relationships with an expiry date: the development of social-educational in care traumatised young people

This book describes the tensions faced by professionals working with traumatised young people. Divided into two sections, the work first examines the definition of trauma and the serious impact of traumatic factors on clients' ability to form attachments and relationships. However, the focus of the work lies on the specific challenges encountered in everyday relationships. Against this backdrop, this work explores and describes key aspects of shaping socio-educational relationships, which must be distinguished from other forms of relationship by a variety of criteria. The structuring of 'relationships with an expiry date' is a central task for professionals, enabling their clients to leave old relationship patterns behind, generate new patterns of relationship and attachment, and, through authentic support and a clear division of roles, equip them with the ability to develop stable and sustainable relationships.