Therapeutic residential care for children and young people is a service model being implemented in the Queensland out-of-home care sector. Many therapeutic models for residential care exist; however, three that have research supporting their use include the Sanctuary model, positive peer culture model and the dyadic developmental psychotherapy residential model. This article will first outline the three models, with particular focus on the principles, strategies, current implementation and research related to each. It will then introduce Anglin's theory of congruence (2002) and outline how consistently each model corresponds to this theory.