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27/11/2025

🗣️ Affective Reflective Dialogue — in a nutshell
One of the core elements of DDP, and one of the most powerful tools we have for building safety, connection and understanding.

In its simplest form, affective reflective dialogue is about:
✨ Staying curious about a child’s inner world
✨ Naming the feelings behind the behaviour
✨ Helping them make sense of what’s happening inside
✨ Showing that their emotions are welcome, safe and understood

It slows everything down…
It brings us out of managing behaviour and into relationship…
And it helps children develop the story of why they feel and react the way they do — without shame, fear, or confusion.

When we stay open, reflective and emotionally present, we’re not just responding to a moment.
We’re building trust, shaping meaning, and strengthening the attachment that makes healing possible.

Big concept. Big impact.
Small moments, over and over again.

24/11/2025

🤍 White Ribbon Day 🤍
Today we stand together to speak out, listen deeply, and commit to creating a future free from men’s violence against women.

White Ribbon Day is a reminder that this work isn’t symbolic — it’s urgent. Violence thrives in silence, in minimisation, and in cultures where disrespect is normalised. Change begins with conversations, accountability, and the courage to challenge harmful attitudes and behaviours.

As practitioners, community members, parents, partners, friends — we all have a role.
To believe women.
To teach empathy, respect, and emotional safety.
To hold space for healing.
And to model relationships grounded in dignity and equality.

Today, and every day, we choose to be part of the solution.
We choose to stand up, speak up, and act.

🤍 Together, we can build communities where safety is a right — not a privilege.

21/11/2025

There are some really great tips and tricks underpinned by DDP in this article on therapeutic caring.

At Resource Yourself, we genuinely believe that if every space supporting children — homes, schools, resi’s, and early childhood settings — used this approach, we’d see fewer behavioural concerns and far more connection, safety, and engagement.

Have a read and see what you think. Always keen to keep these conversations going 💚

What is Therapeutic Parenting? Therapeutic Parenting aims to build safety and security in the child-carer relationship. Find out more.

20/11/2025

🚨 Only ONE ticket left! 🚨
Brisbane is so close to being fully booked for DDP Level 2!

If you’ve recently completed DDP Level 1 and been thinking about diving deeper into Dyadic Developmental Practice… consider this your loud, friendly nudge. 😉

Level 2 is where the learning sharpens, the practice deepens, and the “aha!” moments really land. It’s hands-on, relational, reflective — and built for practitioners who want to grow their confidence in applying DDP Psychotherapy and PACE with complexity and intention.

If you’ve been waiting for a sign… this, is it.
👉 Last spot.
👉 Brisbane.
👉 Don’t miss it.

Secure the final seat and join an incredible group of practitioners committed to healing, connection, and relational change.

Link in below / DMs welcome for details! ✨

DDP Level 2 – 16–19 Jun 2026, Brisbane with Leah Millward. 4-day advanced training incl. 28 CPD hrs, catering & handbook. Level 1 required.

19/11/2025

🚽 Happy World Toilet Day!
Yes… it’s a thing. And yes… it matters a lot.

Today, the UN reminds us that something we often take for granted — a safe, clean, private toilet — is actually a global human right that billions of people still don’t have.

This year’s theme, “Sanitation for Peace,” highlights a pretty powerful truth: toilets are not just about convenience… they’re about safety, dignity, health, and stability.
When conflict, disasters or extreme weather strike, sanitation systems are often the first thing to fail — and the consequences can be deadly. Without safe toilets, untreated human waste spreads disease, disrupts communities, and puts the most vulnerable at even greater risk.

💔 3.5 billion people still live without safely managed sanitation.
🚫 419 million people still have no choice but to practise open defecation.

It’s easy to joke about toilets (I mean… we all do). But the impact of not having one? That’s no joke.

So today, let’s flush out the stigma, talk openly, advocate loudly, and appreciate the humble loo for the life-saving infrastructure it is.

17/11/2025

Get Ready for DDP in Focus 2026!

Read our latest newsletter edition announcing the first set of 2026 workshops, including 2 timed for Australia, Singapore and New Zealand, along with 4 timed for North & Central America, Europe and the UK!
https://mailchi.mp/ddpnetwork/ddpiw-ddp-in-focus-2026-announcement-firstset

16/11/2025

Reflecting on our 2 weeks in Tasmania with a heart full of gratitude 💚

This incredible place has been so much more than a work destination—it's been a journey of discovery, both professionally and personally.

From Leah’s first solo DDP Level 1 and then rolling out a second, to breathtaking scenery and unforgettable adventures, it’s been an experience with the best of both worlds.

We’re so thankful for the opportunity to travel for work to places that offer such natural beauty and unique experiences.

There has been such a connection to this land and water, from the vibrant city life of Hobart to the rugged wilderness, and we are grateful for every experience, big and small.

A massive thank you to everyone we’ve met during this 2 weeks. You've made this experience so much richer.

Here’s a couple of pics from along the way 🥰

Compass Seminars AUS DDP Network

15/11/2025

🌟 For the Teachers Who’ve Tried Everything… and Still Get the Big Behaviours ✨

If you’ve ever stood in front of a class thinking:
“Why is nothing working?!”
…this podcast episode is for you.

Because when behaviour hits the extremes—the shutdowns, blow-ups, refusals, meltdowns, “won’t do / can’t do” moments—traditional behaviour management strategies just don’t cut it.
Not because you’re doing anything wrong…
but because those strategies were never designed for kids whose nervous systems are already in overdrive.

This episode dives into PACE (Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity, Empathy)—not as another “tool,” but as a relational stance that helps you meet students where they actually are.

If you’re looking for something beyond sticker charts, behaviour plans, and “consequences,”
if you’re craving an approach that brings connection before correction,
if you’re ready for something that finally makes sense of those big behaviours…

🎧 Give this podcast a listen.
It just might shift the way you see the toughest moments—and the young people behind them.

If you would like more information on DDP PACE reach out! Leah is one of 3 trainers in Australia with the qualification to deliver this to your school environment.

School Behaviour Secrets with Simon Currigan and Emma Shackleton · Episode

13/11/2025

Double the DDP, double the delight! 😄

We’ve wrapped up our second DDP Level 1 in Hobart today with a wonderful crew of practitioners — what a week of connection, curiosity, and courage.

Thank you to Compass Seminars AUS who never fail to bring the goods with the venue and food!

Now it’s time to trade PACE for pace-ing around Tassie on the weekend before heading back home! 🚶‍♀️🌊

11/11/2025

🌿 Self-Compassion: The Three Essential Elements

Self-compassion is more than just being kind to yourself — it’s a practice that nourishes your emotional wellbeing and strengthens your capacity to connect with others. There are three essential, interconnected parts:

1. Giving Compassion to Others – Extending empathy, care, and support outward. This is the part that fuels relationships, fosters understanding, and allows us to show up for those around us.

2. Receiving Compassion from Others – Opening yourself to support, understanding, and care from those who offer it. Accepting kindness from others is just as important as giving it; it reminds us we are not alone.

3. Offering Compassion to Yourself – Tuning in to your own needs with warmth, curiosity, and acceptance, rather than judgment or self-criticism. This is the foundation that sustains the other two.

These three elements are deeply connected. When one is missing, compassion can become imbalanced — and burnout, disconnection, or resentment can quietly creep in.

True, sustainable compassion starts with you. When you nurture yourself with care and understanding, it ripples outward — strengthening relationships, enriching your practice, and supporting your resilience.

09/11/2025

“So… what is DDP?”
We hear this question a lot — and it’s a good one.

Dyadic Developmental Practice, Parenting & Psychotherapy (DDP) is an attachment-focused model that helps us understand and respond to children who have experienced relational trauma.

At its core, DDP brings together:
🧠 Attachment theory
🧠 Developmental trauma
🧠 Neurobiology of caregiving and trauma
🧠 Intersubjectivity & child development

✨ And it’s all held together by the attitude of PACE — Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity, and Empathy.

DDP is more than a therapeutic intervention — it’s a relational approach that works across the whole system around a child:
Parents, carers, professionals, schools, residential care, in-patient units — everyone connected to the child shares in the work and the healing.

Whether dyadic, triadic, or polyadic, DDP creates a shared language and understanding to support deep, safe connection.

Together, we hold empathy for the child and the system — and make the attachment pledge to stay with, not turn away.

Want to learn more?
🌐 DDP Network Website
📩 Or connect with us directly — we’d love to chat.

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08/11/2025

Get onto the In Focus sessions in 2026 to refresh or enhance your DDP practise.

🌟 New DDP in Focus workshops for first half of 2026!

We’re excited to announce new online DDP in Focus workshops for early 2026, designed for anyone supporting children and families affected by relational trauma, who've completed DDP Level One.

We’re now offering workshops in new time-zones, tailored for Australia, New Zealand and Singapore as well as UK/Europe and North/Central America 🎉

Explore themes such as Transracial Adoption, supporting frontline Residential Workers, DDP & Theraplay®, DDP and supporting people with an intellectual disability, Affective Reflective Dialogue and core elements of DDP, all with presenters from around the world.

🎟️ Inclusive pricing + “Buy 2 get 1 free” organisations offer available (T&Cs apply)!

Read our announcement: https://buff.ly/JGmr7RF

Book your place today! https://buff.ly/HHz6m9r