Parents' views of their child’s therapy after Grenfell (Version 1)
Research type
Research Study
Full title
An exploration of the cultural dimensions of parents’ understanding of their children’s psychological assessment and trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy following the Grenfell tower fire.
IRAS ID
291025
Contact name
Jordan Quinn
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Salomons Institute for Applied Psychology
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 11 months, 2 days
Research summary
On the 14th of June 2017, a fire in Grenfell Tower claimed the lives of seventy-two individuals and destroyed the homes of hundreds, constituting the worst domestic fire since the Second World War (Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, 2019). As of January 2020, nine thousand residents living in the North Kensington area have been seen by the specialist NHS trauma service known as the Grenfell Health and Wellbeing Service (NHS West London Clinical Commissioning Group, 2020), including 744 children who have accessed trauma-related treatment (ITV news, 2020).
Within the GHWS, an offer of trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy is one proposed treatment for children who experienced psychological difficulties following the Grenfell tower fire. However, as the trauma-focused cognitive behavioural model for trauma has been developed by a majority of white-eurocentric researchers, and evaluated with a majority white clinical population, it is unclear how this model may, or may not, be relevant across cultures.
The aim of the study is to explore parents’ understanding and experience of their child(ren)’s Grenfell-related psychological difficulties being understood and intervened with, within a trauma-focused cognitive behavioural model, and how this fits with the parents' cultural and familial knowledge, values and practices. Parents of children who have accessed trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy with the Grenfell Health and Wellbeing Service will be invited to take part in an interview of up to one hour in duration.
REC name
London - Stanmore Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
21/LO/0505
Date of REC Opinion
13 Oct 2021
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion