Creating connections for developing relationships
8 March 2021
In December 2019, the NIHR agreed to fund a feasibility trial of DDP as a psychotherapy, compared to services-as-usual. The…
Read more: Relationships in Good Hands Trial (RIGHT) into the effectiveness of DDP
24 February 2021
We are delighted to announce the new Research section on the DDP Network website. This section is now the authoritative…
Read more: DDP Research has a new home
29 January 2020
Kim Golding, DDPI Board Member, has written a summary of three papers on Neuro-Physiological Psychotherapy (NPP). Neuro-Physiological Psychotherapy (NPP) was…
Read more: Neuro-Physiological Psychotherapy (NPP) Paper Review
2 December 2019
Ben Gurney-Smith, DDPI Research Coordinator, is delighted to announce that the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has agreed to fund…
Read more: DDP Research funding agreed by National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)
17 October 2019
The Nurturing Attachments groupwork programme is a DDP-informed intervention developed by Kim Golding. In 2016 the UK Government’s DfE funded…
Read more: Evaluations of Kim Golding’s Nurturing Attachments Programme published
5 November 2018
Adoptive parents’ experiences of dyadic developmental psychotherapy by Ben Gurney-Smith and Megan Wingfield has been published in Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Understanding the…
31 January 2018
A new study into the lived experiences of adoptive parents and the ‘Nurturing Attachments’ group has been published. ‘A qualitative exploration…
Read more: The lived experiences of adoptive parents and the Nurturing Attachments group
12 June 2017
DDPI is pleased to announce the publication of Measurement in DDP: Guidance for practitioners and services. Developed by Dr. Ben Gurney-Smith…
Read more: DDPI publish ‘Measurement in DDP’ research guidance
5 October 2016
The UK Government’s Department for Education funded Adoptionplus to carry out an evaluation of the Nurturing Attachments groupwork programme developed…
5 July 2016
Professor Julie Selwyn, Hadley Centre for Adoption and Foster Care Studies, University of Bristol, has been commissioned to evaluate Kim…
Read more: Systematic evaluation of Nurturing Attachments Training Programme