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Chandra Ghosh Ippen, PhD

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Chandra Ghosh Ippen, PhD, is a child psychologist and children’s book author. She is currently the Associate Director of the Child Trauma Research Program at the University of California, San Francisco and the Director of Dissemination and Implementation for Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP). She is a member of the board of directors of ZERO TO THREE and has spent the last 26 years conducting research, clinical work, and training in the area of early childhood trauma. She has co-authored over 20 publications on trauma and diversity-informed practice, including the manual for CPP and a randomized trial documenting the efficacy of CPP. She has authored numerous children’s books including Once I Was Very Very Scared, You Weren’t With Me, Holdin Pott, and the Trinka and Sam disaster-related story series, which has reached over 200,000 families across the world.