Guest Speaker: The hidden dynamics of relationships: The Rupture-Repair Cycle
At a glance
Guest speaker
Dr Suzanne Zeedyk
Webinar duration
2 hours
Suitable for
Thrive Licensed Practitioners
CPD
Worth 5 CPD points
Price per place
£78 excl. VAT
Course outcomes
By the end of this 2-hour session, you will have:
- Developed theoretical knowledge of the Rupture-Repair Cycle as a central dynamic within human relationships.
- Deepened your understanding of how early relational experiences shape the rhythms and patterns we carry into later relationships.
- Explored the links between emotional misattunement, unrepaired ruptures and trauma.
- Applied this understanding to everyday settings, including classrooms, early years environments, family homes and professional relationships.
- Reflected on how repair supports healthier, more resilient relationships.
Who is it for?
This session is suitable for Thrive Licensed Practitioners working with children and young people across all settings.
Introducing guest speaker: Dr Suzanne Zeedyk
Dr Suzanne Zeedyk is a research scientist fascinated by babies’ innate capacity to communicate. Since 1993, she has been based at the University of Dundee, Scotland, within the School of Psychology, where she now holds an honorary post.
In 2011, she stepped away from full time academic work in order to set up her own independent training enterprise to disseminate what she calls the Science of Connection. Humans beings are born connected, and as a species we have a physiological need for emotional connection in order to lead happy, healthy lives. Suzanne thought the public deserved to understand the science that gives depth to these insights. She brings to her work her awareness of the latest discoveries on infant communicative capacities and brain development, as well as her own research expertise on parent-infant relationships and the socio-political contexts within which scientific information emerges.
In 2014, she expanded her reach by founding the organisation connected baby, which enabled her team to create events and resources that support her message. We estimate that, in the past 10 years, well over 100,000 people have heard her speak live, and many more have watched videos or read her books and blogs.
Suzanne now works closely with organisations around the world, remaining committed to the goal she set out with: increasing awareness of the decisions we make about caring for children, because they are integrally connected to our vision for the kind of society we wish to build.
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What you'll learn
Recognising how the Rupture-Repair Cycle works can support you to build healthier, more resilient relationships and let go of the pressure to be perfect professionals. This session will explore tools for building healthy relationships and repairing connections after moments of rupture or emotional misattunement, which are a natural part of all relationships.
The aims and objectives of this session are to help you:
- Explore the Rupture-Repair Cycle as an everyday relational process that shapes connection, trust and emotional safety.
- Build awareness of why ruptures and moments of misattunement happen in all relationships.
- Consider the impact of repair in reducing relational stress and supporting emotional resilience.
- Examine examples of rupture and repair across a range of real-life contexts, from family life to classrooms and early years settings.
- Increase confidence in noticing opportunities for repair and responding in ways that strengthen relationships.