
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 • 24 episodes
The Secure Start® Podcast
Latest Episodes
#23 Thirty-Five Placements and Counting: Why Some Kids Need a Different Option, with Bruce Henderson
What if we've been looking at residential care all wrong? Professor Bruce Henderson, author of "Challenging the Conventional Wisdom About Residential Care for Children and Youth," presents a compelling case for rethinking our approach to caring...
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Episode 23
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1:06:26

#22 Reimagining Children's Homes: From Last Resort to Purposeful Healing, with Kevin Gallagher
What does it really mean to provide therapeutic residential care to traumatised young people? Dr Kevin Gallagher draws from three decades of experience to challenge our assumptions about children's homes and how we use them.Kevin's jour...
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Episode 22
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1:07:33

#20 Challenging Last Resort Thinking: Why Some Children Thrive in Residential Care, with Dr Laura Steckley
What if everything we think we know about residential childcare is wrong? What if, for some children, it's not the dreaded last resort but actually the best option for healing and growth?Dr. Laura Steckley, who leads the MSc in Advanced...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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1:15:37

#21 The Science of Prevention: How We Can End Child Maltreatment, with Benjamin Perks
What if child maltreatment wasn't an inevitable social problem, but something we could dramatically reduce within a generation? Benjamin Perks, Head of Campaigns and Advocacy at UNICEF, believes this is not only possible but within our grasp.
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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59:13

#19 From Winnicott's Piano to Adolescent Minds: Peter Wilson's Journey
A series of serendipities and the opportunity to play Winnicott's piano marked Peter Wilson's remarkable journey into child psychotherapy. In this captivating conversation, Peter reveals how a degree in industrial economics led unexpectedly to ...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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