About Us

About GAINS

• In 2005, a group of educators and psychotherapists participated in an advanced IPNB immersion workshop with Dr. Daniel J. Siegel. GAINS emerged from seeds sown among this workshop community—specifically their enthusiastic belief that the application of IPNB principles can change lives.
• Over the next 18 months, GAINS took shape, forming a Board of Directors and an Advisory Board, as well as a community of IPNB-informed practitioners. GAINS will always be grateful to the founding members who made this community happen.
• In 2006, we began publishing the GAINS Quarterly: Connections & Reflections, which has since become an annual ejournal—the Journal for Interpersonal Neurobiology Studies: Theory, Research, and Practice. Since its inception by Founding-Editor Bonnie Badenoch, this publication has been a unique creation: part scientific journal; part in-depth discussion of IPNB's applications to various fields; and part magazine, with cartoons, reflections, poetry, and imagery. Contributors include GAINS members and the GAINS Advisory Board. Through the membership area of this website, an archive of past issues is available to members. To learn more about the Journal for Interpersonal Neurobiology Studies, click here.
• In 2005, our affiliate organization Austin IN Connection (AINC) was founded in Austin, Texas, and in 2007, AINC became a GAINS affiliate. AINC continues to thrive, offering IPNB-relevant trainings and services, as well as a community for like-minded professionals.
• Over the next several years, GAINS developed a website and directory, as more people began looking for a diverse, interdisciplinary community of IPNB-informed practitioners. We also began offering members exclusive teleconferences with IPNB-relevant theorists, authors, researchers, and innovators. These teleconferences are now offered as quarterly events, and recordings of past teleconferences are available to members.
• In 2012, a new and expanded website and directory was launched, and GAINS started offering annual meetings in conjunction with the annual UCLA Interpersonal Neurobiology Conference.