Creating spaces to think and feel in frontline work with children and families regardless of our professional roles is critical to successful work. Reflective Practice Groups underpinned by a strong theoretical model and focused facilitation skills can provide a suitable space for reflection on experiences at work. My work with groups is underpinned by a systems psychodynamic framework and is based on the Work Discussion Model (Rustin and Bradley, 2008), Professor Gillian Ruch’s Case Discussion Model (2007) and the more recent work by Arabella Kurtz (2020).

I am especially interested in providing reflective practice spaces to practitioners in health, social work and social care, family support, adoption and fostering and community-based services. The emotional impact of complex work needs emotional containment and acknowledgement. In addition, practitioners benefit from support in making sense of their experiences at work. I work with teams and organisations to provide these spaces.