Internalizing Reality

An Infant Mental Health Approach to Trauma Treatment Across Generations

This webinar was presented live on May 7, 2021. The recording of Dr. Lieberman’s presentation can be found by following this link.

Webinar Presented by Alicia F. Lieberman, Ph.D.

Alicia F. Lieberman, Ph.D., directs the Early Trauma Treatment Network, a center of the SAMHSA National Child Traumatic Stress Network. She is the senior developer of Child-Parent Psychotherapy, an evidence-based treatment for traumatized children aged birth-to-5 broadly used nationally and internationally as an evidence-based treatment for traumatized young children and their parents or caregivers.

Born in Paraguay, she received her professional training in Israel and the United States. Her cross-cultural experience as a Jewish Latina informs her commitment to increasing access and raising the standard of care for low-income and minority children and families.

Her research involves treatment outcome studies with traumatized young children from low-income and under-represented minority groups. Her work is used to increase understanding and foster dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians working with bereaved and traumatized young children and their families.