Sarah Naish
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Sarah Naish is an English therapeutic parenting expert, former social worker, and author. She is best known for her books But He Looks So Normal! A Bad-Tempered Parenting Guide for Foster Parents and Adopters, The A-Z of Therapeutic Parenting: Strategies and Solutions and Therapeutic Parenting in a Nutshell.
Naish became a foster carer in 1987, which inspired her to qualify as a social worker in 1991.[1][2] She developed a therapeutic parenting approach, which she has taught to other foster carers and adoptive parents, and speaks internationally at conferences and on child trauma.[1][2]
Naish is also the CEO of the National Association of Therapeutic Parents and has adopted five children.[3][4][5] With the Hadley Centre for Adoption and Foster Care Studies at the University of Bristol, Naish commissioned the first comprehensive research into compassion fatigue in foster care in the UK.[2] This led to publication of the report "No One Told Us It Would Be like This: Compassion Fatigue and Foster Care" in November 2016.[6]
Naise has published books aimed at foster carers and parents including The A-Z of Therapeutic Parenting: Strategies and Solutions, The Essential Guide to Kinship Care: Trauma-Informed, Practical Help for You and Your Family and Therapeutic Parenting in a Nutshell.[2][7] Her book But He Looks So Normal! A Bad-Tempered Parenting Guide for Foster Parents and Adopters is being adapted for Sky TV by Elaine Collins's Tod Productions, with a script by Thomas Eccleshare and directed by Peter Capaldi.[8][9]
Naish has also written books aimed at children, such as The Very Wobbly Christmas: A story to help children who feel anxious about Christmas, coauthored with Rosie Jefferies.[10]
References
- 1 2 "Compassion Fatigue – What every social worker must know". Association of Child Protection Professionals (AOCPP). Retrieved 30 April 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 "Sarah Naish discusses therapeutic parenting as a best practice for overcoming childhood trauma". JKP Blog. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
- ↑ Naish, Sarah (12 November 2016). But He Looks So Normal!: A Bad-Tempered Parenting Guide for Foster Parents and Adopters. ISBN 978-1-5336-7152-3. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ↑ Mir, Saima (8 September 2021). "Parental burnout: how juggling kids and work in a global pandemic brought us to the brink". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ↑ Reid, Lucinda (29 January 2021). "Inspiring mums started a 'groundbreaking' fostering agency amid the pandemic". Wales Online. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
- ↑ Ottaway, Heather; Selwyn, Julie (2016). 'No-one told us it was going to be like this': Compassion fatigue and foster carers. University of Bristol.
- ↑ O'Dea, Gerard (2 April 2019). "Therapeutic Parenting - Approaches in Schools". Positive Handling Training. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
- ↑ Hughes, Janet (3 January 2023). "Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi set to make TV series about a Cotswolds foster mum". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ↑ Kanter, Jake (30 December 2022). "Peter Capaldi-Directed Parenting Comedy 'They F**k You Up' In Works At Sky". Deadline. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ↑ "The Very Wobbly Christmas, book review by Luke age 13". Adopt South West. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2025.