There are many child development theories that help professionals understand how a child learns, interacts, relates and play – these theories play an important role for therapists in helping us to understand our child and adult clients – what environmental & relational factors help a child thrive and what hinders development, leaving a person barely able to survive.
In this workshop we’ll draw upon child development theories, to understand a child’s early years, including:
- object relations theory
- exploring how Freud’s psychosexual theory can still offer insight today
- Jean Piaget’s cognitive development theory
- Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Theory
- Diana Baumrind’s Parenting Styles Theory
- parts theory
Within these theories you’ll gain an understanding of the factors that enable a child to thrive – a strong sense of self, confidence in relationships and a capacity for agency in the world – and what can happen to rupture a child’s development resulting in poor self esteem, dysfunctional patterns of relating and feeling inadequate in the world.
Learning Objective Participants Can Expect From This Event
- To gain an understanding of what helps a child to thrive
- To understand a range of child development theories
- To explore the ruptures that can take place for a child in their development
How May This Workshop Impact Your Practice?
- To deepen insight into your clients early years and it’s impact
Course Content
Presenter
Kate Williams has been in therapeutic practice since 2009 with a background in counselling in further education. She currently runs a busy private practice, works with NHS clients and enjoys running workshops for onlinevents and staff wellbeing workshops for NHS Hull & Humberside.
Kate is centre manager for the Bedfordshire Centre for Therapeutic Studies where she teaches on the CPCAB L5 in Somatic Trauma Therapy course & L2 Award in Breathwork Coaching as well as the Level 4 in Therapeutic Counselling.
Kate has a passion for bringing the body into her practice supporting clients to release the trauma that is held within their bodies. Kate is know for her relaxed teaching style, experiential somatic practices and skill of bringing theory to life and making it applicable.
