Denise is a certified instructor in Bryan Post’s model, ‘The Great Behaviour Breakdown’ (GBB), which is an innovative parent training for adopters, foster carers and any parents of children with challenging behaviour. She is also trained in DDP Levels 1 & 2 (with Dan Hughes), Theraplay Level 1, Mindfulness and Systems Family Therapy Level 1. Denise has a post-graduate diploma in the Therapeutic application of the Arts and in Psychosynthesis counselling, as well as a diploma in Psychotherapy skills with children and adolescents. Denise supervises Adoption Practitioners and Counsellors. She has experience of dealing with a wide range of challenging behaviour including Children and Young People affected by Attachment Disruption and Trauma in Adoption and Fostering as well as ASD/ADHD and Mental Health difficulties.. She has worked in Child Mental Health and in Statutory as well as Independent and Voluntary Agencies. Denise strongly advocates that the ‘love-based’ parenting approach is the most successful approach for parenting children with challenging behaviour albeit, environmental or genetic. Denise works independently as a counsellor with adults as well as young people and their families and offers free-lance training and supervision, as well as parent-child therapy on either a private or a contractual basis through Local Authorities and RAAs in the UK.