Child-Parent Psychotherapy

08/28/2025

For our community members in Minnesota, we are thinking of you, and we are here for you.

08/27/2025

We are delighted to share this interview with CPP Co-Developer Alicia Lieberman, PhD on breaking the cycle of intergenerational wounds, which took place at the Holistic Attachment Summit.

Dr Alicia Lieberman is a clinical psychologist, author, and the senior developer of Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP). Her books include: The Emotional Life o...

08/11/2025

UCSF CTRP POSTDOC APPLICATION IS OPEN

The UCSF Child Trauma Research Program is seeking post-doctoral psychology fellows for the 2026-2027 academic year. See this flyer for details and application instructions:

08/04/2025

FREE CPP TRAINING WITH DR. VALERIE DALLAS

Join us for "Keeping the Baby in Mind: CPP with Young Parents," a 1-hour webinar with Dr. Valerie Dallas, on September 2, 2025, at 9-10am PST. To learn more and register, click here:

07/25/2025

For those interested in learning more about Child-Parent Psychotherapy, here is an excellent podcast by CPP trainer, Dr. Phill Stepka: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2341517/episodes/17511288-episode-32-child-parent-psychotherapy-with-dr-phill-stepka

07/23/2025

We are excited to share the Summer 2025 issue of our CPP Newsletter! See features on CPP conferences, leaders, and practitioners:

CPP NewsletterSummer 2025For other editions of the CPP Newsletter, click here. In This Newsletter Dear Community,Oh, the Places We've GoneLeader SpotlightVoices from the FieldHonoring Our AngelsThe Road AheadGratitude Dear Community,We’ve been busy playing host this year! We had the second CPP Ba...

07/15/2025

Name the (policy) change you want to see in the world!

To inform our federal and state policy advocacy, tell us about the pain points you see in your CPP work. What best practices are challenging? What opportunities are left on the table? Let us know by filling out this form:

If you are interested in learning about or becoming more involved with CPP policy advocacy in your state, please fill out this survey.

06/30/2025

PROTECT MEDICAID. ENSURE THAT NEEDED SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE.
"Families struggling with mental health and addiction need help, not hurdles that take away their coverage and care."

In many states, Medicaid funds mental health services for young children who have experienced trauma. Trauma can include medical trauma, disasters, and exposure to violence.

Our research shows that when children get relationship-based trauma-informed services, they show improvements in:
* Their mood
* Trauma symptoms
* Relationships
* Biological stress response (cortisol, cellular aging)
* Learning
* Behavior problems

Their parents also show improvements in:
* Mood
* Trauma symptoms
* Parenting stress
* Relationships

Learn more about the research at: https://childparentpsychotherapy.com/about/research/
https://mhanational.org/news/mental-health-america-urges-congress-to-protect-medicaid/

Alexandria, VA (May 13, 2025) – Mental Health America (MHA) strongly opposes the recent Medicaid proposals of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Budget Reconciliation bill, warning it will add unnecessary red tape and more out-of-pocket costs that hurt children and people struggling with ...

06/18/2025

Happy Juneteenth! (June 19th)!
We celebrate liberation, resistance, resilience, Black joy and Black excellence. The Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture has put out a helpful resource guide to families involve young children as they celebrate and honor Juneteenth.
https://nmaahc.si.edu/sites/default/files/files/nmaahc_kids_-_juneteenth_resource.pdf

06/13/2025

This week we were fortunate enough to have a gathering that included many of the CPP Learning Collaborative Trainers from the United States. We are missing and are thinking of those of you who are not with us.

It's been a time to connect, to dream, and to plan. What a fabulous group of people, those present and those in our hearts. It is heartwarming to be together and to know how much goodness and healing our community is part of.

06/09/2025

DID YOU KNOW THAT THE GREAT RIVER CHILDREN’S MUSEUM IS THE VISION OF JANE ELLISON, A MEMBER OF OUR CPP FAMILY, AND HER HUSBAND GLEN PALM?

A special CPP shoutout to Jane and Glen. As Minnesota’s CPP trainer, Jane leads CPP learning collaboratives and provides training and support for the CPP Agency Mentorship Program for multiple agencies across the state. Glen is a Professor Emeritus of Child and Family Studies at St. Cloud. He has written extensively about fathers, ethics, and parent education. In their spare time, they helped to co-found a children’s museum – amazing and fabulous right?

Glen and Jane imagined a children’s museum and made it happen. Tomorrow, June 10th, the Great River Children's Museum in St. Cloud Minnesota will open to the p***c
Senator Amy Klobuchar toured the museum in June 6th.
https://www.sctimes.com/story/news/local/2025/06/06/klobuchar-visits-st-cloud-great-river-childrens-museum/84073188007/

Learn more about Jane and Glen’s amazing journey - from idea “A children’s museum in St. Cloud would be a great way for kids to play, to learn to interact socially. Wouldn’t that be nice?” – to building a shared vision with community members – to fundraising and planning – to the opening of a museum. Jane and Glen, we celebrate you and what you have helped create!
https://ifound.org/iq-magazine/issues/building-back-better/manifesting-a-museum/

And check out the museum: https://greatrivercm.org/

06/05/2025

FREE CPP TRAINING OPPORTUNITY FOR COLORADO CLINICIANS

Drs. Shannon Bekman and Jay Willoughby will be launching an 18-month, virtual Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) Learning Collaborative (LC) in Colorado beginning January 26-30, 2026.

The CPP LC is sponsored by Illuminate Colorado, with generous funding from the Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Federal Consolidated Programs. Thus, the costs of participating in the CPP LC are covered for all participants. All applicants must accept Medicaid and serve or be willing to serve infants and toddlers in Colorado’s Child Welfare System.

Please see the Overview Document below for more information and the survey link to apply. Please feel free to share this with those in your networks who may be interested! Applications are due Monday July 28, 2025.

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/66aa8b68f902c75768c6a1fa/t/683df348b721ea16f6b08ea1/1748890441448/2026-2027+Colorado+CPP+LC+Overview+Document.pdf