About Us

“I founded MINDinMIND to share the thinking and clinical experience of world-class experts and celebrate their contribution to the mental health field. We are developing into a rich resource that supports professionals in their work with adults, children, and families. Our goal is to make advanced psychological knowledge accessible, ultimately improving mental health care for all ages.”

Jane is a Psychodynamic Child, Adolescent and Family Psychotherapist with extensive experience in schools, NHS, and private practice. Trained at the Tavistock Clinic, she has brought together her former career as an award winning BBC Producer because prior to her career in mental health, Jane was an award-winning Producer for the BBC, honing her skills in communication and storytelling.

Driven by a passion to make psychological insights more accessible, Jane founded MINDinMIND to share bridge the gap between expert knowledge and practical application in mental health care. Her work focuses on translating complex ideas from leading clinicians worldwide into actionable strategies for improving mental health across all age groups.

In recognition of her significant contributions to the field, Jane was honoured with the Association of Infant Mental Health’s Founders Award in 2023.

“I think MINDinMIND is a really important legacy project which will provide a fantastic resource for current and future generations of therapists and ensure that the ideas of our most experienced thinkers are out there available in accessible formats.”

Graham Music is a Consultant Child Psychotherapist at the Tavistock Centre and adult psychotherapist in private practice. Graham’s publications include Nurturing Children: From Trauma to Hope using neurobiology, psychoanalysis and attachment (2019), Nurturing Natures: (2016, 2010), Affect and Emotion (2001), and The Good Life (2014). He has passion for exploring the interface between developmental findings and clinical work. A former Associate Clinical Director at the Tavistock Clinic, he has managed and developed many services working with the aftermath of child maltreatment. He works clinically with forensic cases at The Portman Clinic, and teaches, lectures and supervises in Britain and abroad.Graham’s website: https://www.nurturingnatures.co.uk/

“Infants and children are the most vulnerable among us, but all too many of our systems overlook them and allocate our resources elsewhere. MINDinMIND presents the voices of those most involved with children, and offers psychotherapists and others concerned about them a chance to hear how care and thoughtful attention can sustain new developments–in individual children and more broadly, in our cultures and economies.”

Stephen is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco and the New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis; Joint Editor-in-Chief of Psychoanalytic Dialogues; Training and Supervising Analyst at the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California.

He is the author of Relationships in Development: Infancy, Intersubjectivity, Attachment (Routledge, 2018) and co-editor of the American Psychiatric Press’ Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health: Core Concepts and Clinical Practice. He is also associate editor of Studies in Gender and Sexuality, and was a member of the founding executive board of the Journal of Infant, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy. He has authored over 75 papers, chapters, reviews, and other publications.

In the infant clinical area, Stephen’s recent work has focused on translating psychodynamic concepts to the broader arenas of work with infants, both in infant-parent psychotherapy and in work with special populations, such as abused and neglected infants and infants with developmental disabilities. He practices, teaches and writes about infant intervention from the perspective of the continuing evolution of the original model designed by Selma Fraiberg and her colleagues, in which he was directly involved for over three decades.

“MINDinMIND is the first online platform to curate and centralise high-quality resources for current and future child and family therapists and other professionals working therapeutically. It’s an enormous opportunity to effect meaningful and systemic change where it is desperately needed in our society. This project’s mission – to bring together the brightest minds in the field to inspire, better inform and facilitate conversations between practitioners – is a critical one.”

Shivani is a software engineer, creative technologist and the founder and CEO of Brightlobe, a VC-backed child health startup and games studio. Prior to her work at Brightlobe, she worked for 8+ years as a software engineer (most recently at the Financial Times) and for 5+ years as a neuroscience researcher at the National Institutes of Health as a Post-Baccalaureate IRTA Fellow. She studied neuroscience at University College London and graduated on an International Open Scholarship with a distinction for the highest-scoring finalist project undertaken at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health.

Shivani’s website: https://www.shivanilamba.com and Brightlobe’s: https://brightlobe.com/

“MINDinMIND gives our audiences an opportunity to join in a conversation with the most innovative child therapists and researchers of our times. I believe it’s so important to create this collective space to share learning and experience that reaches beyond the therapy room and research labs to those who are working alongside our children today as they grow and develop.”

Nikki is an integrative Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist who works with young people and their families in both private practice and in schools. She also teaches on a child psychotherapy MA training. She has previously worked as a journalist for the BBC and NPR and for the United Nations, developing programmes to support victims of gender-based violence. Her publication Ending Violence Against Women (2002) has been used to guide international policy, and her documentary on young Asian men’s changing attitudes to feminism was screened at the opening ceremony of the Beijing +5 conference at the UN in New York in 2000. In her earlier work as now, she continues to highlight the importance of connecting to ourselves and others, through our life stories.

Dr. Suzanne Zeedyk, a developmental psychologist and research scientist, is one of the most courageous and inspiring infant research scientists of her generation. Her thought-provoking work has significantly impacted professionals, parents, and leaders worldwide.

Suzanne’s dedication to sharing the “Science of Connection” sets her apart. Her ability to communicate complex psychological ideas in a relatable manner has made her a powerful force on social media, reaching over 100,000 people a week. Her impact on the UK public is possibly unmatched by any other infant research scientist.

Suzanne communicates her understanding of infant research in a brave, challenging, and thought-provoking way. She constantly calls for us to be “fiercely curious,” confronting complacency and urging us to care about the difficult issues affecting children.

Dr. Salam Soliman is the Director of the Center of Prevention and Early Trauma Treatment at Child First, overseeing a Category II National Child Traumatic Stress Network Center. Her work focuses on children, particularly in areas of disrupted attachments, long-term effects of trauma, and the impact of racism and inequities on young children, families, and providers.

Salam is a licensed clinical psychologist and certified school psychologist, nationally endorsed as an infant mental health expert. She has worked in the field since 1996, with experience in hospitals, courts, public schools, universities, and outpatient clinics both nationally and internationally. Salam holds a dual doctorate in Clinical and School Psychology from Pace University.

As a seasoned consultant and speaker in the infant mental health field, she provides services to organisations such as Zero to Three, MIECHV, and KKH Hospital in Singapore. In 2023, she was invited as a Visiting Expert by the Singapore Ministry of Health in Pediatrics, Women’s Mental Health, Psychology, and Psychosocial Trauma Service.