Dear ICDP colleagues, friends and supporters,
It is with great sadness that I inform you that our dear friend and ICDP founder, Professor Henning Rye passed away on the 1st of February 2025.
Henning was a towering figure in ICDP. He brought great insight and subtlety to our work, and was able to enlighten and guide a great many. He had used his professorship position and travel opportunities to spread awareness and promote the development of profoundly inclusive and sensitive approaches to care and education. He touched and inspired many of us in the ICDP world and outside it, introducing many of his students and university colleagues to the principles that are at the core of the ICDP vision.and mission. Karsten and Henning were possessed of a noble desire to translate psychological theories into a useful and meaningful practice that would make a difference to children’s worlds, and this was a sense in which the rest of us founders found resonance and ardent commitment to action worldwide. In my fond memories of Henning I shall always remember two aspects that manifested in our meetings from the very early days onwards, his immense knowledge and his great sense of humour, which brought us inspiration as well as fun and laughter over the years. Thank you Henning!
With kind regards from Nicoletta