Dr. Campbell Paul, a real NBO expert, from Melbourne, also current President of the World Association of Infant Mental Health, talks to us about using the NBO with vulnerable infants and their families and tell us some of their stories.

Dr. Susan Nicolson talks to us about her experiences using the NBO with babies and their families in Melbourne. She also talks about her research demonstrating the effectiveness of the NBO in supporting the infant-parent relationship.

Dr. Jayne Singer is a neurodevelopment specialist and Director of Developmental and Relational Health as well as Clinical Training at the Brazelton Touchpoints Center. She is a practitioner and mentor of the Brazelton Touchpoints Approach, and of the Newborn Behavioral Observations. She shares some of her insights about using the NBO to support families—including families of vulnerable infants—and tells a touching story about one of her encounters with a parent. 

Nicki Dawson, a psychologist with a specialty in infant parent psychotherapy talks about her work with the NBO in South Africa and how it can offer caregivers a special opportunity to see their baby as a unique little person with special strengths, This can be especially important in high-risk families when caregivers are haunted by “ghosts in the nursery” (Selma Fraiberg). 

Anulika Ifezue, a specialist health visitor and lead for Perinatal and Infant Mental Health in Health Visiting Manchester Foundation Trust, speaks with sensitivity, warmth, and clarity about what using the NBO in her practice, including in families from other cultures.

Alexandra Harrison responds to parents’ questions about their children’s out-of-control and defiant behavior and how to get children out of their rooms. 

Dr. Lise Johnson, Director of Brazelton Institute at Boston Children’s Hospital, will talk to us about her history with the NBO and the meaning the NBO has for her. Inspired by Dr. Brazelton, Lise changed the focus of her career from general pediatrician to specialist in newborns and now to leading the Brazelton Institute, the home of the NBO.

In the third episode of our series on the NBO, Trish Hurley, the Infant Mental Health and Wellbeing Coordinator of Let’s Grow Together in Cork Ireland, talks about her experience with the NBO and how it allows her to enter families at a transformational moment to share their joy as well as their concerns.

Perspectives on the NBO from a Master Trainer and a Physical Therapist: Yvette Blanchard shares her experiences— as a co-author of the NBO, using the NBO in Early Intervention as a physical therapist, and as a professor and expert NBO and NBAS trainer. She brings it all to life with some stories about her work.

Alexandra Harrison responds to questions about how parents can spend time with their children when they have to work two jobs, and the problem of being seen as the “bad guy” parent, and what it really means to be a “strength-based” method. Finally, does one ever get rid of one’s ghosts?