Carly Barrett-Greening is the director of Wave Connections. CV can be downloaded here:   carly_barrett-greening_cv__2019__2_.doc

Carly Barrett-Greening. 
Certified Theraplay® & Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Practitioner. 

Carly has over 24 years of experience working with children and families within long term foster care and adoption. First supporting children in care in 1996. Her own family experienced private fostering.
Carly is compassionate about connection and gaining joy via relationships. Appreciating that connection can be challenged due to early life trauma and experiences her compassion comes from wishing to find a space for healing and relational repair where individuals may shift from mistrust to trust and find a 'space to blossom'. 
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Carly Barrett-Greening is a:
- fully certified Theraplay Practitioner.
- A Certified dyadic developmental Psychotherapy Practitioner (DDP)
- 2010 became A Children's Yoga Teacher and practitioner
- A certified Trauma Centre Trauma Sensitive Yoga Facilitator.
- Facilitator of the 'Just Right State' Sensory Attachment Integration program.
Trainer for Nurturing Attachment Therapeutic Parenting Program

Her background includes:
- Studying Social Science and attachment studies since 1998.
- 1998 studied Psychology, counselling and management diplomas as part of the Welfare diploma.
- Qualifying as a Welfare Officer in 2000,
- Qualified as social worker in 2002.

Carly has experience of undertaking Private fostering within own family.

2009- 2012: 3 years study in Specialist post graduate Degree in Children and Families to include:
-   child development studies,
- psychology,
- neuroscience,
- Tavistock Child Observation skills training,
- practice teaching,
- Assessment Skills to include assessing environmental factors, child development and parenting capacity.

Since 2013 Carly Specialising as post adoption Social Worker with Families for children adoption charity: working with therapists, psychologists and occupational Therapists as part of therapeutic life story work, sensory integration interventions, dyadic working. 

In 2013 studied Mindful Yoga for Young People's Emotional Health:

Dr Lana Jackson and Dr Lucy Clark clinical child psychologists taught to deliver eight week program.

This training was adapted as a Mindfulness & Yoga program for Adoptive Children’s and Parent Emotional Health.

In 2016,  the Adoption Support Fund and Department for Education  in England reviewed the Mindful Yoga For Young People's emotional Health Program and agreed to be an ‘in scope’ service under the Governments Adoption Support Fund. 

2019 qualified as a Facilitator of the 'Just Right State Children and Parent Program' Eadaoin Bhreathnach. Sensory Attachment Program. 2019 undertook train the trainer Nurturing Attachments Therapeutic parent Program with Kim Golding. 

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Stephanie Smith 

Stephanie has been a therapist since 2009. She started working with children and young people in 2011 in school and college settings. With the knowledge and experience gained, she then began work with this age group in private practice.
Stephanie adopted her son in 2009. Realising how vastly different it is to parent a child who has experienced developmental trauma, she was drawn to learning and practicing theories of attachment and trauma, particularly focussed on Dan Hughes’ PACE (playfulness, acceptance, curiosity, empathy) model.  
Stephanie gained a qualification as a registered Adoption Counsellor in 2012. This is the only area of counselling that is governed by UK law – highlighting the need for anyone seeking counselling for adoption related issues to see a therapist who has specific training and experience in issues related to adoption. The client group includes any family member who is part of an adoption triad.
As she progressed in her career and faced her own challenges as an adoptive parent, Stephanie sought out work that furthered her interest in attachment and trauma. She currently also works as a Clinical Practitioner for an Independent Fostering Agency where she provides support and guidance to foster carers in offering therapeutic led care.
Stephanie has completed levels 1 & 2 DDP and uses this approach to inform her work. She also draws on her own personal experience as an adoptive parent to better understand the experiences of the parents, carers and families that she works with.

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Dr Claire Duffy, Clinical Psychologist. 

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​Dr Claire Duffy is a Clinical Psychologist currently working within a specialist CAMHS service for fostering and adoption. Claire is working for Wave Connections offering interventions in Theraplay® and DDP principles. Claire has completed level 1 & 2 DDP and level 1 Theraplay® and uses these approaches to inform work with parents, carers and their families. Claire is passionate about using the principles of attachment therapies to help build security and safety within family relationships. Prior to specialising in fostering and adoption 6 years ago, Claire worked with children and families in community and inpatient CAMHS. Claire also delivers attachment training to a range of professionals, parents and carers. 

Sue Murrell,  Theraplay® Foundation Certified Practitioner

Sue has been working with children for over 30 years.  She has been working with children who have been adopted and their families as a Family Support Practitioner since 2007 with an adoption team and now as part of a Regional Adoption Agency.  Experience within 30 years was First as a volunteer in pre-school settings and in primary schools.  She worked as a gymnastics coach for 12 years.  
 
Sue is working for Wave Connections offering interventions in Theraplay®.  She has her level 1 and 2 and the Foundation Certificate in Theraplay® and uses these principles to inform work with children and young people and their parents and carers.  Sue has been using Theraplay® informed practice with families since 2014. Has level 1 Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy training and uses PACE principles to underpin her practice and support carers and parents with principles of Therapeutic Parenting. 
 Sue is passionate about supporting families and helping to build stronger attachments between children who have experienced early developmental trauma and their parents and carers to help facilitate connected and reciprocal loving relationships.
 

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Laura Johnstone, has 16 years experience of working with children and families on the edge of care, in fostering and adoption.  Laura currently works within camhs as a social worker, supporting children and their families with complex developmental trauma and attachment difficulties.  Laura has a degree in social work, a degree in psychology and has completed her Dyadic and developmental practice training at level 1 and level 2 and uses these skills to inform the work she undertakes with her families.
 
Laura is enthusiastic about building safe relationships with parents, carers and their families to explore the impact of early childhood trauma on the bonds within their family.  She aspires to help families repair and heal their trauma experiences so that they can develop relationships based on trust and safety.
 
Laura has also had experience of delivering attachment training to carers and professionals throughout her career.