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Understanding Lying
Do you care for or work with a child who lies, hides the truth, or tells stories that don’t seem to make sense? For many adults, repeated dishonesty can be frustrating and confusing. But for care-experienced children, lying is often not about “bad behaviour”; it’s a learned survival response to past trauma.
This workshop is designed for foster carers, adoptive parents, kinship carers, and professionals who want to understand the deeper reasons behind deceitful behaviour. Led by Dr. Mica Douglas, the session explores how early experiences shape a child’s relationship with truth, safety, and trust, and why traditional approaches to lying might not work for some children.
By gaining insight into the emotional and psychological roots of dishonesty, you’ll be better equipped to respond in ways that reduce conflict, protect relationships, and support long-term trust. Without this understanding, well-meaning responses can unintentionally reinforce fear, shame, and secrecy.
Date
January
14th
CPD Hours
4 Hours
Type
Certificate
Price
£40
What will you learn?
- A clear understanding of why lying is so common in care-experienced children
- Practical strategies for supporting children who use deceit as a coping mechanism
- Tools to build trust, strengthen honesty, and reduce the shame that fuels lying
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Meet the instructor
Dr. Mica Douglas
Mica is a UKCP Registered Psychotherapist with over 30 years’ experience in therapeutic fostering.
She completed a doctorate in 2020 on how training can elevate foster parents’ skills, and her research continues to shape Flourish Fostering’s therapeutic approach.
With a career spanning social work, management, and psychotherapy for both adults and children, Mica brings a unique depth of expertise to designing and leading our therapeutic parent courses.
Patrick Jones - Course author
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