Celebrating our 20th Anniversary!

In celebration of our 20th Anniversary, we're re-releasing one of our favorite episodes of the TBRI Podcast, Stories from our Founder with Dr. David Cross. Dr. Cross is the co-founder and former Rees-Jones Director of the Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development at TCU. In this episode he and our host Sarah Mercado talk about the origins of the Institute, memories with Dr. Purvis, and how the Institute has evolved. Links from this episode:TCU Psychology DepartmentUNT Center for Play TherapyThe Neighborhood WalkBrenda BryantThe Parent Network for the Post-Inst. ChildChild Study Center Fort WorthStarpoint SchoolThe Strange SituationT Berry BrazeltonAllan SchoreThe Connected ChildTrust-Based Relational InterventionAdult Attachment InterviewTravis County CollaborativeAnna Palmer/ Crossroads NOLAMethodist Children’s HomeDaren JonesAmanda PurvisCasey CallSarah MercadoTBRI MantraTami DeCoteauNeither Wolf Nor Dog BookThe Wolf of Twilight BookDr. Cross Resiliency blog postAmy Abell

In celebration of our 20th Anniversary, Dr. Danica Knight joins the TBRI Podcast!

Jill Crewes joins us on the podcast today to talk about how TBRI has impacted both her professional and personal journey.

John Warren, a TBRI Practitioner, TBRI Mentor, is the Community Engagement and Training Specialist at Methodist Children's Home. He joined us on the podcast to talk about his time with MCH and their journey to implement TBRI across their organization. John is a longtime friend of KPICD and also shares stories from our shared history and his favorite memories with Dr. Karyn Purvis and Dr. David Cross.

Reba Huskins, a TBRI Practitioner and the Family Support Services Coordinator for Restoration Rome, joins the TBRI Podcast to talk about how to meet the needs of the biological families of children who have entered foster care.

Today we have two TCU professors from our Education Team joining the podcast! Dr. Casey Call and Dr. Molly O'Mealy share how they support the emerging adults that sit in their classrooms and give insight into the developmental changes occurring during the college years.

Brooks Kaskela returns to the podcast to talk about launching young adults from highschool to college or career.

What does it look like to view the transition from highschool to young adulthood through a developmental lens? TBRI Podcast regular, Kim Glaudy, joins us to kick off our miniseries about this very topic. Kim and Sarah talk about the way that attachment, biological changes, mindfulness, and more play out in our relationships with young adults as they gain independence.

How can parents and caregivers best support children who are walking through a traumatic loss?In this episode, Dr. Jim Henry and Samantha Farris help us understand the importance of holding space for our children’s emotions, how adults  can acknowledge  their own feelings while helping kids process theirs, sharing information with kids based on their development, how trauma affects behavior, and helpful resources for learning more. Resources mentioned in this Episode:Free Access to TBRI 101FASTER Program WMUCircle of SecurityDr. Dan DiegelHelp Kids Cope AppNational Childhood Traumatic Stress NetworkOnce I Was Very Scared (Book) A Terrible Thing Happened (Book) The Wild Edge of Sorrow (Book)Sounds True Podcast (Frances Weller)Trauma and The Brain TBRI Podcast Episode 

2025 marks 20 years of KPICD, and we're chatting with some of our team to reflect on how the Institute has evolved during that time. Henry Milton is a longtime training and consultation specialist and shares what it was like to work with Drs. Purvis and Cross, the evolution of the work, and his hopes for the future.