Guest Speaker Dr suzanne zeedyk
The hidden dynamics of relationships: The Drama Triangle
Delivered by Dr Suzanne Zeedyk, this session will introduce you to the Drama Triangle, a common dynamic present in human relationships.
Through this session you will learn to recognise how this dynamic operates and explore ways this understanding can help build healthier, more respectful relationships.
Duration
2 Hours
Format
Live online training
CPD
5 CPD points
Price
£78 + VAT
Designed for
Thrive Practitioners
The hidden dynamics of relationships CPD
Overview
Delivered by Dr Suzanne Zeedyk, this session introduces the Drama Triangle, a common dynamic present in human relationships, especially those with children.
Often shaped by our earliest relationships, this dynamic can be easy to miss, yet it can have a significant impact on how we respond to behaviour and build connection.
You’ll learn to recognise how the Drama Triangle operates and explore how this understanding can support healthier, more respectful relationships based on curiosity. The session will also consider how school behaviour policies can unintentionally foster Drama Triangles, creating opportunities to address behavioural challenges in more creative, compassionate and helpful ways.
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The hidden dynamics of relationships CPD
What you’ll gain from this CPD
You’ll learn to recognise how the Drama Triangle operates and explore how this understanding can support healthier, more respectful relationships based on curiosity.
- Explore the Drama Triangle as a common emotional dynamic in human relationships, particularly those involving children.
- Deepen your understanding of how relational patterns learned in early childhood can shape responses to conflict, behaviour and emotional distress.
- Recognise how and why Drama Triangles can emerge in everyday interactions.
- Consider how blame, shame and hurt can influence responses in educational, family and professional settings.
- Reflect on where this dynamic may appear, including classrooms, early years settings, family homes and wider relational contexts.
- Develop theoretical knowledge of the Drama Triangle and its role in relational dynamics.
- Identify patterns and responses that can create or maintain Drama Triangle dynamics.
- Recognise how behaviour policies in educational settings may unintentionally foster Drama Triangles.
- Apply this understanding across classrooms, early years environments, family homes and professional relationships.
- Explore more creative, compassionate and helpful responses to behaviour.
Our guest speaker
Suzanne is an expert in infant communication, brain development and parent-infant relationships.
Dr Suzanne Zeedyk
Developmental Psychologist and Research Scientist
Dr Suzanne Zeedyk is a research scientist with a long-standing interest in babies’ innate capacity to communicate. Based at the University of Dundee since 1993, where she now holds an honorary post, she stepped away from full-time academia in 2011 to share the Science of Connection more widely.
She is the founder of connected baby and works with organisations around the world to increase understanding of emotional connection, infant communication, brain development and parent–infant relationships.
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Our July 2026 start dates
PA10333 - CPD - Guest Speaker - The hidden dynamics of relationships: The Drama Triangle
Start date: 14th July 2026
End date: 14th July 2026
1 Session
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£78 ex VAT
Session dates:
- Tue 14th July 2026 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm
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Course fee: £78 + VATBook your place above to secure your spot on this 2-hour CPD session for Thrive Practitioners.
This session is suitable for Thrive Licensed Practitioners working with children and young people across all settings.
It supports your ongoing CPD requirements to maintain your Thrive Licensed Practitioner status.
