Interviewing leaders

in mental health

Interviewing leaders in mental health

Legacy Interviews & Insights from Leaders in Mental Health

MINDinMIND brings together the world’s leading minds in psychotherapy and mental health in one accessible archive of interviews, research, and live events.

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Upcoming Events

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Online Training

Inside the Consulting Room with Peter Blake: The Hidden Skills of Child Psychotherapy

Learn the practical child psychotherapy skills, taught by a clinician with more than fifty years of experience in practice, supervision and teaching.

20 NOV 2025

7.30PM-9.30PM UK / 2.30PM-4.30PM EST / 6.30–8.30AM AEDT (21 Nov)

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Legacy Interview

Jon Allen Live Legacy Interview: The Therapist, Not the Therapy

After five decades of practice, clinical psychologist Jon G. Allen has a striking message for our field.

11 DEC 2025

6PM-8PM UK / 1PM-3PM ET

Recordings

In depth conversations with leaders in mental health

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The Craft of Child Psychotherapy

Online Training

Foundations in Practice: A comprehensive programme offering 15 hours of CPD learning

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Ed Tronick

Legacy Interview

With Guests

Bruce Perry, Claudia Gold

From infant–caregiver exchanges to psychotherapy with adults: why rupture and repair build resilience at every stage of life.

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Befriending the Nervous System

Masterclass

Befriending the Nervous System: Applying Polyvagal Theory in Therapeutic Practice with Deb Dana

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Patrick Casement

Legacy Interview

With Guests

Nancy McWilliams, Heribert Blass, Christopher Robinson, Carine Minne, Diana Shmukler

Visionary Psychotherapist, Author of Learning From The Patient

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Prof Beatrice Beebe

Legacy Interview

With Guests

Dr Frank Lachmann, Dr Phyllis Cohen, Dr Estelle Shane, Dr Trinh Nguyen

Acclaimed psychoanalyst and pioneer in Infant-Parent Communication

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Prof Arietta Slade

Legacy Interview

With Guests

Alicia Lieberman, Tanika Eaves

Attachment theory and reflective parenting revolutionary

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Peter Blake

Legacy Interview

From interpretation to play: re-imagining the craft of child psychotherapy

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Margot Sunderland Workshop

Workshop

Clinical applications of Dr Margot Sunderland’s integrative arts based approach

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Stephen Porges & Sue Carter

Legacy Interview

With Guests

Deb Dana, Suma Jacob, Sarah Blaffer Hrdy

The Science of Safety and Connection in Clinical Practice

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The Mirror Interview with Professor Miriam Steele

Lecture

With Guests

Dr Bernadette Buhl-Nielsen

Body Representation, Attachment, and Trauma: The Mirror Interview Technique

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Margot Sunderland

Legacy Interview

With Guests

Brett Kahr, Dan Hughes, Lynette Rentoul

Integrating Neuroscience and the Creative Arts in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy

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Jeremy Holmes

Legacy Interview

With Guests

Anthony Bateman, Arietta Slade, Evrinomy Avdi

Integrating Attachment Theory in Clinical Practice

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Sarah Blaffer Hrdy

Legacy Interview

With Guests

Karen Bales, Sue Carter, Dr Graham Music

Mothers and Others: How evolution holds the key to parenting in the modern world

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Margaret Rustin

Legacy Interview

With Guests

Anne Alvarez, Lisa Miller, Neil Altman, Simon Cregeen, Rajni Sharma

Five decades of transforming children’s mental health care at the Tavistock Clinic and beyond

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Dr Valerie Sinason

Legacy Interview

With Guests

Brett Kahr, Baroness Sheila Hollins, Leslie Swartz, Jeni Couzyn

Innovative psychotherapist transformed care for intellectual disabilities

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Prof Paul Gilbert

Legacy Interview

With Guests

Chris Irons, Daniel Wilson, Deborah Lee, Hannah Gilbert, Matthieu Ricard, Nicola Petrocchi

Visionary creator of Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT)

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Prof Alan Sroufe

Legacy Interview

With Guests

Mary Dozier, Arietta Slade, Jeremy Holmes, Dante Cicchetti, Dan Siegel, Robbie Duschinsky, Everett Waters

Developmental psychologist who changed how we understand what shapes a person

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Eating Disorders in Young People

Symposium

With Guests

Prof James Lock, Jeanne Magagna, Elizabeth Anscombe, Shila Rashid, Experts with Experience

Effective interventions & new treatments with leading experts

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Dr Amanda Jones

Legacy Interview

With Guests

Angela Joyce, Michela Biseo

Pioneering insights into perinatal mental health and parent–infant psychotherapy

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Dr Anne Alvarez

Legacy Interview

With Guests

Dr Graham Music, Dr Robin Holloway

Pioneering Psychotherapy for Autistic and Traumatised Children

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Prof Ruth Feldman

Legacy Interview

With Guests

Dr. Daphna Dollberg, Dr Shafiq Masalha

Visionary leader in understanding human connection

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Prof Miriam Steele

Legacy Interview

With Guests

Tessa Baradon, Jenny Kenrick, Adrienne Harris, Wendy Olesker

Leading the way in attachment and child mental health

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Prof Joy Osofsky

Legacy Interview

With Guests

Prof Brenda Jones Harden, Prof Hiram Fitzgerald

Internationally recognised child psychology specialist

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Dr Graham Music

Legacy Interview

With Guests

Anne Alvarez, Prof Jeremy Holmes, Sally Hodges

Trauma healing pioneer in psychological neuroscience

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Francine Conway Legacy Interview

Legacy Interview

With Guests

Kirkland Vaughans, Nancy Boyd-Franklin, Karin Ensinck

Leading expert on ADHD in children, child mental health, cultural diversity in mental health professions & why practitioners should drive social change

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Dr Stephen Seligman

Child Development

Pioneering psychoanalyst integrating cutting-edge research

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Dr Penelope Leach, CBE

Attachment Theory

Renowned baby researcher and parenting guide

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Dr Jeanne Magagna

Eating Disorders

Leading expert on eating disorders and silent children

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Dr Lydia Tischler

Community Psychotherapy

Holocaust survivor pioneering treatment for at risk families

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Isca Wittenberg

Beginnings & Endings

70 years of groundbreaking wisdom as a pioneering Child Psychotherapist

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Dilys Daws

Infant Mental Health

Acclaimed child psychotherapist on six decades advocating for infant mental health

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Juliet Hopkins

Attachment Theory

Influential child psychotherapist on motherhood and attachment theory

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Monica Lanyado

Child Abuse

Treating the most traumatised children and maintaining hope

MINDinMIND Interviews - Gianna Polacco Williams

Gianna Polacco Williams

Double Deprivation

‘Double Deprivation’: treating deprived and abused children

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