Congratulations, Fiona, and welcome to the listserv!  This is impressive research on a very overlooked population.

Geoff

Geoff Goodman, Ph.D., ABPP, FIPA, CST, CSAT-S, CMAT-S, RPT-S
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Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program
Long Island University
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From: caftr@psychotherapyresearch.org [caftr@psychotherapyresearch.org] on behalf of Robinson, Fiona [fiona.robinson.15@ucl.ac.uk]
Sent: Sunday, July 9, 2017 3:13 PM
To: caftr@psychotherapyresearch.org
Subject: CaFTR New article - survey of child psychotherapists about their work with looked after and adopted children

Hi all,

To introduce myself, I'm a PhD student at UCL - my research is exploring psychodynamic models of intervention for looked after children. Nick Midgley is my primary supervisor. I thought I would tell you a little about my research and send round the link to an article my supervisors and I recently published in the Journal of Child Psychotherapy, in case there is any interest in reading it.

My first study, which the article reports on, was a survey of UK child psychotherapists about their work with looked after and adopted children. One of the main findings was the emphasis that many child psychotherapists placed on their consultation work with professionals and foster carers working with looked after children. I followed this up with a qualitative study exploring this area of practice amongst a small sample of child psychotherapists, which again we are hoping to publish the findings of in the near future.

For my final study I'm planning to collaborate with a specialist looked after children's CAMH service, using qualitative methods to explore the ways they work with professionals, particularly social workers. Ultimately I'd like to build a model demonstrating how the intervention is hypothesised to affect change amongst professionals, as well as some guidelines for child psychotherapy services using similar models of working, and an evaluation strategy for how such services could potentially be evaluated.

If anyone is interested in reading the findings from the first study, there are some free e-copies available from http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/hTMbPqUHbGNRA9NiYSDM/full   and the reference is Robinson, Luyten & Midgley (2017). Child psychotherapy with looked after and adopted children: a UK national survey of the profession. Journal of Child Psychotherapy, 43, 2, 258-277.

Best wishes,

Fiona

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