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What We Do
• Train parents and carers dealing with behaviours of concern in trauma informed, nurture focused NVR parenting.
• Train parents, carers and practitioners to become NVR trainers.
• Raise awareness of NVR and the impact of trauma.
All training is accredited by NVR UK
Our Approach
At NVR Practitioners Consortium, we prioritise building or rebuilding the relationship between parent/carer and child/young person. We recognise that behaviour is a form of communication.
Our work is always trauma informed. We recognise that most, if not all, families dealing with challenging behaviour are affected by trauma, which can both trigger and be triggered by the behaviours. We therefore prioritise self-care for parents, carers and professionals.
Our group courses are facilitated, wherever possible, by a therapist and a parent/carer together, both trained and experienced in NVR. The lived experiences of parents and carers who have embedded NVR principles and practices in their families is particularly powerful. For parents/carers, it demonstrates that NVR works. For professionals, it helps them gain insight into the realities of living and dealing with challenging behaviour.
We find that combining parents/carers' lived experience with the psychological and therapeutic knowledge, skills and experience of a trained therapist is particularly powerful.
Meet the Team
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Dawn Oliver, Director and NVR UK Accredited Practitioner & Supervisor
Dawn was trained in NVR by Michelle Shapiro in 2015. Dawn has theoretical knowledge and personal experience in the fields of autism, adoption and person-centred approaches.
Dawn has delivered NVR training to parents of children with SEND in schools. She is also co-facilitating NVR trainings for adoptive parents both in person and online as well as working directly with families.
Dr Kate O'Brien Director and NVR UK Accredited Practitioner
Kate O'Brien is a HCPC registered Clinical Psychologist who trained with Michelle Shapiro in 2018. From then on, NVR has permeated all parts of her professional life.
Kate has over 10 years' experience in the NHS. Her current role is with the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, in a trauma-informed CAMHS service.
Kate offers NVR in
Kate O'Brien is a HCPC registered Clinical Psychologist who trained with Michelle Shapiro in 2018. From then on, NVR has permeated all parts of her professional life.
Kate has over 10 years' experience in the NHS. Her current role is with the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, in a trauma-informed CAMHS service.
Kate offers NVR individually or to groups, and to professionals learning NVR Principles.
Kate is passionate about the capacity of NVR to make real change in families lives. Parents as practitioners is important to Kate, so she is pleased to be part of an organisation that champions this.
Rachel Braverman, Director and NVR UK Informed Practitioner
Rachel discovered NVR just in time. Her adopted son has significant and complex needs, which nearly led to the placement breaking down. Adopting NVR principles has led to the violence reducing from daily/going on for hours to occasional and short-lived episodes, transforming the atmosphere at home.
In her professional life, Rachel was alre
Rachel discovered NVR just in time. Her adopted son has significant and complex needs, which nearly led to the placement breaking down. Adopting NVR principles has led to the violence reducing from daily/going on for hours to occasional and short-lived episodes, transforming the atmosphere at home.
In her professional life, Rachel was already an experienced trainer and facilitator, so she was delighted to be able to train as an NVR practitioner with Michelle in 2018. She works one-to-one with parents/carers and has facilitated a variety of groups, in person and online.
michelle shapiro, founder of nvr practitioners
Michelle Shapiro trained with Professor Haim Omer, the originator of the NVR Parenting Approach, in 2005, when he came to the UK for the one and only time. This was during Michelle's 10-year stint as a Clinical Psychologist in an NHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS). She then integrated NVR into her work with individual families . Michelle also facilitated many NVR groups of parents and carers. Recognising the enormous difference NVR could make if it was widely available, Michelle also focused on training and supervising clinicians to offer this effective modality to their clients.
Michelle started NVR Practitioners Consortium in 2016 so her work in the field would continue and to disseminate knowledge about NVR more widely. She has since retired from practice.
We are incredibly grateful for Michelle's inspiration, guidance and foresight in founding our organisation and we look forward to continuing her excellent work.