The Curious Art of PACE

Nurturing relationships and connections with children and young people, through being playful, accepting, curious and empathetic practice. Learn more about:

• the basics of the PACE model, a development approach derived from Dr Dan Hughes
• gain insight through practice examples, into how this model can support you create more safe, trusting and satisfying relationships with the children and young people you support
• learn from and with other professionals and colleagues.

Your Facilitator

Arts Psychotherapist, Social Worker
BA(Hons) MA (Dramatherapy), MA (Social Work), Dip. (Personal Training) BADth, HCPC, BASW, CIMSPA

Ciara has over 12 years practice experience and specialises in working with children, young people, parents, families and caregivers impacted by Adverse Childhood Experiences. In addition, Ciara works on relationship repair within traumatised systems, organisations and communities. Her approach is innovative, creative, therapeutic, and trauma informed, combining psychodynamic, dyadic, and somatic therapies.
Ciara grew up on the border in Ireland in the 1980s where community relational conflict and trans-generational trauma was rife. Born into a large extended family of emergency workers she was directly impacted by “The Troubles’. She has undertaken her own transformative healing journey through therapeutic exploration, academic learning and discovery, her journey has inspired her to help others to find safety and connection in their own relationships.

Your Host

Lisa Cherry is the Director of Trauma Informed Consultancy Services Ltd leading a dynamic and creative organisation that provides a 'one stop' approach to delivering on research, consultancy and learning and development. Lisa is an author, researcher, leading international trainer and consultant, specialising in assisting schools, services and systems to create systemic change to the way that we work with those experiencing and living with, the legacy of trauma. Lisa has been working in and around Education and Children’s Services for over 30 years and combines academic knowledge and research with professional expertise and personal experience. Lisa has worked extensively with Social workers, Educators, Probation Workers and those in Adult Services, training and speaking to over 30,000 people around the world including in the US, Australia and Pakistan and across the whole of the UK.

Lisa has produced multiple pieces of research for various settings and Lisa's own MA research looked at the impact on education and employment for care experienced adults who experienced school exclusion as children in the 1970's and 1980's. Lisa has recently completed her DPhil research at The University of Oxford in the Department of Education, asking the research question "How do care experienced adults who were also excluded from school make sense of belonging?"

Lisa is the author of the hugely successful book 'Conversations that make a difference for Children and Young People' (2021)and ‘The Brightness of Stars’ 3rd Edition published in June 2022. Lisa is working on her latest book due for publication in 2024/2025 on Cultivating Belonging.

Host or Publisher Lisa Cherry