We welcome clinical psychologist and author, Dr Karen Treisman MBE, to the podcast. Karen draws on her extensive experience working cross-culturally to explain why creative methods are so powerful in refugee and asylum-seeking contexts. We explore how life story work can combat the fragmentation and dehumanisation that displacement can bring, helping young people build identity and belonging. Karen also shares some practical, creative ideas and activities you can use during life story work.

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Free resources to support life story work with refugee and asylum-seeking children and young people have been created by three organisations working together: Children and Families Across Borders (CFAB), Therapeutic Life Story Work UK (TLSWUK) and Blue Cabin (the charity behind Creative Life Story Work).

In this episode, Michael Nwoye (CFAB) and Paula Price (TLSWUK) join the podcast to share the story behind the resources: how they came to be, what shaped their development, and how practitioners can use them to facilitate meaningful, culturally sensitive life story work.

You can access the free resources here.

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Clinical psychologist and author, Dr. Karen Treisman MBE, joins us on the podcast to explore emotional regulation. Karen shares a compassionate, human perspective, moving beyond one-size-fits-all techniques to focus on anchoring, presence and the nervous system. She discusses co-regulation in social work, why our own regulation matters, and how small everyday 'micro moments' can make a meaningful difference. Karen also offers creative, sensory-based approaches and insights into helping children feel safe, understood and supported.