Psychologist Amy Payne and Therapeutic Life Story Work practitioner Karen Vance join us from Australia as we get hands-on and try out some Practice Pocket Cards. These cards are a life story work tool, created by Amy and Karen, which you can use to help plan sessions, start conversations and reflect on life story work. Amy and Karen walk us through the deck of cards and demonstrate individual cards in action -- from the "racetrack" activity that helps a child map their journey, to an ecomap exercise built around a plane flight.

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How can you tailor life story work to suit children at different ages, from toddlers to teenagers? Therapeutic social worker, Katie Wrench, shares the principles that guide her work with children at different ages and developmental stages. Listen to this episode for an insight into how you can deliver direct work that meets children and young people where they are.

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We re-visit one of our most popular episodes: What does ‘good’ life story work look like?

We delve into this question with Polly Baynes, who has 36 years’ experience in life story work with children. Hear Polly’s advice for practitioners, the ground rules she agrees, and how she responds when children share difficult feelings and memories.

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