Natama services

1.    Applicants for adoption and fostering

Natama offers a comprehensive range of services, including information, training, and assessment for those interested in fostering or adoption in English. We provide support with legal and family issues throughout the process. Our extensive training, assessment, and psychological testing are designed to equip individuals with the skills and knowledge needed to become officially recognized foster or adoptive parents. These services are recognized and approved by regional childcare offices, ensuring the highest standards of care and support. We provide training and assessment in Czech and English.
Contact us: winnette@natama.cz

2.    Family, children, adults: Consultations, diagnostic assessment, treatment and therapy

Natama provides consultation, diagnostic assessment, and therapy for families with a child who has problems related to an Adverse Childhood Experiences history (ACE). The history may include abuse, neglect, abandonment, hospitalization, placement in institutional care, loss, or a difficult divorce by parents. Problems may include relationship difficulty, behavior problems, frequent sadness, fears, worry, and anger. Diagnoses often include Complex Developmental Trauma (C-PTSD) and difficulties in attachment relationships. Our services include counseling with parents, therapy with parents, children, and adults, a parents' group for teaching, discussion, and support, individual therapy for parents, and training in therapeutic parenting of children. We also provide therapy for adults with a history of childhood adversities (ACE).
Contact us: winnette@natama.cz

3.    Fostering support (DVPP)

Natama is a licensed institute that provides ongoing support, education, and supervision to foster families with contracts for fostering provision.
Contact us: winnette@natama.cz

4.    Education and Training

Natama provides professional training, consultation, and information. We offer seminars and ongoing training groups in Attachment-Focused Therapy and Pesso-Boyden System Psychomotor (PBSP). We have an open group (ASTRA) for professionals interested in training and sharing information and expertise on the treatment of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) and Complex Developmental Trauma (C-PTSD). Natama organizes conferences with international experts on developmental psychology, neurobiology, family development, psychotherapy, and treatment. Follow our website.

5.    Winnette Lab

The Winnette Brain and Behavior Laboratory studies behavior in relation to brain functioning. We specialize in developmental affective neuroscience, social neuroscience, and developmental psychology:

• Healthy development of the brain and behavior throughout the lifespan
• The psychological and neurological development of children, adolescents, and adults who suffered adverse childhood experiences (ACE), developmental trauma, and stress. We specialize on clients who spent early childhood with no primary caregiver.
• Neurobiological changes as a consequence of psychotherapy

We hope to gain a deeper understanding of brain and behavior development and contribute to developing effective treatment methods. We seek to link neuroscience with clinical practice in psychotherapy for children, adults, and families.