Tina Payne Bryson

Dr. Tina Payne Bryson (her) is the author of THE BOTTOM LINE FOR BABY (Random House 2020) and co-author (with Dan Siegel) of POWER OF SHOWING UP (Random House 2020) and THE YES BRAIN (Random House 2018), as well as two New York Times bestsellers-THE WHOLE BRAIN CHILD (Random House 2011) and NO-DRAM DISCIPLINE (Random House 2014)-each has been translated into more than fifty languages. THE WHOLE BRAIN CHILD has now sold over a million copies.

Tina is a psychotherapist and founder/executive director of the Center for Connection, a multidisciplinary clinical practice, and the Play Strong Institute, a center dedicated to the study, research and practice of play therapy through a play lens.

Tina lectures and facilitates workshops for children, parents, educators, clinicians and industry leaders around the world. He also makes frequent media appearances (eg TIME Magazine, Good Morning America, Huffington Post, Redbook, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Real Simple). A graduate of Baylor University, he received his LCSW and PhD from the University of Southern California, where his research explored attachment science, child education theory, andthe emerging field of interpersonal neurobiology.

 Tina emphasizes that before she is a parent, educator or researcher, she is a mother. He limits his clinical practice and speaking engagements to spend time with his family. Alongside her husband of 27 years, raising her three children is what makes her happiest.

Tina's professional life now focuses on research and theories of various scientific fields and presenting them in a clear, realistic, humorous and immediately useful way. As she says, "For parents, doctors and teachers, learning how children's (and their) brains work is surprisingly practical because it informs how they approach discipline, how they help children cope with the challenges of each day and, after all, how they relate to the discipline of the children they care for.