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About the Author
Kimberley Clayton Blaine, MA, MFT

Kimberley Clayton Blaine is a mother, national parenting expert, and licensed family and child therapist who specializes in working with children ages newborn to six years old.  Kimberley is currently the social marketing director of a Los Angeles-based Early Childhood Mental Health Campaign funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (SAMHSA).

Kimberley is the founder and executive producer of the grassroots webshow www.TheGoToMom.TV.  A powerful and inspiring speaker, she lectures frequently and teaches "Early Childhood Brain Development" and "Positive Discipline Strategies" at UCLA Extension.   

As the director of the nationally recognized Missouri State "Parents as Teachers" program in San Diego, Kimberley headed up many government research projects on child abuse prevention. In 1993, Kimberley became one of the leading experts in San Diego County Child Sexual Abuse Treatment Programs, writing and designing group therapy curricula for molested children and their families. She became the director of Clinical Group Therapy at the E.Y.E., one of San Diego's established child abuse treatment centers.

From 1995 to 2000, Kimberley was the director of Special Projects and National Conferences for the Children's Institute International in Los Angeles. She arranged child welfare training events which included former First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, poet Maya Angelou, California Governor Pete Wilson, L.A. Mayor Richard Riordan, Rupert Murdoch, Rob Reiner, Bruce Perry, Daniel Siegel, James Garbarino, and Murray A. Straus.

Kimberley serves as a special correspondent for BabyTV at the ABC Kids Expo. She also is a consultant and presenter in Los Angeles, California and has been featured in the following publications: Los Angeles Times, San Diego Union Tribune, Pasadena Star News, Daily News LA, Arizona Republic News, The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, In- Hollywood, ePregnancy, Parenting Magazine, Family Magazine, Fit Pregnancy, Cottage Living, MetroParent Magazine, Mom’s Network and LA Parent Magazine.

She is the creator of child abuse treatment activity books for the California Department of Criminal Justice Planning. Her latest publication is the “My Feelings Activity Book for Preschoolers” sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services  (SAMHSA). She also frequently writes articles and feature blogs for traditional parenting magazines and websites.

Kimberley has been inspired to give back to organizations that care and heal abused and traumatized children through her program, The Growing Ground for Kids.

Kimberley’s years of hands-on experience, her work with children and parents, and her own adventures in Mommyhood have made The Go-To Mom one of the country’s most respected and popular leaders in the field of positive parenting.

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