Kim Golding
DDP Connects UK & Ireland Director
Practitioner in DDP, Consultant in DDP, Trainer in DDP
Worcestershire, West Midlands, England
United Kingdom
Publications in the DDP Library
DDPI Worldwide Certification Guidelines & Toolkits
Commissioning UK Training in DDP
Guidance for DDP Level One and Two
Reaching Into the Hurt Child’s Mind and Heart with PACE
A conversation with Dr Dan Hughes, Dr Kim Golding and Edwina Grant
Educating students with blocked trust with Dr. Kim Golding
Trauma Informed Education Podcast
Guidelines & Toolkits Online Document
TAYC-R (Adoptionplus)
Thinking About Your Child Revised questionnaire and scorer
Understanding and helping children who have experienced maltreatment
Symposium: Safeguarding Children
DDP Conversations 4
The Part Race and Cultural Differences Play in our Therapeutic Practice Part 2.
DDP Conversations 3
The Part Race and Cultural Differences Play in our Therapeutic Practice Part 1
DDP Conversations 2
Transitioning out of Lockdown: How we might use the DDP Model to help adults at home and at school to support our traumatised young people
DDP Conversations 1
Transitioning out of Lockdown: Building Secure Bases & Steady Bridges
Article Online Document Study Day proceedings
Diversity and DDP
Worcester DDP Study Day Report, February 2020
Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP)
Using Relationships to heal children traumatised within their early relationships
Neuro-Physiological Psychotherapy (NPP) Paper Review
Neuro-Physiological Psychotherapy: An integrative therapeutic approach to working with adopted children who have experienced early life trauma, underpinned by the DDP model
Kim Golding on PACE, DDP and Connection
Episode Twenty Six from the Lisa Cherry Trauma Recovery Resilience YouTube Channel
Conference proceedings Handouts
Listening with the parents – Kim Golding
Developing group work programmes to help families parenting children with developmental trauma experience
Conference proceedings Handouts
Sitting with the Uncomfortable – Kim Golding
DDP With Foster Carers, Young People and Adults who have Grown Up in Care
Nurturing attachments parenting program: The relationship between adopters’ parental reflective functioning and perception of their children’s difficulties
The Nurturing Attachments groupwork programme is a DDP-informed intervention developed by Kim Golding.
Conference proceedings Handouts Online Document
DDP with children and adults who have grown up in care – Kim Golding
Sitting with the Uncomfortable - DDP With Foster Carers, Young People and Adults who have Grown Up in Care
Everyday Parenting with Security and Love
Using PACE to Provide Foundations for Attachment
Foundations for Attachment Training Resource
The Six-Session Programme for Parents of Traumatized Children
Developing and using group work to help parents provide DDP-informed parenting – Kim Golding
Presentation slides from 'The Power of DDP - International DDP Conference' 2016 in Glasgow
A Quantitative and Qualitative Evaluation of the Nurturing Attachments Group Programme
The Nurturing Attachments groupwork programme is a DDP-informed intervention developed by Kim Golding. In 2016 the UK Government's DfE funded Adoptionplus to carry out an evaluation of the programme across 4 geographical sites for adoptive families.
Dyadic Developmental Practice (DDP): A framework for Therapeutic Intervention and Parenting
This is a publication of the Division of Clinical Psychology Faculty for Children, Young People and Their Families. The review's mission is to promote and share good quality clinical writing and research within the field of child, adolescent and family clinical psychology by publishing annual themed editions expressing a range of views and ideas and research around a pertinent topic. The authors of this paper are all Chartered/Registered Psychologists, Therapists and DDP Practitioners and Consultants who either work in the NHS or Independent Practice.
Using Stories to Build Bridges with Traumatized Children
Creative Ideas for Therapy, Life Story Work, Direct Work and Parenting
Observing children with attachment difficulties in preschool settings
A tool for identifying and supporting emotional and social difficulties
Working with Relational Trauma in Schools
An Educator's Guide to Using Dyadic Developmental Practice
Dr. Kim Golding: Entering the World of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, Parts 1 and 2
Attachment Theory in Action Podcast
Working with Relational Trauma in Children’s Residential Care
A Guide to Using Dyadic Developmental Practice
Healing Relational Trauma Workbook
Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy in Practice
EVOLVING: Psychologically Responsive Leadership with Kim Golding
Narratives, leadership and Dyadic Developmental Practice
A Tiny Spark of Hope
Healing Childhood Trauma in Adulthood
The DDP Guide to Healing Childhood Trauma
A Visual and Creative Companion for Parents and Practitioners
Healing Relational Trauma with Attachment-Focused Interventions
Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy with children and families
Kim S. Golding
Kim is a Clinical Psychologist, author and DDP consultant and trainer. With over 30 years of experience, Kim works to improve the lives of children affected by early relational trauma.
Conference proceedings Handouts Online Document
Kim S. Golding “Using stories to build bridges with traumatized children” DDP UK Conference Proceedings Birmingham 10-11 Nov 2014
The search for stories is at the heart of DDP and a natural extension of this is the creating of fictional stories as an indirect way to share experience with families. In this presentation Kim shared her reflections about finding stories in her work with children, families and practitioners. She introduced her book, published this summer, read us a story.
Nurturing Attachments Training Resource
Running Groups for Adoptive Parents and Carers of Children Who Have Experienced Early Trauma and Attachment Difficulties









