The Secure Start® Podcast
In the same way that a secure base is the springboard for the growth of the child, knowledge of past endeavours and lessons learnt are the springboard for growth in current and future endeavours.
If we do not revisit the lessons of the past we are doomed to relearning them over and over again, with the result that we may never really achieve a greater potential.
In keeping with the idea we are encouraged to be the person we wished we knew when we were starting out, it is my vision for the podcast that it is a place where those who work in child protection and out-of-home care can access what is/was already known, spring-boarding them to even greater insights.
Podcasting since 2025 • 40 episodes
The Secure Start® Podcast
Latest Episodes
#38: Why Emotional Reactions Are Data And How Organisations Can Turn Them Into Care, with Emma Higgs
What if the feelings that make this work so hard are the very clues that make it effective? We sit down with Emma Higgs, a child and adolescent psychoanalytic psychotherapist and organisational therapist, to unpack how psychodynamic thinking tu...
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Season 1
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Episode 38
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1:29:34
#37: From Chaos To Calm: Routines, Relationships, And Real Change In Residential Care, Tom Ellison
What if the most powerful “intervention” in residential care isn’t a therapy model at all, but the quiet predictability of daily life held by thoughtful adults? We sit down with social care consultant Tom Ellison to dig into what actually moves...
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Season 1
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Episode 37
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1:31:43
#36: What If Behaviour Is Just Armour For Hurt? Vicki McKeown
What if the behaviour that drives you up the wall is actually armour against shame? We sit down with psychotherapist and author Vicky McKeown to unpack how shame and attachment shape everyday life for children, parents, and the professionals wh...
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Season 1
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Episode 36
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1:00:30
#34: Making the conscious unconscious, with Peter Blake
I am very excited to release my conversation with Peter Blake on The Secure Start Podcast.We explore how children communicate through behaviour and play, why containment matters, and how to balance understanding with practical management...
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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1:27:07
#35: What If Children's Safeguarding Began With Love? Carla Keyte
What if the most powerful safeguarding tool isn’t another form, but a steady adult who shows up with love? That’s the heart of my conversation with Carla Keyte, founder of Lighthouse and a leading voice in UK residential care, as we unpack how ...
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Season 1
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Episode 35
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57:27