Kahlila Robinson, PhD, is a psychologist in private practice in New York City. She received her doctoral training from the Graduate Center, City University of New York. She has worked with people from across the life span, and from all walks of life. She has specialised training and experience working with children and families, in parent mental health, and with adults with relational trauma. She has worked in hospital and clinic settings, as a mental health consultant in preschools, and as diirector of parent mental health of a nationally recognised early intervention program in the Bronx, NY. She is a supervising psychologist for child and adult psychology graduate students at City College. She is an advocate for the availabilty of high-quality mental health services for underserved and vulnerable populations. She lives with her husband and children in New York City. Sarah Gerstenzang is passionate about healthy human development. She currently works as a therapist with foster and adoptive families and previously held policy and administrative positions in child welfare. She holds a master's degree in social work from Columbia University. She is the board president of the Adoptive and Foster Family Coalition of NY and has served on numerous advisory committees, including Fostering Families Today magazine, the Effects of Early Life Adversity on Brain Development (NIMH grant with Nim Tottenham, PhD) and on the National Adoption Competency Mental Health Training Initiative. Sarah has been a foster and kinship parent and one of her three children was adopted from the New York City foster care system.