As part of the Relationships Alliance's mission to champion the importance of relationships so that they are valued in all aspects of public policy, we were pleased to host a seminar on 'Love and Work' with speakers Jon Cruddas MP and Yvonne Roberts, journalist at The Observer.

– A New Policy Briefing from the Relationships Alliance

Following a meeting of the APPG for Strengthening Couple Relationships on this subject in November, the Relationships Alliance has prepared a policy briefing which explores the nature and effectiveness of relationship education for adults. Download the briefing here

The WHY? What's Happening for the Young? Festival, supported by law firm Mishcon de Rey, takes place from 23-26 October and is a series of events promoting children's and young people's rights in the UK. We're excited to announce that TCCR's Kate Thompson and Pierre Cachia are guest speakers at the festival's Resolving Parental Conflict seminar on Saturday 25 October.

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On 20 October the Alliance launched its 12 policy recommendations in The Relationships Manifesto: Strengthening Relationships to an audience of MPs, including Rt. Hon. Iain Duncan Smith MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, civil servants and other charities at a reception in the House of Commons.

Download the Manifesto here

Watch our latest video seminar: Parental Conflict and the Effects on Children’s Development

Our latest video seminar is now available online.  Click here to watch Professor Gordon Harold and Leezah Hertzmann examine the impact that parental conflict has on children and young people.

TCCR has teamed up with the law firm to help address the need to offer alternative ways to resolve disputes for families, so that litigation can be the last, not the first resort for the resolution of parental disagreements.

Our CEO Susanna Abse was delighted to welcome David Cameron to the Relationship Alliance Summit on 18 August 2014.

The Prime Minister revealed how a range of measures will focus on ‘helping new parents, supporting couples to stay together and addressing the underlying causes of family breakdown'.

We are pleased to announce that Nick Pearce is now our new Chair of Trustees.  Nick, currently Director of the Institute for Public Policy, takes over from Dr Anton Obholzer, who has stepped down from the post after almost nine years of hard work for TCCR.

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Couples on the Borderline: A Mentalization-Based Approach - November 2014

This workshop will increase awareness of a Mentalization Based Treatment approach for couples whose thinking and emotional experiences become greatly disorganised particularly within an intimate couple attachment relationship. For more information click here 

This book by David Hewison, Christopher Clulow & Harriet Drake highlights the particular techniques needed in effective work with distressed couples, and goes through the different ways in which the couple's feelings, thoughts, and behaviours need to be understood and worked with in order to reduce relationship distress. For more information and details on how to purchase the book please click here 

This workshop will address the relevance of psychodynamic theory to our understanding of the role of therapy for sexual difficulties. Click here for more information 

This exciting new book from TCCR and the International Psychotherapy Institute in Washington is a comprehensive statement about psychoanalytic work with couples from an international perspective.

Drawing on collaborative video seminars between the two organisations, it outlines current theoretical debates and contemporary clinical practice.

TCCR publish two new Relationships Alliance briefings: What do couple relationships have to do with children’s academic achievements?  and Couple relationships and health and wellbeing in later life. To view all TCCR policy briefing documents please click here.