Chandra Ghosh Ippen

Chandra Ghosh Ippen is a child psychologist and award-winning children’s book author. She is co-developer of Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP), an evidence-based treatment for young children who have been through traumatic experiences, and she is Director of Dissemination and Implementation for CPP. She is Associate Director of the Child Trauma Research Program at the University of California, San Francisco and a member of the board of directors of Zero to Three, a national organization dedicated to ensuring that all babies and toddlers have a strong start in life. She has spent over 30 years conducting research, clinical work, and training in the area of childhood trauma and has co-authored over 20 publications on trauma and diversity-informed practice. Her children’s books are informed by clinical wisdom and research and include Once I Was Very Very Scared, Holdin Pott, You Weren’t With Me, Mama’s Waves, Daddy's Waves, Argo and Me, and the Trinka and Sam disaster series, which has reached over 400,000 families across the world. Her stories have been translated into Arabic, French, German, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Vietnamese, and many other languages.