Our Faculty
Faculty across
Level 6
SCPHN
Oversees curriculum design, clinical standards and methodology, and leads live supervision and Q&A sessions. Integrates advanced sleep biology, responsive care and relational dynamics into complex sleep practice — strengthening clinical reasoning and ethical decision-making throughout the programme.
Programme Director
Leads programme structure, professional standards and business development components, including live mentoring on positioning, ethics and building a sustainable sleep consultancy.
Texas Tech
APA Fellow in Health and Trauma Psychology. Extensive publications on maternal mental health, trauma and breastfeeding. Clinical Associate Professor, Texas Tech University.
Int'l Speaker
CAPPA
Author and international speaker in integrative lactation education. Former Executive Director of Lactation Programs, CAPPA; Board Director, US Breastfeeding Committee.
Equity Advocate
MPH
Founder of Lioness Lactation. Recognised international speaker on cultural humility and equitable lactation care.
Postpartum Doula
Specialises in infant feeding, massage and early bonding in the fourth trimester.
Also: Lead, Maternity & Newborn Care
Cochrane
Author
Contributes specialist infant feeding and research methodology content.
Professor
Swansea
MSc Director
Research spans infant nutrition, normal baby behaviour, sleep and postnatal mental health. Director, MSc in Child Public Health.
Trauma Specialist
Attachment
Grounds sleep coaching within a relational developmental framework through work in trauma, attachment and therapeutic life story.
Professor
Durham
SIDS Research
Leads the Parent-Infant Sleep Lab at Durham. Internationally recognised for research on infant sleep, bed-sharing and SIDS risk.
OT
Sensory Integration
Bobath NDT
Advanced training in Bobath NDT, Sensory Integration and SCERTS. Works with under-fives with complex neurodevelopmental needs.
RCSLT Gold Medal
Dysphagia
Expertise in paediatric dysphagia and sensory-behavioural feeding difficulties. Holder of the RCSLT Gold Medal for Clinical Excellence.
NHS GP
Duke University MD
NHS family doctor with a background in lifestyle medicine. Medical doctorate, Duke University; MA in History of Medicine, UCL.
NHS Paediatrician
Emergency Medicine
NHS family doctor with a background in lifestyle medicine. Medical doctorate, Duke University; MA in History of Medicine, UCL.
Registered Dietitian
20+ Years NHS
Over 20 years in paediatric nutrition across NHS and private settings, with advanced postgraduate training in paediatric dietetics.
Sleep Coach
International
Extensive international experience supporting families and mentoring sleep professionals.
LGBT+ Advocate
DEI Educator
Delivers training on inclusion, equity and youth wellbeing — ensuring the programme reflects the diversity of families practitioners will serve.
CEO, Birthing Reform
Cultural Safety
DEI
CEO of Birthing Reform, specialising in cultural safety and equity within maternal and infant healthcare systems.
Levels 3 & 4 · OCN
Cochrane Reviewer
NHS Clinician
Vice-Chair, UKAMB
Author
Leads the Maternity Nurse Training and oversees infant feeding, colic and allergy education. NHS clinician with extensive tertiary and national infant feeding experience. Author of Why Formula Feeding Matters; Cochrane reviewer on Infantile Colic; Vice-Chair, UK Association of Milk Banking.
SCPHN
Contributes specialist sleep science and developmental teaching across the Maternity Nurse Training.
CACHE Panellist
20+ Years
Over 20 years delivering accredited childcare qualifications. Former CACHE panellist; Highfield subject matter expert.
NHS Clinical Director
Imperial College
Clinical Director, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital. Academic teaching roles at Imperial College London. Specialist maternal health and patient safety.
Consultant O&G
Imperial
Author
Author of Expecting a Baby? Research into obesity in pregnancy and fibroid treatment has influenced international practice.
Cranial Osteopathy
London & Hamburg
Traditional and cranial osteopathy; academic roles in London and Hamburg. Musculoskeletal development and cranial considerations in infancy.
Tongue-Tie
Osteopath
Specialist teaching on tongue-tie, feeding mechanics and musculoskeletal influences on infant feeding.
SLT
Dysphagia
Oral Motor
Paediatric feeding, dysphagia and sensory-based feeding challenges. Oral motor development and early feeding complexities.
Doctoral Degree
Int'l Publications
One of the UK's leading pelvic floor physiotherapists with a doctoral degree and international publications. Maternal recovery and postnatal rehabilitation.
IBCLC
16+ Years
Author
Over 16 years supporting families across neonatal, community and acute settings. Specialist lactation and infant feeding education.
Infant Massage
Matrescence
25+ Years
Over 25 years supporting mothers through pregnancy and early motherhood. Infant massage, attachment and matrescence.
Sleep Coach
Postpartum Doula
Practical newborn sleep education contextualised within normal developmental patterns and responsive care.
Levels 3 & 4 · OCN
Also: Lead, Maternity & Newborn Care
Cochrane — Infantile Colic
NHS Clinician
Leads the Colic & Infant Allergies programme, integrating systematic review evidence and clinical assessment frameworks into case-based learning. Currently contributing Cochrane reviews specifically on Infantile Colic.
Int'l Recognition
Medical Historian
Policy Influence
Internationally recognised medical historian whose work on infant feeding and food intolerance has influenced breastfeeding policy globally. Provides historical and immunological depth to the programme's treatment of allergy and feeding controversies.
Specialist Programme
Clinical Psychologist
NHS & Private
Author
National Media
Over a decade of clinical experience in NHS and private practice. Work integrates psychological formulation, attachment science and whole-family systems thinking. Published author and regular contributor to national media on maternal mental health.
14 Years NHS
AIMH Member
Birth Trauma
14 years NHS experience; member of the Association for Infant Mental Health. Specialises in attachment, birth trauma and relationship dynamics in the perinatal period.
Consultant Psychiatrist
NHS Perinatal
20+ Years
Over 20 years in psychiatry; nine years within one of London's leading NHS perinatal services. Specialist insight into anxiety, depression, PTSD and complex psychiatric presentations.
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