Brilliant piece by Sam Carlisle on the scandal that is special educational needs provision. I met Sam last week to discuss the issue and my advice to the government would be not to rile her in the way ⁦Gillian Keegan⁩ has done. Fix the problem. metro.co.uk/2023/11/08/the…

My books are part of the Routledge Black Friday sale so you can save a massive 25% on the RRP but be quick, these deals are only available during Black Friday. Click below and save... tinyurl.com/mr42v5m8 #blackfriday #cybermonday #helpingchildrensmile #invisiblebackpack

Tomorrow is the final day of #ChildrensGriefAwarenessWeek #CGAW23 Sharing this popular quote, and sending our support tonight to those who are bereaved. Grief is love with nowhere to go 🧡

Excellent psychoanalytical discussion - why does social media weaponise our reactions and make it increasingly difficult to have a nuanced discussion. This Jungian Life Dr. Aaron Balick 🍉

What are your November rituals? Thanks to #VictoriaErickson for her poem.

If you are a parent of a primary school aged child or a professional looking to refer children to my play therapy practice join me for this talk. Email [email protected] to book. #playtherapyderbyshire #CAMHSDerbsyhire #parentsDerbyshire #SENDerbyshire

Excited to share with you all that I have been appointed as a school governor at Silverhill Primary in Derbyshire with responsibility for SEN children. #playtherapy #playtherapyderbyshire #emotionalbackpack #SENchildren #helpingchildrensmileagain #parentsDerbyshire #SENDerbyshire

I am excited to be joining @nacccofficial as a regional Trustee for the Midlands to help support their mission that parenting shouldn’t end when relationships do. #lostparents #supportingfamilies #childcontact #parentalsupport #familytime

⁦Derbyshire CC⁩ ⁦NHS Derby and Derbyshire 💙⁩ ⁦Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS FT⁩ ⁦North East Derbyshire District Council⁩ ⁦@SDDC⁩ ⁦Derbyshire Early Years Improvement Service⁩ ⁦@hed_hub⁩ ⁦Derbyshire Carers⁩ #playtherapy #childmentalhealth #adoption #childhoodbereavement ⁦Adoption East Midlands⁩ #playtherapyderbyshire

Join us for a hot drink whilst decorating your baubles using various glitters & paint pens before filling your baubles to take home!💜 📅Tues 19th Dec 🕖 11am – 1pm 📍 Erewash Museum High Street, Ilkeston, DE7 5JA Contact Katie Matkin to book your place(s): 07773 173416

#NationalGriefAwarenessWeek Day 2: "The 5 Stages of Grief" is misnamed. It should be "The Grief Megamix". Grief isn't a linear process you move through in an orderly way. It's a cacophony of emotions, each blaring out randomly for you to drunkenly dance to as best you can.

Do you know a cause that could benefit from a collection of brand-new children’s story books? I am so excited that #TheSueAtkinsBookClub & the wonderful authors in this special group have come together to create a special bundle of children’s story books to give away to a worthy

I am thrilled to share that my publisher, @Routledgebooks, has a site wide sale so you can save 20% on my books this April. Hurry, offer ends soon. routledge.com/search?author=… #emotionalbackpack #pastoralcare #helpingchildrensmileagain #playtherapy

How might collaborative fictional storytelling impact our emotions & memories? Can it offer new ways of thinking about our grief & connect imaginatively to those who have died? Our open access co-authored article explores these questions. Crowded Room tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Delighted to introduce you to another of our talented authors and members of #thesueatkinsbookclub Meet Amanda Seyderhelm Amanda Seyderhelm author of Isaac and the red jumper. Find out more: tinyurl.com/2r5ashey #friendship #copingwithloss #childhoodbereavement

INFURIATING @google business verification process and no help help desk. Is there an actual person I can speak to about resolving issue????

7/ psychotherapy. The goal of meaningful psychotherapy is to make itself unnecessary “We all hope that our patients will finish with us and forget us, and that they will find living itself to be the therapy that makes sense” —Donald Winnicott