The Infant Mental Health Podcast

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Natalie and I talk some about the logistics of providing reflective supervision, some about work culture, and some about our own ways of replenishing. As always reach out to us at amy@theinfantmentalhealthpodcast.com. Mentioned in this episode: People I Mostly Admire Episode 143

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Natalie and I  reflect on the past year.  

Send us Fan Mail This episode is a little different. I speak with my good friend, professor, and overall one of the smartest people I know Dr. Janice Lindstrom.  She and I try to wrap our minds around the parallel process and how it is used in RSC.   The sound quality is not great as we did not have microphones and at some points you can hear my dog barking in the background.  I hope you can get p...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Natalie and I talk about the Reflective Alliance from the RIOS. You can reference information on the RIOS at CEED.unm.edu . As always you can reach us at amy@theinfantmentalhealthpodcast.com.  We'd love to hear from you!

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Natalie and I explore the parallel process in reflective consultation and try to unlock the magic of it for you and for ourselves. We would love to hear from you!  Please send your comments, questions, and topics for us to discuss.  You can reach me at amy@theinfantmentalhealthpodcast.com

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Natalie and I talk about the Professional Use of Self in reflective consultation.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Natalie and I discuss the essential element of Holding the Baby in Mind.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Natalie and I talk about how we come to understand the family story and how we think it fits into reflective consultation.  Here are a few helpful links based on things we discussed: https://www.allianceaimh.org/reflective-supervisionconsultation https://www.structural-learning.com/post/bronfenbrenners-ecological-model

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Natalie and I discuss the reflective alliance described in the RIOS. This is the Widow We Do Now Podcast episode with information on tapping that Natalie described in this episode. https://widowwedonow.com/listen/ Episode 93 | Emotional Freedom Tapping: Dr. Dawson Church  

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we talk about getting ready to provide reflective supervision or consultation, transitions, supervision vs. consultation and some feedback from a training Natalie provided in the past.  Thanks to a listener who reached out asking for more info on providing reflective supervision.  We talked about the Reflective Interaction Observation Scale.  You can find more abo...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Natalie and I take on co-regulation and self-regulation.  

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Natalie and I discuss serve and return as it relates to infant mental health.  If you are interested in the steps we discussed, use the link below. 5 Steps for Brain-Building Serve and Return

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Natalie and I talk about how we were introduced to the enneagram, how, we use it, and what it has meant to us.  If you want to learn more you can check out these links.  Truity Enneagram Institute

Send us Fan Mail It is summer here and our kids are out of school which has changed our family routines.  In this episode, Natalie and I talk about routines and how they are good for babies and good for us.  We discuss how routines change with the different seasons of our lives and how we experience disruptions in routines.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Natalie and I discuss the benefits of rupture in relationships and how rupture and repair are a natural part of relationships. We talked about the Still Face Experiment with Dr. Edward Tronick; you can see it here if you haven't already or if you just want to see it again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTTSXc6sARg You can also find Harvar's Center on t...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Natalie and I dive into the parallel process, a foundational component of infant mental health.  We mentioned our friend Brianna Ruelas and her idea of serving from the saucer.  You can find out more about her at www.briannaruelasmusic.com .

Send us Fan Mail Natalie and I talk about our experience at the Michigan Association of Infant Mental Health Biennial Conference.  Thank you to everyone we met and to the organizers.  I hope to be able to attend the conference again in the future.  Here's the website for more information. Conference Website https://site.pheedloop.com/event/miaimh2024conference/home You can reach us at  amy@th...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Natalie and I talk about what reflective supervision is and some things it is not.  

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode, Natalie and I discuss ways of framing both reflective supervision and child development that get us away from solving problems and move us in other directions.

Send us Fan Mail For whatever reason, I put the wrong title on episode 3 initially.  I have since fixed that.  If you listened to episode 3 when the title was listed as Let's Talk about Attachment do not be confused.  This is not the same conversation as episode 3.  It is the conversation that Natalie and I actually had about attachment and how it applies to working in infant mental health fo...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Natalie and I reflect on a Mom in Mind Podcast Episode we listened to.    We discuss Mom and Mind podcast episode 170: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6pE939Ao8qcipVl6JG7Smm?si=43qDcp-pRMiGEcpHV1y1VQ 38:50 - Eve:  How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Evolution                   Cat Bohanon https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/75494215

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Natalie and I discuss Infant Mental Health in more detail.  Here are a few links where you can find more info on some of the things we touched on in this episode. Definition of Infant Early Childhood Mental Health: https://www.zerotothree.org/resource/resource/zero-to-threes-infant-and-early-childhood-mental-health-iecmh-guiding-principles/ 10:10 - Harvard's...

Send us Fan Mail Hi and welcome to the Infant Mental Health Podcast.  In this episode, Natalie and I introduce ourselves and share how we arrived at the field of Infant Mental Health.