Parent-Child Relationship Programs

Caregiver-child Biobehavioral Synchrony in Positive Contexts - April 30, 2026
2026-04-30 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom
April 30, 2026
10 – 11:30am Pacific Time (Seattle) / 1 – 2:30pm Eastern
via Zoom
BARNARD CENTER FREE LECTURE SERIES
A key developmental task of the first years of a child’s life is establishing child self-regulatory abilities. Biobehavioral synchrony or the extent to which the caregiver and child coordinate and match their vocalizations, affect, body movements, and touch as well as their physiological and neural responses during face-to-face interactions is theorized to support the development of young children’s emotional self-regulation abilities. This talk will describe the ways in which biobehavioral synchrony promotes infant and young child socio-emotional development and discuss factors such as parental psychopathology that may disrupt this important developmental mechanism.

DR. JUDITH MORGAN, PhD
Dr. Morgan’s research has focused on mechanisms of risk for affective disorders during early development. Dr. Morgan received her B.S.in Psychology from the University of Alabama in 2004, summa cum laude, and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Delaware in 2010. Dr. Morgan has received continuous funding from the National Institute of Mental Health since 2013. In July 2013, she was awarded a NIMH-funded Career Development Award (K01), “Neural and Social Processes of Positive Affect in Children at Risk for Depression”, that examined neural reward function in 6- to 8- year-old children at familial risk for depression. In 2017, she was awarded a Biobehavioral Research Award for Innovative New Scientists (BRAINS) R01 to evaluate how affective, behavioral, and neural synchrony in mother-child dyads may be compromised by maternal depression. This prestigious R01 is awarded to “outstanding, exceptionally productive scientists who are in the early, formative stages of their careers and who plan to make a long-term career commitment to research”. Most recently, she received two additional R01 awards, one in February 2023 to evaluate biobehavioral synchrony in mother-infant dyads affected by postpartum depression, and another in July 2024 to experimentally test how parental socialization of child positive affect may shape child neural reward activity. Dr. Morgan has been recognized for her scholarly efforts through various awards throughout her career, including a Klingenstein Third Generation Fellowship in 2014, a NARSAD Young Investigator Award in 2017, and a Constellation of Emerging and Rising Stars Award from the University of Pittsburgh in 2022.

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Promoting First Relationships® Level One VIRTUAL Workshop – May 18-21, 2026
2026-05-18 09:00 - 2026-05-21 12:30
4 Half-Days Level 1 Workshop
May 18-21, 2026
9:00 – 12:30pm each day Pacific Time (SEATTLE) / 12:00 – 3:3opm Eastern Time (NY)
via Zoom
14 CEs available
Promoting First Relationships workshop gives professionals the knowledge, tools, and strategies to support and guide caregivers in building nurturing relationships with children (0-5). The Promoting First Relationships evidence-based program integrates theory, practice and intervention.
In this 4 half-day learner’s workshop, participants learn a unique consultation and intervention strategy that they can integrate into their work whether in high-risk, special needs, child-care, or other early childhood fields.
In this workshop, you will learn . . .

Theoretical foundations of social and emotional development in early childhood (birth to 3 years)
Consultation strategies
Elements of a healthy relationship
Infants and the development of trust and security
Toddlers and the development of self
Understanding and intervening with children’s challenging behaviors
Developing intervention plans and individualizing the PFR curriculum

Promoting First Relationships can improve…

Parental sensitivity
Parental knowledge of child development
Parental confidence and competence
Child outcomes
Child Welfare outcomes

Because Promoting First Relationships is a positive, strengths-based model, caregivers are typically open to intervention and gain competence, and thus investment, in their caregiving.
Your fee covers tuition, all curriculum materials including the Promoting First Relationships manual, and a copy of reproducible parent handouts.
What participants are saying . . .

“I loved the video examples which really helped illustrate the principles.”
“Straightforward and doable, lots of real life examples and opportunity to reflect in groups.”
“I liked how the case studies cemented the concepts.”
“I particularly liked the group discussions, latest research information and the handouts.”

From Contagious Crying to Compassion: The Origins of Empathy- June 23, 2026
2026-06-23 09:00 - 10:30 | Zoom
June 23, 2026
9 – 10:30am Pacific Time (Seattle) / 12 – 1:30pm Eastern
via Zoom
BARNARD CENTER FREE LECTURE SERIES
Why do babies cry when they hear other babies cry? Is it simply a reaction to an unpleasant sound or an early sign of empathy? This talk explores the phenomenon of “contagious crying” in infancy, drawing on cross-cultural studies from the UK and Uganda using innovative physiological measures. We will consider how infants’ early emotional responses to others lay the groundwork for empathy, and how these are shaped by caregivers and cultural contexts to support young children’s emotional development.

DR. CARLO VREDEN, PhD
Dr. Carlo Vreden obtained his PhD in Developmental Psychology from Durham University in the UK and is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education in Frankfurt, Germany. Carlo’s work looks at the development of young children’s social and emotional behaviors and how their development is shaped by instructional styles, caregiver interactions, and cultural practices.

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Promoting First Relationships® Level One VIRTUAL Workshop – July 14-17, 2026
2026-07-14 09:00 - 2026-07-17 12:30
4 Half-Days Level 1 Workshop
July 14-17, 2026
9:00 – 12:30pm each day Pacific Time (SEATTLE) / 12:00 – 3:30pm Eastern Time (NY)
via Zoom
14 CEs available
Promoting First Relationships workshop gives professionals the knowledge, tools, and strategies to support and guide caregivers in building nurturing relationships with children (0-5). The Promoting First Relationships evidence-based program integrates theory, practice and intervention.
In this 4 half-day learner’s workshop, participants learn a unique consultation and intervention strategy that they can integrate into their work whether in high-risk, special needs, child-care, or other early childhood fields.
In this workshop, you will learn . . .

Theoretical foundations of social and emotional development in early childhood (birth to 3 years)
Consultation strategies
Elements of a healthy relationship
Infants and the development of trust and security
Toddlers and the development of self
Understanding and intervening with children’s challenging behaviors
Developing intervention plans and individualizing the PFR curriculum

Promoting First Relationships can improve…

Parental sensitivity
Parental knowledge of child development
Parental confidence and competence
Child outcomes
Child Welfare outcomes

Because Promoting First Relationships is a positive, strengths-based model, caregivers are typically open to intervention and gain competence, and thus investment, in their caregiving.
Your fee covers tuition, all curriculum materials including the Promoting First Relationships manual, and a copy of reproducible parent handouts.
What participants are saying . . .

“I loved the video examples which really helped illustrate the principles.”
“Straightforward and doable, lots of real life examples and opportunity to reflect in groups.”
“I liked how the case studies cemented the concepts.”
“I particularly liked the group discussions, latest research information and the handouts.”

Please note: Each training session must have a minimum of 13 people registered 1 week prior to the training date. If this minimum number is not met, PCRP reserves the right to cancel the training. All registrants will be notified of any cancellations.

In and out of sync: Biobehavioral synchrony in the context of early adversity - July 23, 2026
2026-07-23 10:00 - 11:30
July 23, 2026
10 – 11:30am Pacific Time (Seattle) / 1 – 2:30pm Eastern
via Zoom
BARNARD CENTER FREE LECTURE SERIES
In this talk, Dr. Gray will review the state of the science on biobehavioral synchrony between parents and their children, or how parents’ and children’s behavior and physiology coordinate during interaction. The talk will focus on synchrony’s potential for understanding intergenerational transmission of mental health risk, particularly in contexts of early adversity, reviewing research from her lab and other scholars. In addition, she will underscore what we currently do and don’t yet understand about physiological synchrony, highlighting future directions in research as well as clinical implications.

DR. SARAH GRAY, PhD
Dr. Sarah Gray is a licensed clinical psychologist and an Associate Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Connecticut. As a clinician, scholar, and teacher, she focuses on the healing power of relationships. Her research examines the developmental consequences of early life adversity, with a specific focus on intergenerational processes. She is an academy of fellows member at Zero to Three, and her work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Brain & Behavior Foundation, and the American Psychoanalytic Association.

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Promoting First Relationships® (PFR) OPEN HOUSE
2026-07-29 09:00 - 09:30 | Zoom, United States
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
9:00am – 9:30am PT (Seattle)
via Zoom
Register Here
Join us on Zoom July 29 to learn more about Promoting First Relationships® (PFR) and how this program can support the work that you do with families and young children.

PFR offers a unique and engaging way of working with caregivers to help them feel confident in their parenting and experience joy in their relationship with their child.
This open house will include a brief presentation and time for questions and answers.

From Early Social Interactions to Language Development: Brain-to-Brain Synchrony and Natural Social Stimuli - August 12, 2026
2026-08-12 09:00 - 10:30
August 12, 2026
9 – 10:30am Pacific Time (Seattle) / 12 – 1:30pm Eastern
via Zoom
BARNARD CENTER FREE LECTURE SERIES
From birth, infants engage in rich social interactions that rely on both verbal cues (e.g., caregiver speech) and nonverbal signals (e.g., body odors). My research examines how early multisensory social input shapes social brain development and supports later language outcomes.
In earlier work, I investigated social chemosignaling in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Using subliminal presentation of natural (fear-related body odor) and synthetic chemosignals, I demonstrated altered autonomic and behavioral responses in adults with autism, suggesting that atypical processing of social olfactory cues may contribute to difficulties in social communication.
Extending this work to early development, I examined how maternal chemosignals influence infant social behavior and neural coupling. Using ecological interaction paradigms and dual-EEG, I found that exposure to maternal body odor enhances infant–adult brain-to-brain synchrony, increases attention to faces, and promotes positive arousal and approach behavior during interactions with an unfamiliar adult. To examine whether mother–infant inter-brain synchrony is influenced by maternal behavior, I examined its association with two well-studied maternal behavioral orientations: sensitivity and intrusiveness. I found that higher maternal sensitivity was associated with greater mother–infant neural synchrony. Maternal sensitivity has consistently been linked to positive socio-emotional outcomes and language development.
My current research focuses on how early caregiver–infant interactions support language development. In longitudinal studies, I found that maternal sensitivity, infant-directed speech (IDS), and conversational turn-taking as early as 3 months predict language outcomes in the third year of life. Furthermore, early brain-to-brain synchrony between caregivers and infants predicts later language outcomes and mediates the association between maternal sensitivity and language development.
Together, this work identifies the importance of early social interactions for social development and language acquisition, and highlights brain-to-brain synchrony as a potential mechanism linking early caregiving to long-term developmental outcomes.

YAARA ENDEVELT, PhD

Dr. Yaara Endevelt-Shapira is a Research Scientist at the Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences (I-LABS) at the University of Washington. Her research focuses on human social interactions and social neurodevelopment, using behavioral and neurophysiological methods to measure interpersonal behavioral and neural synchrony between infants and adults during natural interactions.
Dr. Endevelt-Shapira earned her B.Sc. in Food Engineering and Biotechnology from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology. She completed her M.Sc. and Ph.D. in the Department of Neurobiology at the Weizmann Institute of Science, where she worked with Prof. Noam Sobel on olfaction and social chemosignaling in autism spectrum disorders. She then conducted her postdoctoral training at the Center for Developmental Social Neuroscience at Reichman University, working with Prof. Ruth Feldman on social chemosignaling during early development, including the use of dual-EEG to assess adult–infant inter-brain synchrony.
Her work has shown that exposure to maternal body odor during interaction with an unfamiliar female increased brain-to-brain synchrony as well as infant’s visual attention to faces, positive arousal, and approach behavior. In addition, maternal behaviors, such as sensitivity and intrusiveness during face-to-face interactions, are associated with levels of inter-brain synchrony between mothers and infants. In her current research, she employs longitudinal designs to examine how early caregiver–infant interactions at 3 months of age, parental speech input and responsiveness, as well as brain-to-brain synchrony, and physiological measures (e.g., heart rate) relate to later language development and school readiness.

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Supporting Trust and Exploration in Reflective Supervision/Consultation - August 20, 2026
2026-08-20 09:00 - 12:00
Supporting Trust and Exploration in Reflective Supervision/Consultation
A Training for Home Visiting Supervisors and Consultants
August 20, 2026
9 – 12 pm Pacific Time / 12 -3 pm Eastern Time
via Zoom
3 CEs available
Why Attend?
Reflective Supervision is the heart of relational practice. This training will help you create supervisory spaces that foster trust, curiosity, and growth—essential for supporting home visitors and the families they serve.
What You’ll Learn:
✔ Understand the Primary Goals of Reflective Supervision/Consultation

Build safety and confidence for home visitors
Promote reflective capacity and professional growth
See through the parent’s and child’s lens for attuned support

✔ Deepen Understanding of Human Social Emotional Needs

Explore how the 10 Human Social Emotional Needs show up in the work
Learn how to stay connected during difficult interactions
Create responsive and containing supervisory relationships

✔ Balance Exploration and Guidance

Navigate reflective exploration vs. directive guidance
Support growth while maintaining accountability
Cultivate a curious, compassionate, developmentally informed stance

Please note: Each training session must have a minimum of 13 people registered 1 week prior to the training date. If this minimum number is not met, PCRP reserves the right to cancel the training. All registrants will be notified of any cancellations.

Promoting First Relationships® Level One VIRTUAL Workshop – September 15, 17, 21 & 23, 2026
2026-09-15 09:00 - 2026-09-23 12:30
4 Half-Days Level 1 Workshop
September 15, 17 21 & 23, 2026
9:00 – 12:30pm each day Pacific Time (SEATTLE) / 12:00 – 3:3opm Eastern Time (NY)
via Zoom
14 CEs available
Promoting First Relationships workshop gives professionals the knowledge, tools, and strategies to support and guide caregivers in building nurturing relationships with children (0-5). The Promoting First Relationships evidence-based program integrates theory, practice and intervention.
In this 4 half-day learner’s workshop, participants learn a unique consultation and intervention strategy that they can integrate into their work whether in high-risk, special needs, child-care, or other early childhood fields.
In this workshop, you will learn . . .

Theoretical foundations of social and emotional development in early childhood (birth to 3 years)
Consultation strategies
Elements of a healthy relationship
Infants and the development of trust and security
Toddlers and the development of self
Understanding and intervening with children’s challenging behaviors
Developing intervention plans and individualizing the PFR curriculum

Promoting First Relationships can improve…

Parental sensitivity
Parental knowledge of child development
Parental confidence and competence
Child outcomes
Child Welfare outcomes

Because Promoting First Relationships is a positive, strengths-based model, caregivers are typically open to intervention and gain competence, and thus investment, in their caregiving.
Your fee covers tuition, all curriculum materials including the Promoting First Relationships manual, and a copy of reproducible parent handouts.
What participants are saying . . .

“I loved the video examples which really helped illustrate the principles.”
“Straightforward and doable, lots of real life examples and opportunity to reflect in groups.”
“I liked how the case studies cemented the concepts.”
“I particularly liked the group discussions, latest research information and the handouts.”

Please note: Each training session must have a minimum of 13 people registered 1 week prior to the training date. If this minimum number is not met, PCRP reserves the right to cancel the training. All registrants will be notified of any cancellations.

Promoting Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy (PMMH) OPEN HOUSE
2026-09-16 11:00 - 12:00
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
11:00am – 12:00pm PT (Seattle)
via Zoom
Register Here
Attend this 60 minute free information session to learn about Promoting Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy (PMMH) and how this training can help your practice.

What is Promoting Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy?
PMMH addresses the importance of helping the pregnant woman achieve a healthier mental and emotional state during pregnancy in order to improve the chances that she and her child will experience a healthier relationship.

Research has shown that a mother’s mental health and emotional state during pregnancy has an immediate and direct impact on her relationship with her infant.
In turn, the health of the mother-child relationship directly impacts the child’s quality of life.
By helping the pregnant woman improve her mental and emotional state during pregnancy, we are able to increase the chances that she and her child will experience a healthier relationship.

Promoting Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy VIRTUAL Workshop – September 21-24, 2026
2026-09-21 08:00 - 2026-09-24 12:00 | Zoom
September 21-24, 2026
8:00am – 12:00pm each day Pacific Time (Seattle)
via Zoom
15 CEs available
This workshop addresses the importance of helping the pregnant woman achieve a healthier mental and emotional state during pregnancy in order to improve the chances that she and her child will experience a healthier relationship. Interventions allow for individualized and creative approaches that capture your client’s interest.

Research has shown that a mother’s mental health and emotional state during pregnancy has an immediate and direct impact on her lifelong relationship with her infant.
In turn, the health of the mother-child relationship directly impacts the child’s quality of life, possibly throughout the lifespan.
By helping the pregnant woman improve her mental and emotional state during pregnancy, we are able to increase the chances that she and her child will experience a healthier relationship.

Promoting Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy training covers issues critical to the development of the early mother-child relationship including . . .

High-risk pregnancies
Unresolved grief or loss
Normal, typical course of pregnancy
Domestic violence
Women experiencing depression or other mental health disruptions

Your fee covers tuition and all curriculum materials including two Promoting Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy books, one covering Theory and Practice and one on Activities, an assessment guide, and 56 reproducible handouts/activities.
What participants are saying . . .

“Excellent. Fantastic. I love that I’m leaving with real, simple interventions that I can start using tomorrow. A very practicial application to help Mom through all aspects of pregnancy.”

“The presenter was good at connecting the concepts in a personal and positive way.”
“I feel more confident in being able to help my families.”

Please note: Each training session must have a minimum of 13 people registered 1 week prior to the training date. If this minimum number is not met, PCRP reserves the right to cancel the training. All registrants will be notified of any cancellations.

Parent-Child Interaction Scales (PCI) OPEN HOUSE
2026-09-22 09:00 - 10:00
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
9:00am – 10:00am PT (Seattle)
via Zoom
Register Here
Attend this 30-minute free information session to learn about Parent-Child Interaction (PCI) Feeding and Teaching Scales and how this training and assessment can help your practice.
What are the Parent-Child Interaction (PCI) Feeding and Teaching Scales?

PCI is about careful observation. More than anything else, it’s about watching the nonverbal communication of the child and parent and understanding how they interact together. Becoming a careful observer is a critical skill for assessment.
The Scales are valid and reliable assessments for measuring parent-child interactions with an extensive body of research across disciplines.
They serve as a well-developed set of observable behaviors that describe caregiver/parent-child interaction in either a feeding or teaching situation.
They are excellent pre and post measures to document intervention effects for clinicians and researchers.
The scales have been used in hundreds of studies and published in peer-reviewed scholarly journals.

This open house will include a brief presentation followed by a question-and-answer time.

Understanding Infant Cues, Regulation, Behavior, and States - October 5, 2026
2026-10-05 08:30 - 12:30 | Zoom
October 5, 2026
8:30AM – 12:30 PM Pacific Time (SEATTLE) / 11:30AM -3:30PM Eastern (New York)
via Zoom

This training is eligible for 4 STARS credit.
Keys to Infant Caregiving is a research-based program for professionals that provides essential information on newborn and infant behavior. Participants will learn about infants and their captivating ability to interact and engage in relationships with their parents, caregivers, childcare providers and how that impacts the care they receive. Participants will learn about how infants’ internal states influence their behavior and how to help infants regulate. They will learn how to read the very young infant’s cues and how to foster relationships in the childcare setting that promote the infant’s social, emotional, and cognitive growth while completing routine tasks like feeding and diapering an infant.
The course will be a mixture of video observation of infants, PowerPoint, and discussion to help participants define, observe, and reflect on ways to understand and support how infants in their care are growing and developing within the daily interactions they are engaging in.
This course will help you:

Describe the observable behaviors of the six infant states and how that impacts the care they receive
Identify state-related behaviors during routine caregiving activities
Demonstrate your knowledge of the infant’s regulatory capabilities through the identification of cues- both engagement and disengagement
Identify ways of interacting with infants to support emotion regulation, language, and social development

Your fee covers tuition and Keys to Infant Caregiving study guide.

Promoting First Relationships® (PFR) OPEN HOUSE
2026-10-20 09:00 - 10:00 | Zoom
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
9:00am – 10:00am PT (Seattle)
via Zoom
Register Here
Join us on Zoom October 20 to learn more about Promoting First Relationships® (PFR) and how this program can support the work that you do with families and young children.

PFR offers a unique and engaging way of working with caregivers to help them feel confident in their parenting and experience joy in their relationship with their child.
This open house will include a brief presentation and time for questions and answers.

Promoting First Relationships® Level One VIRTUAL Workshop – November 2, 4, 10 & 12, 2026
2026-11-02 09:00 - 2026-11-12 12:30
4 Half-Days Level 1 Workshop
November 2, 4, 10 & 12, 2026
9:00 – 12:30pm each day Pacific Time (SEATTLE) / 12:00 – 3:3opm Eastern Time (NY)
via Zoom
14 CEs available
Promoting First Relationships workshop gives professionals the knowledge, tools, and strategies to support and guide caregivers in building nurturing relationships with children (0-5). The Promoting First Relationships evidence-based program integrates theory, practice and intervention.
In this 4 half-day learner’s workshop, participants learn a unique consultation and intervention strategy that they can integrate into their work whether in high-risk, special needs, child-care, or other early childhood fields.
In this workshop, you will learn . . .

Theoretical foundations of social and emotional development in early childhood (birth to 3 years)
Consultation strategies
Elements of a healthy relationship
Infants and the development of trust and security
Toddlers and the development of self
Understanding and intervening with children’s challenging behaviors
Developing intervention plans and individualizing the PFR curriculum

Promoting First Relationships can improve…

Parental sensitivity
Parental knowledge of child development
Parental confidence and competence
Child outcomes
Child Welfare outcomes

Because Promoting First Relationships is a positive, strengths-based model, caregivers are typically open to intervention and gain competence, and thus investment, in their caregiving.
Your fee covers tuition, all curriculum materials including the Promoting First Relationships manual, and a copy of reproducible parent handouts.
What participants are saying . . .

“I loved the video examples which really helped illustrate the principles.”
“Straightforward and doable, lots of real life examples and opportunity to reflect in groups.”
“I liked how the case studies cemented the concepts.”
“I particularly liked the group discussions, latest research information and the handouts.”

Please note: Each training session must have a minimum of 13 people registered 1 week prior to the training date. If this minimum number is not met, PCRP reserves the right to cancel the training. All registrants will be notified of any cancellations.

Dr. Ruth Feldman presents: The Biology of Love and the Roots of Resilience; Biobehavioral Synchrony from Science to Intervention - November 5, 2026
2026-11-05 09:00 - 10:30 | Zoom, United States
November 5, 2026
9 – 10:30am Pacific Time (Seattle) / 12 – 1:30pm Eastern
via Zoom
BARNARD CENTER LECTURE SERIES
The talk will present our affiliative neuroscience perspective on resilience, which contends that for young mammals, who are born with immature brains and require caregiving do develop mechanisms of stress management and sociality, systems that participate in bonding are those that sustain resilience. I show how the biology of love and its core process biobehavioral synchrony underpin attachment and promote resilience. I describe how synchrony – the coordination of biology and behavior during social contact – emerges within the parent-infant bond, grows to integrate more complex, symbolic, and reciprocal components of resonance, and expands to other attachments the child will form throughout life, impacting mental health up to adulthood. I address studies on brain-to-brain synchrony within the parent-child relationship and how they are altered by aspects of humans’ co-presence, including chemosignals and technologically-assisted remote communication. Translational implications are highlighted with the InSynch intervention for mothers suffering post-partum depression and its effects on symptom reduction, caregiving behavior, and inter-brain coordination. The talk will conclude by contemplating how synchrony enables the transfer from the intimacy of the parent-infant bond to life within social groups and supports human endurance, cooperation, and the capacity for transcendence.

RUTH FELDMAN, PhD

Ruth Feldman, PhD is the Simms-Mann Professor of Developmental Social Neuroscience at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzlia with joint appointment at Yale Child Study Center.
With degrees in music composition (summa cum-laude), neuroscience (with honors), clinical psychology (with honors), and developmental psychology and psychopathology, her approach integrates perspectives from neuroscience, human development, philosophy, clinical practice, and the arts within an interpersonal frame and a behavior-based approach. Her conceptual model on biobehavioral synchrony systematically describes how a lived experience within close relationships builds brain, creates relationships, confers resilience, and promotes creativity. Her studies were the first to detail the role of oxytocin in the formation of human social bonds.
Her research is translational and informs the development of various interventions applied internationally. Her observational tools are used in 17 countries, translated to multiple languages, and utilized in research on all facets of human social relationships in health and psychopathology. She is a consultant on multiple international grants and a frequent keynote speaker in international conferences. Her studies often follow children from infancy to adulthood, address topics that are highly relevant to the general public, and receive substantial media attention.
Dr. Feldman is a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and received multiple awards, including a young musician award, Rothschild award, NARSAD independent investigator award (twice), the Zeskind award for best paper in Biological Psychiatry, and the Graven’s Award for research on high-risk infants.

Promoting Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy VIRTUAL Workshop – November 16-19, 2026
2026-11-16 08:00 - 2026-11-19 12:00 | Zoom
November 16-19, 2026
8:00am – 12:00pm each day Pacific Time (Seattle)
via Zoom
This workshop addresses the importance of helping the pregnant woman achieve a healthier mental and emotional state during pregnancy in order to improve the chances that she and her child will experience a healthier relationship. Interventions allow for individualized and creative approaches that capture your client’s interest.

Research has shown that a mother’s mental health and emotional state during pregnancy has an immediate and direct impact on her lifelong relationship with her infant.
In turn, the health of the mother-child relationship directly impacts the child’s quality of life, possibly throughout the lifespan.
By helping the pregnant woman improve her mental and emotional state during pregnancy, we are able to increase the chances that she and her child will experience a healthier relationship.

Promoting Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy training covers issues critical to the development of the early mother-child relationship including . . .

High-risk pregnancies
Unresolved grief or loss
Normal, typical course of pregnancy
Domestic violence
Women experiencing depression or other mental health disruptions

Your fee covers tuition and all curriculum materials including two Promoting Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy books, one covering Theory and Practice and one on Activities, an assessment guide, and 56 reproducible handouts/activities.
What participants are saying . . .

“Excellent. Fantastic. I love that I’m leaving with real, simple interventions that I can start using tomorrow. A very practicial application to help Mom through all aspects of pregnancy.”

“The presenter was good at connecting the concepts in a personal and positive way.”
“I feel more confident in being able to help my families.”

Please note: Each training session must have a minimum of 13 people registered 1 week prior to the training date. If this minimum number is not met, PCRP reserves the right to cancel the training. All registrants will be notified of any cancellations.

Insecure Attachment: Understanding Strategies and Promoting Positive Change with Dr. Clark Baim
2027-01-12 09:00 - 2027-02-09 12:00 | Zoom, United States
3 part lecture series: January 12 AND January 26 AND February 9, 2027
9:00am – 12:00pm Pacific Time
via Zoom
Insecure Attachment: Understanding Strategies and Promoting Positive Change
Dr. Baim is a clinician, author, and trainer in the development and function of child attachment strategies and how these strategies show up clinically.
This training will be taught in English and will not be recorded.
Who is it for? The course will be relevant to professionals who work with children, adults, and families. The course is intended for professionals in the mental health, social care, criminal justice, educational and voluntary (NGO / not-for-profit) sectors. People in professions related to these can all benefit from the course. The course is suitable for post-qualified professionals and is also suitable for researchers and academics. Participants with experience of working directly with people are best suited to the course, because of their practical experience of listening and responding to spoken discourse.
AGENDA
Day One: Theory

Introduction to attachment theory, specifically Dr. Patricia Crittenden’s Dynamic-Maturational Model (DMM) of Attachment and Adaptation, which provides a strengths-based, function-focused alternative to symptom-based diagnosis.
Understanding why attachment theory is a key to understanding the development of psychological problems, personality disorders and offending behaviour.
How attachment theory signals the importance of relationship-based practice, self-awareness, and self-reflection on the part of the worker.
Understanding the relationship between psychological trauma, psychopathology, personality disorder diagnoses and attachment strategies: A bio-psycho-social approach.

Day Two: Assessment and Formulation

Introduction to discourse analysis: understanding how attachment strategies are expressed in speech and behaviour.
Introduction to integrating DMM attachment theory with a variety of treatment models and approaches.
Principles of purposeful eclecticism: adapting the intervention to the attachment strategies.
Introduction to family–systemic formulations and treatment planning based on the DMM model.

Day Three: Treatment Planning and Intervention

Introduction to: applying the theory to treatment planning and intervention.
Exploring different approaches to intervention and principles of treatment emerging from the attachment-based model. This includes purposeful adaptation when working with people with psychological trauma.
The LEARN Model for promoting narrative integration.
Tools and techniques for attachment-based interventions.

Trainer: The training will be led by Clark Baim, PhD, and is based on two of his co-authored books, Attachment-based Practice with Adults: Understanding Strategies and Promoting Positive Change (2023, 2nd edition, Pavilion. Available as an e-book or print version) and the Attachment-based Practice with Children, Adolescents and Families (Pavilion, 2022). Dr. Baim is a registered psychotherapist (UK Council for Psychotherapy) and a registered Senior Trainer and Clinical Supervisor with the British Psychodrama Association. He has worked in more than 35 countries and 300 organisations as a trainer, group leader, therapist, and supervisor. Dr. Baim has focused for twenty-five years on the study of attachment theory and the Dynamic-Maturational Model (DMM) of Attachment and Adaptation with Dr. Patricia Crittenden. He is on the faculty of the Family Relations Institute, the international training organisation for the DMM. He is a trainer and forensic-level coder of the DMM version of the Adult Attachment Interview.

Please note: this training must have a minimum of 35 people registered 2 week prior to the training date. If this minimum number is not met, PCRP reserves the right to cancel the training. All registrants will be notified of any cancellations.
