Hands Holding Hands

We partner with all those investing in early relational health and in fostering compassionate communities

Family & Children's Centres

The Circle in Communities

Developing healthy partnerships

At HeartShift we aim to grow partnerships with carers and organisations involved in child development and community strengthening. We work together to apply the COSP approach where strong support systems already exist. Our hands-on approach serves to enhance the work you do to help children and families thrive.

We welcome opportunities to work with:

Baby Wellness Clinics
Day-Care Centres
Adoption Agencies
Children’s Homes & Foster Care
Family NGOs and Charities

Why adopt Circle of Security?

Making secure attachment accessible to all

COSP is built on decades of attachment research which is now influencing public policy world-wide. The research shows that developing secure attachments to primary caregivers is a protective factor in a child’s mental and physical wellbeing. It’s also the foundation for social and emotional regulation. Both simple and multi-faceted, COSP is highly effective cross-culturally and in under-resourced areas.

A facilitated and reflection-based intervention

Informed by caregiver trauma throughout its development, COSP establishes:

A road-map for developing specific relationship capacities in caregivers

A secure base for caregivers to explore their strengths and struggles

A template to help caregivers reflect on their own childhood experiences

An awareness of a child’s attachment needs and how to meet them

An experience of co-regulation that caregivers can pass on to their child

An improved sense of self as a caregiver and positive affect towards child

Children don't get traumatised because they get hurt, children get traumatised because they're alone with their hurt.

- Gabor Maté

Our Partners

Collaborations with family and child organisations

Our Communities

Families we've journeyed with...

"If we could just learn to listen to our children instead of always yelling, we could change the cycle of anger and violence."
- Mother, Heideveld
"I am so, so grateful. When I go and visit my grandson in prison now, I can connect with him in a way I couldn't before."
- Grandmother, Heideveld
"I realised how my trying to control him was getting in the way of our relationship. I had to learn to let go and just learn to be his ma."
- Mother, Heideveld
"The bit about shark music really made sense to me. It gets me to a more calm position and it helps a lot."
- Mother, Heideveld