Training and CPD
As consultants, we have many years of experience supporting professionals from different backgrounds and settings in the UK and internationally. At the Trauma Recovery Space, we share our knowledge and experience through a range of training courses, including working with parental conflict, mentalization based work with children and families, and multi-family therapy. We also specialise in supporting professionals and organisations to develop trauma-informed approaches in their service delivery. If you are interested in hearing more about our training offer, please make an enquiry.
Specialist training for professionals working with parents in conflict
Protecting Children from Parental Conflict: The Making and Breaking of Family Ties
About the Training
This online course, delivered over six half-days, offers a practical framework for assessing and treating families across a spectrum of complexity, including cases where:
• Parental conflict (together or separated) is affecting the child
• Contact or residency is disputed or has broken down
• Litigation, allegations, or ‘parental alienation’ are present
• Professionals have been involved with little or no progress
Grounded in the book High Conflict Parenting Post Separation: The Making and Breaking of Family Ties (Routledge), this training is led by its authors Emma Morris (Consultant Clinical Psychologist) and Eia Asen (Consultant Psychiatrist)—renowned practitioners in systemic, attachment-based, and mentalization-informed approaches and years of experience working with parents in conflict across legal, health and social care settings.
What You’ll Gain
• A clear conceptual framework for assessment, communication, and treatment planning
• Tools to reduce blame and shield children from conflict
• Strategies to re-establish safe contact between children and parents
• Support for safe, reflective practice in entrenched conflict scenarios
Who Should Attend?
Ideal for professionals in legal, social care, and mental health settings, including Social Workers & Children’s Guardians, Family Therapists, Clinical Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Mediators and professionals supporting separated families
Key Details
• Format: Online
• Language: English
• Dates and time: April 15th, 22nd, 29th May 6th, 13th, 20th 2026. 1:00–4:30pm (UK time)
• Cost: £649 (£595 early bird rate before January 15th 2027)
• Booking & Enquiries: [email protected]
