure you meet them first and suss them out before they meet your child.
Happy to share more but currently on my phone and struggling to type!
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Post by leo on Jun 13, 2017 6:08:10 GMT
Major change is no violence now. Verbal aggression still - since puberty started - but no actual violence.
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Post by topcat on Jun 13, 2017 6:40:38 GMT
What it did for us was bring in the 'elephant in the room' which was Brains' past - all other therapies seemed to address behaviour with the assumption that when the difficult ones stopped he would magically resolve what had happened to him and that he would be the one to bring it up...DDP also helped us see his specific survival strategies, for example creating a noise curtain to block out difficult ideas. This has helped both addressing specific behaviour and accepting it because you know what it is - mind you, I may have to draw the line at everything on the dinner table becoming a drum kit soon (!)
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Post by daffin on Jun 15, 2017 10:08:00 GMT
Monkey Boy has just had his dyadic psychotherapy suspended as he was getting very disruptive in sessions - hitting the therapist, running around, being controlling etc. We're back to NVR in an attempt to bring down his agitation. He struggled with the talk aspect of the sessions and really really didn't want to talk about feelings or his birth family. The therapist was determined to push on regardless and we had some very challenging and confrontational conversations with her.
DDP sounded like such a good idea but MB just wasn't ready. I think a therapy with more physical input plus art and play would perhaps have been better. We need to regroup.
So, in my opinion, it's not necessarily right for every child and has to be implemented really carefully.
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