Professional Talk: Therapeutic Care Beyond the Therapy Room: Everyday Moments That Heal with Professor Ruth Emond
Humphrey Hawksley speaks with Ruth Emond, senior lecturer at the University of Stirling, social worker and play therapist. Ruth shares how everyday experiences — from routines and friendships to food and shared meals — can play a vital role in the recovery and development of children looked after away from home.
Ruth draws on her research, her co-authored book A Guide to Therapeutic Child Care, and her direct work with children through Family Change to show why small, ordinary interactions often matter as much as formal therapy.
Please find below the video from the talk and also the audio podcast below.
More About Our Guest:
Ruth Emond is a part time senior lecturer at the University of Stirling. She is currently Head of the Social Work subject group. She has undertaken a range of research that encompasses how the everyday experiences of children looked after away from home can be optimised to support and enable growth development and support recovery from adversity. This has included the significance of routines, friendships and the role food and food practices. Working part-time part time as a social worker and play therapist at a therapeutic service for children in Perth, Ruth also continues to find joy in direct practice with children and brings a wealth of this experience to the talk.
Ruth's co-authored book mentioned: A Guide to Therapeutic Childcare,
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