You can now get 10% off our short courses using an early bird discount code:. EARLYBIRD25. Browse our courses on Attachment, Assessing Parent-Infant Relationships, Working with intergenerational trauma (ghosts in the nursery), Watch Wait & Wonder at

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Join us for OXPIP and New Chamber Opera's Summer Opera on Tuesday 8th July -

We provide psychotherapy to parents and carers in Oxfordshire who want some help to feel closer and more connected to their new baby. Getting feedback from parents we work with is the best part of our job.

We have a few places left on our Watch, Wait and Wonder (an introduction) training day on May 2nd (online, £271). Learn about WWW theory and understand how to facilitate parents' capacity to observe, recognise and understand their baby's cues. Info/book:

Another large, longitudinal study, this time the ECHO study, finds that higher scores on measures of early parent-child relationships are linked to better child health & well-being. #TheBig3 risk factors are Poverty/ACEs/PAIRS.

Today, OXPIP's founder Sue Gerhardt launches her new book "1001 days: How Our First Years Shape our Lifelong Health". We're giving away one free copy chosen at random from the people who retweet one of our social media posts by 8th April. Available to purchase from today.

New paper confirms that we haven't cracked the issue of finding a reliable, valid, frontline, cheap/free, quick and easy way to assess parent-infant relationships which can also be used as a pre and post measure. The search continues! Full paper out soon.

Our Head of Training Jo Chapman was delighted to meet HRH Prince Edward during his visit to The Branch this week. We very much value our partnership with this amazing hub in Chipping Norton which does so much for integrated support for local communities.

We fully support the @ihv's call to Rebuild Health Visiting. Families need high-quality, universally available support from conception onwards and a well-resourced health visiting service is an essential part of that.

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Great to see research of father/non-birthing partners and the parent-infant relationship. Study of 312 partners shows if they find the birth traumatising & develop PTSD symptoms, they are more likely to experience the baby as "intrusive" later on.

RT @AFNCCF: Half of mental health conditions begin before the age of 14 and many of these develop in the early years, from 0-5. This week….

As awareness of the importance of parent-infant relationships increases, so do referrals to our therapy service. We accept self & practitioner referrals via our website. All our therapy is free of charge, funded by charitable donations, trusts & grants.

Apply now to be our Minute Taker for our Board of Trustees! -

We're delighted that our CEO Karen Bateson will be joining such a fabulous group of First 1001 Days champions. Thanks to The Parent-Infant Foundation for their continued secretariat of the steering group.

Please consider a regular donation this payday to improve the lives of Oxfordshire families. Thank you!.

Your monthly gift could make a life-changing difference for Oxfordshire families. We are very grateful for any regular donation that you are able to make. ​Please visit our website to set up your regular donation: Thank you for your support!

Great to see our friends at @ChildrenNE PAIRS Team "Little Minds in Mind" getting more good press following a visit from Sharon Hodgson MP. "The project is about providing vital support at a critical time in a child’s life".