My experience has been horrific. Accused of all sorts by professionals with no understanding of attachment issues. The result is a family torn apart, a child back in care and a broken parent. And still, they don’t listen as I try to hang on keeping a relationship with my child. The lack of knowledge has been awful, the lack of capacity for professionals to engage and keen about trauma and attachment has been shocking.
What would make it better? In my opinion more trauma-based training, awareness for professionals and for the family, the support that was promised at the very start, that never came.