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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.
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Tuesday Mar 17, 2026
Tuesday Mar 17, 2026
In this episode Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist and Clinical Psychologist Dr Ruth Schmidt Neven talks to Dr. Matthew Roberts.
Dr. Roberts is a Melbourne based psychiatrist and psychotherapist clinical teacher and writer, and in this episode, he dives deeper into his extensive experience in perinatal mental health, his trauma informed clinical practice, and his father-inclusive work as one of the founders of the Australian Fatherhood Research Consortium.
Dr. Roberts has distilled his learning and clinical experience into a model called CRESTING that stands for Collaborative, Relational, Evolutionary, Somatic, Trauma-Informed Narrative Growth.
Australian Fatherhood Research Consortium:
http://mappresearch.org/fatherhood-consortium
Richard Fletcher, The Dad Factor:
https://books.google.com.au/books?id=buVOYgEACAAJ&source=gbs_book_other_versions
Bruce Ecker et al, Unlocking The Emotional Brain:
https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Unlocking_the_Emotional_Brain/wSxcEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
Bessel van der Kolk The Body Keeps The Score:
https://books.google.com.au/books/about/The_Body_Keeps_the_Score.html?id=NKOOEAAAQBAJ&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y
Daniel Stern The Interpersonal World of the Infant:
https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/The_Interpersonal_World_of_the_Infant/MUtWDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
Donald Winnicott Playing and Reality:
https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Playing_and_Reality/JHMdZC08HhcC?hl=en&gbpv=0
For Bowlby, Jeremy Holmes John Bowlby and Attachment Theory:
https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/John_Bowlby_and_Attachment_Theory/30HFBQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
Dr. Roberts’ clinical science communication and social commentary blog: www.mydoctorshandwriting.com
Dr. Roberts’ psychotherapy, arts and culture blog: www.thenormalgrownup.com
Dr. Roberts’ solitary original sole author paper:
https://www.racgp.org.au/afp/2016/august/there-from-the-start-men-and-pregnancy
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