The 2014 North American DDP 3-day residential conference was held in Kingston, Ontario 6th-8th October – a collaboration between the Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Institute and Susan Schumacher, Attachment Association of Canada. Presenters included Sian Phillips, Deni Mellim, Betty Brouwer, Sue Johnson, Leticia Gracia from Canada; Dan Hughes, Jon Baylin, Robert Spottswood, George Thomson, Dafna Ledner from the USA and Julie Hudson from the UK. The full program can be found here.
The conference proceedings including selected power point slides from Jon Baylin and Dan Hughes presentation are available as downloads in DDP Network’s Resource Library. For the full range of handouts click on “Conference Proceedings” under Material types or click on “DDP Canada Conference Proceedings 2014” under Subjects in the Resource Library.
The wide range of theoretical, clinical and experiential presentations highlighted the importance of this relationship-focused therapy and practice with children who have experienced developmental trauma and attachment disruptions. If you would like to read more please view Sian Phillip’s conference summary.
This summary includes advance notice of 2015 dates for Canada’s DDP Study Days, dates for USA DDP Study Days , upcoming DDP Level Two training in Winnipeg, Canada, Level One and Level Two in Maine,USA plus Level One and Level Two in Pennsylvania, USA.
Here are photos from the conference, including some of the speakers: Betty Brouwer, Jon Baylin, Robert Spottswood, Sian Phillips, Dan Hughes, Julie Salverson and Julie Hudson.