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Thank you for your interest and for visiting this page. I am Colby Pearce and I am a Clinical Psychologist in Australia. I have been working with and talking to children and young people recovering from a tough start to life, and adults who interact with them in various roles, for almost twenty-eight years. My experience affords me the opportunity to speak to the experience of children and young people who are recovering from abuse, neglect, and/or family trauma, and their parents and other adults who engage with them in various roles.
Importantly, my experience provides a basis for me to help adults with a caring concern for these children and young people better understanding and respond therapeutically to them.
In this short presentation I was invited by Tweddle Child and Family Health Service to speak to the infant’s experience of early trauma. I delivered this presentation in June 2022 in Melbourne as part of Infant Mental Health Week. Click the link below to access the presentation slides and text associated with them. I hope you find them useful in your interactions and work with children and young people recovering from a tough start to life, and adults who engage with them in various roles.
Click here to access the presentation slides and associated text.
If you would like to know more about my work and my programs, please do not hesitate to email me at colby@securestart.com.au.