Research
Title: A study of bodily impacts on foster/adoptive parents within their attachment relationships with their children who live with preverbal trauma
This project is ethically approved by Goldsmiths, University of London.
The Aim of the Research
This research aims to find out how foster caregivers who foster children living with preverbal trauma have been experiencing their parenthood bodily with their children at home, school, or any other social settings. I aim to bring foster caregivers’ living experiences to a voice and impacts on their bodies into the research field of creative arts psychotherapies. This inquiry will provide the basis for a future field study of children in foster care for creative therapy and perhaps influence the current policy or/and system.
Confidentiality
Confidentiality will be maintained in relation to the interview content. Once transcribed, recordings will be erased. Transcriptions will have no identifying details and will be stored in password-protected files, to be deleted after 7 years. Any information that might identify you as a participant will be anonymised; that is all names and identifying features will be changed.
This research project is funded by the Hanny Exiner Memorial Foundation.
Upcoming Presentations
I’m honoured to be presenting at the International Society for Protection of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN) Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect in Melbourne, Australia, August 24–27. The global event brings together 1,000+ researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and advocates from more than 80 countries under the theme Transforming Approaches to Safety and Healing. I’ll be presenting my research finding; Beyond words: research findings on bodily-focused early interventions for foster children with preverbal trauma.Learn more and register at ispcan.org/melbourne-2026.
