Talking Child Development

About Talking Child Development

The Talking Child Development podcast unpacks important topics and conversations related to child and family development. Every episode aims to provide mental health professionals with insights into family life based on theory and experience in the field. Join Dr Ruth Schmidt Neven as she interviews experts including paediatricians, early childhood educators, child psychotherapists and infant-parent therapists. From communication to attachment, we dive into the ‘why’ behind relationships and behaviour. This podcast is brought to you by the Association of Child and Family Development and Psychodynamic Counselling.

Publisher

ccfdau

Category

science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Jun 2021

Latest episode

18 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

40 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   18 Aug 2026

   #40 Children ‘speak’ their family: Therapeutic Work with Parents Helps Therapy with Children

   ----more----In this podcast based on her presentation to The Therapeutic Consultants in the UK, Dr. Ruth Schmidt Neven child psychotherapist and clinical psychologist brings her longstanding expertise as a clinician, author and trainer to elaborate on the importance of therapeutic work with parents when addressing children’s problems.

2. 

   28 Jul 2026

   #39 Chorus: Children and Parents Together with Dr. Eva Crasnow and Dr. Sarah Peter

   In this podcast, Dr. Ruth Schmidt Neven child and adolescent psychotherapist and clinical psychologist talks with Dr. Eva Crasnow and Dr. Sarah Peter, UK based child and adolescent psychotherapists and co-founders of the social enterprise Chorus, which provides therapeutic group work to young children and their parents. Chorus was the winner of the 2024 Association of Infant Mental Health best practice award for their Zero to Toddler group for adopted toddlers and their parents.

3. 

   12 May 2026

   #38 Understanding Trauma in Children and Young People with Tracy Christophi

   In this episode of Talking Child Development, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist and Clinical Psychologist Dr Ruth Schmidt Neven talks with Tracy Christophi. Tracy is a child and adolescent psychotherapist originally from the UK but now based in Western Australia. In her earlier career as a mental health nurse specialist, Tracy has firsthand experience of the devastating impact of traumatic early experience on later childhood and adolescence. Tracy is passionate about helping children and young people who have experienced relational and developmental trauma. She has written a brief guide for parents and carers to help them understand complex trauma and its effects on children. https://childpsychotherapyperth.com.au/2025/06/02/supporting-children-after-trauma/

Who has been a guest on Talking Child Development

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Meena Singh
• Dr Fiona Zandt
• Liana Buchanan
• Dr Catherine Page Jeffery
• Dr Catherine Olweny

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 23 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

13

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

81

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