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Tina Payne BrysonPhD, LCSW
Author | Educator | Parenting & Development Expert
Author | Educator | Parenting & Development Expert
Tina Payne Bryson has helped reshape how millions of parents understand child behavior. Her neuroscience-informed frameworks help parents understand what’s happening beneath difficult behavior and respond with more connection, steadiness, and intention.
Tina Payne Bryson, PhD, is the co-author of several groundbreaking parenting books, including the New York Times bestsellers The Whole-Brain Child (which has more than two million copies in print) and No-Drama Discipline, as well as The Yes Brain, The Power of Showing Up, and The Way of Play, and the author of The Bottom Line for Baby. Her books have sold more than three million copies worldwide and been translated into over 60 languages.
In HumanUp, guidance draws on Tina's expertise and authorized content to help parents navigate behavior and big emotions. While Tina is a psychotherapist and Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in her private practice, guidance in HumanUp stays with her educational frameworks, offering everyday parenting language for co-regulation, boundaries, and repair.
In HumanUp, the AI guidance grounded in Tina Payne Bryson's expertise and authorized content is educational only. It does not provide psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), psychiatric diagnosis, or clinical trauma analysis. This is not a substitute for a licensed mental health professional or therapeutic care.
To keep guidance safe and non-clinical, the AI will not act as a therapist or answer questions that require clinical evaluation.
If you are dealing with severe behavioral crises, trauma, or need clinical mental health support, the AI guide will encourage you to contact a licensed clinical social worker, child psychologist, or local emergency services.
The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind (2011) · Co-Author
No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind (2014) · Co-Author
The Yes Brain: How to Cultivate Courage, Curiosity, and Resilience in Your Child (2018) · Co-Author
The Power of Showing Up: How Parental Presence Shapes Who Our Kids Become and How Their Brains Get Wired (2020) · Co-Author
The Way of Play: Using Little Moments of Big Connection to Raise Calm and Confident Kids (2025) · Co-Author
The Bottom Line for Baby: From Sleep Training to Screens, What the Science Says (2020) · Author
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