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Life Story Work
Helping Young People Understand Their History & Process Trauma
Trauma Processing
The Five Approaches to Life Story Work
LISTENING | PERMANENT PRODUCTS | COACHING | DIRECT WORK | THERAPEUTIC
HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THEIR HISTORY & PROCESS TRAUMA
Are you supporting a care experienced young person?
Did you know the five approaches can help parents, carers and professionals use Life Story Work to help young people understand their past and process trauma? Find out more below....
Check Out the BJSW Published Paper: What is Life Story Work? How defining approaches can bring clarity to research, training & practice (Neal & Matthews, 2024)
For:
Foster Carers
Special guardians
Adoptive Parents
Practitioners
Stakeholders
What are The Five Approaches?
The five approaches are five defined methods of Life Story Work that can be used to support care experienced young people. Their aim is to create a common understanding within Life Story Work practice for parents, carers, practitioners and stakeholders. This common understanding can help ensure the right support is provided to young people at the right time and that there is consistency across research, training and practice.
You can find out more about the research, literature and practice underpinnings that contributed to the approaches in the paper published in the British Journal of Social Work.
The approaches are designed to be used by foster carers, special guardians, adoptive parents, practitioners or therapists at different points within the young persons journey through care to support their emotional wellbeing and mental health, and help them understand and process past experiences or trauma.
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Find out more about each approach and training available.
Life Story Listening
Life Story Permanent Products
Life Story Coaching
Life Story Direct Work
Therapeutic Life Story Work
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This FREE Workshop is for foster carers, special guardians, adoptive parents and practitioners who want to know more about how to deliver Life Story Work.
Got More Questions?
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
- Who are the creators of the five approaches: The creators of the five approaches to Life Story Work are Laura Neal and Kim Matthews. Read more about them here.
- Can anyone use the approaches: Yes, the approaches are designed for use by everyone supporting young people. Some approaches require training to deliver, check out each approach to find out more.
- I'm an adoptive parent, which approach should I use: There are several approaches you could use, to get a full answer to this question we recommend attending the free workshop on the five approaches.
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