Understanding Attachment Trauma In Care-Experienced People

Understanding and Healing Attachment Trauma in Care-Experienced Lives

At The Susan Vickers Foundation, we understand the deep and lasting impact that disrupted attachment can have on care-experienced individuals. Whether a young person is in foster care, adopted, in kinship care, or under a Special Guardianship Order (SGO), attachment trauma often lies at the heart of their emotional and behavioural challenges. Our specialist training programme shines a light on this vital issue—offering hope, understanding, and tools for healing.

This course is designed to equip caregivers, educators, and professionals with the knowledge and confidence to respond effectively to attachment trauma. Grounded in both therapeutic best practice and lived experience, our training fosters deeper connection, trust, and emotional safety for care-experienced young people.

Why Choose Our Attachment Trauma Training?

Facilitated by Therapists with Lived Experience: Our trainers are fully qualified therapists who have themselves navigated the care system, offering authentic insights that bridge clinical understanding with personal reality.
Focused on Relational Healing: We go beyond theory to explore how safe, consistent relationships can rewire early wounds and support healthy emotional development.
Inclusive and Holistic: This training is suitable for foster carers, adoptive parents, kinship carers, professionals, and anyone seeking to provide more informed, compassionate support.

What You’ll Learn:

• Understand Attachment Styles and Trauma Responses: Learn how disrupted attachment affects development, behaviour, and relationships across the lifespan.
• Respond with Empathy and Skill: Gain practical strategies for nurturing trust, emotional regulation, and secure connection.
• Support Long-Term Healing: Discover ways to create environments where young people feel seen, heard, and safe—laying the groundwork for recovery and resilience.
• Avoid Re-Traumatization: Learn how to respond to challenging behaviours in ways that soothe rather than escalate, helping to break cycles of mistrust and fear.

The Power of Informed Relationships

When caregivers and professionals understand attachment trauma, they can stop misreading distress as defiance and start responding with empathy and attunement. This shift not only supports the young person’s healing but strengthens the entire caregiving dynamic. With early, informed intervention, care-experienced individuals can begin to rewrite their story—from one of survival to one of safety, connection, and growth.

A Training Experience That Resonates

What makes our training different is our commitment to delivering not just knowledge, but connection. By sharing personal stories of lived experience, our trainers create an emotionally rich learning environment that inspires real transformation—not just for the young people you support, but for you as well.

Make a Difference Today

Places are limited to maintain a supportive, interactive experience. To learn more or to book your spot, please contact us at [email protected] . Together, let’s create spaces of healing and trust for the care-experienced individuals who need it most.