What is Therapeutic Parenting?
Therapeutic Parenting is an approach aimed at creating an environment and relationships that facilitate growth and change through a holistic therapeutic experience.
We ensure that every single interaction with our young people is therapeutic, and by focusing on the theory behind a young person’s experience, we transform the way we view and respond to their needs, enabling us to be compassionate and empathic carers who support them to feel safe and more positive about themselves.
Therapeutic 24/7
Through nurturing relationships, we help young people comprehend how their past painful experiences have influenced the way they think, feel, and behave so that they can embark on a journey of self-empowerment where behaviours rooted in self-harm can be replaced by those that embrace self-care.
Why we chose this approach to care and education
Traditionally, residential child care has been well-intended about managing behaviours and containing emotions, as well as meeting the needs for nurture and providing a positive experience for children and young people. However, only containing harmful behaviours leads to simply ‘fire-fighting’ and not addressing and meeting the individual needs.
We decided to develop our Therapeutic Parenting model to look beyond the presenting behaviours and understand the function they serve. As a result, we see behaviour as a form of communication, allowing us to meet the unmet need while supporting young people to recover from their early years’ traumatic experiences and manage their behaviour safely. addressing and meeting the individual needs.