Building Creative Relationships with Children and Young People with Jim Wilson

Building  Creative Relationships with Children and Young People: The Playfully Serious Practitioner 

In this webinar Jim will discuss his forthcoming  book, due to be published by Palgrave  this summer. He will present his core ideas about what makes for creative , humanising,  and politically informed practice with children, young people and their families. Based on his extensive experience in mental health and social care services  Jim aims to help participants widen their scope for enriching possibilities  in their practice  with young people  and their networks. He hopes the webinar will  provide opportunities for interaction with participants, their questions and  interests about this theme.

About the Speaker

Jim Wilson trained as a social worker in Scotland  and England before  taking up the post of Family Therapist at The Family Institute in Cardiff,  later moving to The Institute of Family Therapy in London, where he  established the Centre for Child Studies (previously the Centre for Child Focused Practice) in 2001.

Together with Justine van Lawick, Peter Rober, Jaakko Seikkula and John Shotter, Jim established the International  Network for Dialogical Practices. He has worked extensively  as a consultant in mental health and social services organisations  and has practised as a consultant therapist  the NHS CAMH services in England and Wales. He is the author on several books in Family Therapy and has presented workshops  worldwide. His writings are used in many courses in family therapy and related disciplines.

Jim continues to write about systemic practice, family therapy, and the importance of  mutual humanisation in all  creative connections with people. He also continues to offer consultations to colleagues and teams in the helping professions.