Announcing the NHAIMH 31st Annual Conference

September 24 - 25, 2026

The Event Center – Courtyard by Marriott in Nashua, NH.

Call for Proposals

We are now seeking workshop proposals (1.5 hours, including time for discussion and questions) on related topics, including but not limited to:   

·       Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP)

·       Applying attachment theory to practice

·       Kinship relationships

·       Attachment across the lifespan

·       Emotional regulation in the parent-child dyad

·       Parent-child interactional disturbance

·       Creating supportive work environments

 We ask that presenters consider adult learning principles when drafting their presentations and include interactive, participatory, or small group activities.

 Presenters receive one complimentary conference registration per workshop and are offered a $200 presenter honorarium per workshop. If you are interested in presenting, please submit a Workshop Proposal at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NHAIMHConference by March 15, 2026.

Announcing Keynote Speakers

Mothering from the Inside Out (MIO) is an evidence-based individual psychotherapy designed to help caregivers in recovery build stronger relationships with their children.

Research suggests that the emotional quality of the parent-child relationship is an important predictor of children’s psychological development. Based on attachment and mentalization theory, we therefore believe that instead of teaching or coaching caregivers, children benefit most when their caregivers can reflect on their own (and their children’s) thoughts, emotions, wishes, and intentions.

Elizabeth Peacock-Chambers, MD, MS 

Director of MIO Implementation 
Associate Professor, UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate

Dr. Lili Peacock-Chambers is the Chief of the Division of Health and Behavior in the Department of Healthcare Delivery and Population Sciences, a board-certified pediatrician, and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Healthcare Delivery and Population Sciences at UMass Chan-Baystate. She completed her pediatric training at Boston Children’s Hospital and Boston Medical Center. She then completed a fellowship in General Academic Pediatrics at Boston Medical Center, where she earned a degree in epidemiology. She also completed the UMass Boston Infant-Parent Mental Health postgraduate program and the NIH-funded “Implementation Research Institute” that seeks to advance the field of implementation science in mental health. 

Amanda Lowell, PhD

Director of MIO Training 
Assistant Professor Adjunct, Yale Child Study Center
Assistant Professor, UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate 
Clinical Supervisor, Center for Young Children & Families 

Dr. Amanda Lowell is a licensed clinical psychologist, clinical director of the Center for Young Children & Families, and an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at UMass Chan-Baystate. She completed her doctoral training at the University of Central Florida. She then completed a two-year clinical fellowship in infant & early childhood mental health at the Yale Child Study Center, followed by a NIDA-funded research fellowship in substance use treatment and prevention in the Division of Prevention and Community Research in the Yale Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Lowell was mentored by Dr. Nancy Suchman (the originator of MIO) in the training and supervision of clinicians providing MIO in the context of randomized controlled trials. Dr. Lowell trained and supervised MIO providers for Dr. Suchman’s final community-based efficacy trial and has led the iterative development of the MIO clinician training curriculum and materials.