Nip in the Bud® Podcast - The children's mental health charity
Episodes
Nip in the Bud with Christine Walsh - Navigating PDA: Insights for Parents
16 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
SummaryIn this insightful episode from the Nip in the Bud podcast, parent Christine Walsh shares her lived experience raising two neurodivergent child...
Nip in the Bud with Andy Tolly: Navigating Neurodivergence a lived experience story
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
SummaryIn this conversation, Andy shares their journey through mental health challenges, including a diagnoses of autism and ADHD. They reflect on the...
Nip in the Bud with Tier Blundell: The Silent Cost of Exclusion
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
SummaryIn this episode of the Nip in the Bud podcast, host Alis Rocca engages with Tier Blundell, who shares his personal journey through the challeng...
Nip in the Bud with Rachel McFarlane: Transforming Education
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SummaryIn today’s conversation, Rachel Macfarlane shares her extensive journey in education, highlighting her experiences as a teacher, headteacher,...
Nip in the Bud with Dr Bruce Clark: The journey of treating OCD and BDD in children and young people
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SummaryIn this conversation, Dr Bruce Clark, a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist, shares his extensive experience supporting children and y...
Nip in the Bud with Scott Mair: How to celebrate neurodiversity and learn from our children
19 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SummaryIn this episode of the Nip in the Bud podcast, Scott Mair, director of Fatherhood Solutions, shares his insights on parenting, particularly foc...
Nip in the Bud with Peter Ruppert Jnr: How to support anxious children in school: Lessons from Peter Ruppert of Anxiety Fitness
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this enlightening conversation, Peter Ruppert shares his personal journey with anxiety, detailing his early experiences and the challenges he faced...
Nip in the bud nuggets with Dr Bettina Hohnen - Friendships, social connections, online world, and executive functions.
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This clip is from my podcast with Dr Bettina Hohnan - Neurodiversity: how to parent and educate neurodiverse brains effectively.In these short podcast...
Nip in the Bud with Vanessa Longley: Empowering Children and the Role of Early Intervention
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Nip in the Bud podcast, Alis Rocca speaks with Vanessa Longley, the Chief Executive of Chance UK, about the critical importance...
Nip in the Bud with Svetlana Scheck-Robinz: Supporting young refugees with trauma informed practice.
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Svetlana Scheck-Robinz is a Brighton-based counsellor dedicated to supporting children and young adults. Passionate about advocating for and helping y...
Nip in the Bud with Lucy Toghill: Understanding Tourette's Syndrome - for school professionals.
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lucy works part time at the Charity Tourette's Action and consults with schools and education professionals to optimise understanding of, and sup...
Nip in the bud with Professor Dennis Ougrin: How can we create solutions for children affected by trauma?
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this heartfelt conversation, Dennis Ougrin, a professor of child psychiatry, discusses his work in developing Intensive Community Care Services for...
Nip in the Bud with Jessica Bondy: What is the hidden impact of verbal abuse on children?
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Nip in the Bud podcast, Jessica Bondy shares her journey from a successful career in communications to founding a charity aimed...
Nip in the bud with Jolene Ironside: Trauma and ADHD: supporting children at school and home.
19 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today I speak with Jolene Ironside. Jolene is an Integrative Counsellor using the Arts, ADHD Coach and holistic therapist who specialises in children ...
Nip in the bud with Dr Susie Davies: How can we move towards a smartphone free childhood?
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're joined by GP and mother of two teenage daughters and a twelve-year-old son, Dr Davies to discuss moving towards a smartphone free childhood...
Nip in the Bud with Lucy Toghill: How can parents gain more understanding Tourettes Syndrome?
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lucy works part time at the Charity Tourettes Action and consults with schools and education professionals to optimise understanding of, and support f...
Nip in the bud nuggets with Naomi Fisher: How can parents support children who struggle with going to school?
03 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This clip is from my longer podcast in which I speak to clinical psychologist Dr Naomi Fisher on supporting children through (EBSA), and how teachers ...
Nip in the bud nuggets with Naomi Fisher: How can we support children through Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA)?
03 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This clip is from my longer podcast in which I speak to clinical psychologist Dr Naomi Fisher on supporting children through (EBSA), and how teachers ...
Nip in the Bud with Dr Naomi Fisher: How can we support children through school avoidance?
20 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Naomi Fisher Dr Naomi Fisher is an independent clinical psychologist and EMDR-Europe trainer. She specialises in trauma, autism and alternative a...
Nip in the bud nuggets with Barry Carpenter: How does autism affect girls?
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In these short podcast clips, we offer nuggets of information from our longer podcasts that give advice and quick tips to help you as teachers recogni...
Nip in the bud nuggets with Barry Carpenter: Why is engagement of children key in effective learning?
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In these short podcast clips, we offer nuggets of information from our longer podcasts that give advice and quick tips to help you as teachers recogni...
Nip in the bud nuggets with Dr Bettina Hohnen: How to parent in line with your child's developmental stages.
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In these short podcast clips, we offer nuggets of information from our longer podcasts that give advice and quick tips to help you as parents and care...
Nip in the bud nuggets with Dr Bettina Hohnen: How can I use executive functioning frameworks to improve teaching and learning?
10 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This clip is from my podcast with Dr Bettina Hohnan - Neurodiversity: how to parent and educate neurodiverse brains effectively.In this clip we discus...
Nip in the bud nuggets with Dr Bettina Hohnen - How can the latest research in neuroscience improve your teaching?
09 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nip in the Bud Nuggets for teachersIn these short podcast clips, we offer nuggets of information from our longer podcasts that give advice and quick t...
Nip in the Bud with Professor Barry Carpenter: How can we support Mental Health in Education?
08 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I speak with Barry Carpenter on important themes in education such as school curriculum, the impact of covid on mental health, abs...
Nip in the Bud with Lisa Tills - How ADHD and ADD impacted on my life as a parent and an educator.
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, we talk about supporting children with Special educational needs with a focus on ADHD and ADD with Lisa Tills. Lisa has w...
Nip in the Bud with Kitty Nabarro: Meet the founder of the children's mental health charity Nip in the Bud.
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode shares a conversation with co-founder of Nip in the Bud, Kitty Nabarro. Kitty co-founded Nip in the Bud together with her husband Daniel...
Nip in the Bud with Sarah Evans - What do I need to know about Dyslexia to support children?
16 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode we focus on Dyslexia and Sarah Evans shares her strategies and approaches to teaching children with Dyslexia and gives us an insi...
Nip in the Bud with Dr Bettina Hohnen: Neurodiversity - How to parent and educate neurodiverse brains effectively.
22 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today I am in conversation with Dr Bettina Hohnen. Bettina is a Clinical Psychologist, author and speaker working in the field of child mental health...
Nip in the Bud with Damien Lane: How caring for my severely autistic son changed my life.
22 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, we will be talking to Damien Lane. Damien is the father of Alex, now in his early 20s. He has been a carer of his son who is ...
Nip in the Bud with Lauren Whitaker: How and why should schools celebrate diversity?
14 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, we will be looking at celebrating Neurodiversity and strategies to support neurodiverse children attending mainstream primary...