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#42: How Barbara Docker-Drysdale Built Therapeutic Skill In Care Teams - John Whitwell
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A child’s acting out can look like defiance, chaos, or “bad behaviour” until you treat it as communication and ask what the adults are missing. That single shift changes everything, and it sits at the heart of my conversation with John Whitwell as we revisit the work and legacy of Barbara Docker-Drysdale, better known to many as Mrs D. John explains why her influence on therapeutic communities wasn’t just theory, it was the weekly discipline of helping staff teams think clearly under pressure.
We dig into what her consultancy actually looks like at the Cotswold Community…
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