CPP Newsletter
Summer 2026
Welcome!
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Dear Community,
When life feels uncertain, I return to the anchor of what I know, and so much of what I know and believe in has been taught to me from CPP. One of the things I value most about CPP is its unwavering belief that healing happens in the context of a relationship. As our CPP mantra reminds us, “The relationship is the intervention.” While this principle sits at the center of the parent-child dyad, I often think about how it extends far beyond it. The relationships we build with one another create the concentric circles of support that surround, protect, and strengthen that sacred bond between parent and child.
CPP gatherings are more than opportunities to learn from one another; they remind me why we do this work and reaffirm our shared convictions. In this moment, when so many families are facing uncertainty and the public web of support is under attack, I invite you to return to the power of connection. Relationships are our greatest antidote to trauma and injustice, and already there are gatherings to nurture the relationships in our community. Minnesota and New Hampshire hold state conferences for local CPP providers. We have shared in the joy of these events and hope that other states will do the same. Every time we show up for one another and choose to be present and genuine, we strengthen a network of care that extends far beyond any individual family, clinic, or program. None of us has to navigate the storm alone. We are the web of support, and no one can erode what we choose to grow.
We are pleased to share two upcoming CPP gatherings where we can reconnect to the relationships that sustain us. The UCSF Child Trauma Research Program is offering a CPP Clinical Conference Day as part of our program’s 30th anniversary celebration on September 25, 2026. The ZERO TO THREETM LEARN Conference (October 27-29) will have CPP sessions throughout the 2 days along with a special pre-conference forum on CPP and play with Chandra Ghosh Ippen, PhD, and Katie Stone, PhD.
I look forward to seeing you at these upcoming gatherings in 2026!
Vilma Reyes
CTRP Associate Director and CPP Trainer
Clockwise from top-left: Attendees of the 2025 Bay Area CPP Conference, New Hampshire CPP conference presenters and Network leaders, CPP Booster Session at the 2024 MACMA Conference in Minnesota
Oh, the Places We’ve Gone
As the CPP community continues to grow, the conclusion of two Learning Collaboratives mark the entry of the model into multiple new systems:
Puerto Rico LC
We are proud to mark the completion of the first Spanish-speaking LC, implemented in Puerto Rico, led by Carmen Rosa Noroña, MSEd, LICSW, IECMH-E® and Heidy Garcia, LMHC, IMH-E® with support from Chandra Ghosh Ippen, PhD. The cohort from Universidad Carlos Albizu and the University of Puerto Rico is a group of courageous professionals who engaged in personal and clinical discovery, learning and unlearning together with openness. As this LC wraps up their training, we want to express gratitude for what has been learned, the questions that remain open, and the seeds this group has planted—in themselves, in the families they accompany, and in the field.
Expansion LC
We celebrate the imminent conclusion of the SAMHSA-funded national expansion CPP training to North Dakota, Montana, and Texas—states with minimal CPP presence historically. Led by Phill Stepka, PsyD, IMH-E® and Adriana Bowen, LPCC, IMH-E®, this cohort serves expansive areas with limited mental health access and integrates in-person, home visiting, and telehealth-delivered approaches. This training marks an important stepping stone to some of the most inaccessible regions of the country and the development of local IMH leaders in their respective communities.
Do you know of teams in areas with no CPP services that would be interested in getting trained? Visit our website to learn more and let us know!
Voices from the Field
Christine Cole, LICSW, IMH-E®
Sr. Technical Assistance Specialist,
ZERO TO THREE™
As a leader in infant and early childhood mental health policy, Christine Cole draws on CPP principles to strengthen systems, build partnerships, and improve access to services for young children and families. After earning her master’s degree in social work, Christine was introduced to CPP by a clinical supervisor and participated in a CPP Learning Collaborative before her career shifted away from direct practice and toward policy. After working in consultation and program development at the YMCA of San Diego, she joined the Washington Health Care Authority (HCA)—Washington’s state Medicaid agency—as Program Manager and Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Clinical Lead. At HCA, she helped implement innovative policies supporting young children and families while navigating the complexities of healthcare financing, workforce development, and cross-system collaboration.
For Christine, CPP’s emphasis on relationships, context, and reflection has relevance far beyond clinical treatment, offering lessons for policymakers, administrators, and systems leaders. Though removed from direct clinical work, Christine drew on CPP as a framework for understanding how relationships influence the way individuals and organizations engage with one another. She found herself applying concepts such as meaning-making, parallel process, and “double scooping” to conversations among providers, managed care organizations, child welfare partners, and state agencies. By bringing together state leaders, trainers, agency administrators, and clinicians, Christine helped create opportunities to better understand how policies are experienced in practice and how barriers can be addressed collaboratively.
“Models like CPP are good for the families that receive them, but [they’re] also good for the workforce. They give words and principles to the work.”
Recently, Christine transitioned to a new role with ZERO TO THREETM’s Finance and Policy Project, where she provides technical assistance to states working to advance infant and early childhood mental health systems. She is excited to continue supporting states as they strengthen services, workforce development, and financing strategies for young children and families.
Leader Spotlight
Dr. Nicola Cosgrave
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Nicola Cosgrave remembers her first encounter with CPP as a pivotal experience, “I had an evangelical moment…it’s a fantastic intervention.”
A Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Nicola began her career at London’s Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience working with young offenders and later, in the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS), assessing families involved in child protection proceedings. In this work, she became increasingly interested in the connection between childhood maltreatment and later difficulties.
In 2016, Nicola started as the clinical director of a multidisciplinary team implementing the New Orleans Intervention Model—a research collaboration between Louisiana’s Tulane University, the NSPCC, and the NHS—where she trained in CPP. She was struck by the model’s unwavering focus on the relationship. As she began practicing, she found how CPP provided language for experiences that can otherwise feel overwhelming to discuss.
“Clinicians get really scared, and I think I did before I trained in CPP, of what to say to this young child who’s experienced these terrible things? How do you even say the words?…Practitioners see [CPP] in action and it makes sense to them. I think it’s the speaking the unspeakable.”
Moved by her experience with the model, Nicola has worked to expand CPP across the British Isles. She has collaborated with a growing network of champions—including clinicians, service leaders, and researchers across England, Scotland, and Ireland—to secure funding, train new cohorts, and introduce CPP into NHS services.
Looking ahead, Nicola sees encouraging signs of progress. “There’s definitely more of a light being shone on the under-fives in the UK.” In June 2026 the UK Department for Education and the Department for Health and Social Care published guidance recommending CPP as an evidence based intervention (EBI) for use with children aged 2-5. Also this year Nicola became the endorsed CPP Trainer for the UK and she hopes to further embed CPP and sustain dissemination in the UK. Nicola’s leadership reflects the same qualities she most values in the model itself: curiosity, collaboration, and hope. “You do see change in CPP,” she says. “There is huge hope in it.”
Meet Our Newest Trainers
CAMP Trainers
Congratulations to Iliana, Kelly, and Maggie—CPP trainers at the new CAMP site at the Chadwick Center for Children and Families at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego! To learn more about the CAMP model on this page.
Iliana Giudici, LMFT
Iliana (she/her) is an early childhood therapist who is passionate about working with young children and their caregivers to support a strong foundation of mental health and secure attachment. She enjoys spending her free time outdoors, reading, and being with her family.
Kelly Curtis-Hughes, LMFT, RPT
Kelly (she/her) is an early childhood mental health therapist and the author of two therapeutic children’s books, The Room in My Heart and Seb’s Story (out July 2026). Outside of work, she loves spending time with her daughter, dancing, travelling, and reading a good book.
Maggie Knight, LMFT
Maggie (she/her) is a bilingual therapist working with children birth to 5. In her free time, she enjoys reading, spending time at the beach, and making fun memories with her husband and 2 daughters.
LC Trainers
Congratulations to our newest CPP Learning Collaborative Trainers: Kate Martinez Eide in Oregon, Natalie Kendrick in Minnesota, and Nicola Cosgrave in the United Kingdom!
Katherine Martinez Eide, LCSW
Kate is the state CPP Trainer for Oregon and a child and family therapist at Kinship House, which provides therapy and advocacy for children experiencing foster care and adoption. She supports families with children aged 0-18, with a focus on improving attachment and helping process and decrease the impact of trauma. Kate has worked in varied therapeutic sites since receiving her MSW from UCLA over 20 years ago, including schools, a hospital, and outpatient community mental health settings. She loves seeing growth and positive connection, particularly in her work with the youngest children aged 0-5 and their caregivers.
Natalie Kendrick,
LMFT
Natalie is the Clinical Director of Early Childhood Mental Health Services and Therapeutic Groups at Washburn Center for Children, a community mental health center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 2013, Natalie piloted Washburn Center’s first CPP Agency Mentorship Program (CAMP) cohort and has since contributed to the statewide expansion of the model through training, supervision, and consultation. Additionally, Natalie provides training, consultation and supervision across Minnesota in both Child-Parent Psychotherapy and the DC: 0-5 helping clinicians and organizations strengthen their capacity to support infants, young children, and families.
Dr. Nicola Cosgrave
Nicola is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and a trainee psychoanalytic psychotherapist. She is a NICE fellow, and honorary senior lecturer at the University of Glasgow. Nicola has worked within the NHS and Family Justice for over 30 years specializing in childhood trauma. She is passionate about early intervention.
For more on Nicola, read her feature in the Leader Spotlight in this issue.
Gratitude
We are very grateful to ZERO TO THREETM, in particular the LEARN Conference planners Julia Richards, Sarah LeMoine, and Maria Ogunye, for providing the opportunity to create a CPP session track for this year’s upcoming conference in Portland. The CPP community has been hoping for a space like this for a while—thank you for making it a reality!
