Child-Parent Psychotherapy

02/13/2026

We love that new CPP clinicians are joining us from across New York City. Welcome to CPP!

🎉 Congratulations to the clinicians who have completed Learning Session 1 of our Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) Learning Collaborative!

Child-Parent Psychotherapy is an evidence-based, relationship-focused treatment model that helps young children and their caregivers heal after trauma, strengthen attachment, and restore a sense of safety. As an implementation-level training, participating clinicians are already integrating CPP into their work with children and families.

We are proud to partner with agencies investing deeply in this work, including The Jewish Board, Violence Intervention Program (VIP), Hope For Youth, Emma L. Bowen Community Service Center (Upper Manhattan Mental Health Center), Stony Brook University Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health – Child Division, Health Solutions, JCCA, SCO Family of Services, Association to Benefit Children, Baystate Health – Family Advocacy Center, the PEACE Program at NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center, and Maimonides Medical Center – Pediatrics.

Special appreciation to:
Child-Parent Psychotherapy
NYC Administration for Children’s Services (ACS)
The Jewish Board
SCO Family of Services
JCCA
Association to Benefit Children

Thank you to every organization and clinician committed to strengthening families and supporting children impacted by stress and trauma. 💛

If your agency is interested in participating in a future CPP Learning Collaborative, we welcome you to connect with us at info@theselfcarepractice.com

02/04/2026

“Solo sufrimos, juntos sanamos.” “We suffer alone. We heal together.”

A beautiful interview conducted with Adalinda Sanchez, a member of our CPP community, and her colleague Ana Lewis from Change Inc. So helpful in the way that they are talking about the fear that too many children are experiencing, ways this may impact them, and developmentally appropriate ways that grown-ups can support them in making sense of their experiences and not being alone with their fear.

Therapists Ana Lewis and Adalinda Sanchez joined KARE 11 on Sunday to tell us more about the impact of Operation Metro Surge on mental health among children.

01/21/2026

UPCOMING CPP LC IN SAN FRANCISCO

Training begins in March 2026. Space is limited. See schedule, cost, and application instructions here:

San Francisco 2026 CPP Cohort Starting March 2026! LS1 dates: March 9, 16, 23, 30 - 12:00-5:00pm PT Child-Parent Psychotherapy Overview CPP is an intervention model for children aged 0-5 who have experienced traumatic events and/or are experiencing mental health, attachment, and/or beh...

12/03/2025

Chandra Ghosh Ippen's full practice plenary from the 2025 ZERO TO THREE Learn Conference is now, for a limited time, freely available for any who are interested. Embedded are multiple lessons that we hold dear in Child-Parent Psychotherapy that we hope to spread across systems.

To access the full video, click on the link and then scroll down to the bottom of the page and complete the form. Once you do this, the video with the full talk will become visible. The plenary talk begins around minute 12:30. https://bit.ly/3MfyZt3

11/27/2025

We are grateful for this community, for all you stand for and for all you do. In a world with much pain and harm, it is beautiful to be in community with those dedicated to repair and healing. We wish you joy, nourishment, relaxation, and care.

If we could, it would be lovely to enjoy some pie together. Pictured is a dyadic octo-pie to symbolize all the dyads and families that you have all supported.

11/24/2025

Congratulations to the newest cohort of Nevada CPP trained clinicians and Nevada State CPP trainer Tricia Woodliff. We are glad to have you as part of our CPP community!

10/24/2025

Dr. Nadine Burke, former Surgeon General of California, sharing the healing power of CPP at an NIH Symposium:

“There is strong evidence that to show that we have interventions [like Child-Parent Psychotherapy] that can not only help to regulate the stress response but also address the physiologic harms that are associated.”

Watch the full event here (Dr. Burke's presentation begins at 2:47:00): https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=56889

10/15/2025

It was lovely to gather with many in our CPP community at the ZERO TO THREE Learn Conference. Look forward to seeing more of you in the future. Next year the conference is in Portland, Oregon.

10/14/2025

CPP honors the strength and rich traditions of indigenous families. We acknowledge and seek to repair traumatic experiences too many indigenous families have experienced, and we are grateful to be in partnership with many colleagues of indigenous heritage.

10/10/2025

This week, many of us were at the ZERO TO THREE conference, sharing what we have learned through Child-Parent Psychotherapy. We hope more and more people learn about the impact of early childhood trauma and clearly see that we need to intervene early because we know that history is not destiny. There is so much that we can do together to support safety and repair.

If you were at the conference and took pictures, please message us and share them.

10/08/2025

If you're at the ZERO TO THREE conference in Baltimore, and you want to say hi, stop by the bookstore tomorrow, Wednesday at 5. I will be bringing CPP pins to share.

I am at the ZERO TO THREE conference in Baltimore and will be signing books at the bookstore tomorrow at 5pm during the reception. If you are here, stop by and say hi.