We're a comfort company, not a clinic. So we ask the people who are.
We write a lot about calm, sleep, anxiety and sensory needs — and none of it is worth much unless the people who work in those fields every day agree it's accurate. These are the practitioners we learn from, and genuinely like.
Our experts
Real, named, practising clinicians. Every quote on this page is their own words.
Dr Nghi Bui
Clinical Psychologist & Board-Approved Supervisor
B. Psych (Hons), M. ClinPsych., PhD.
"I strive to support young people in seeing themselves as more than their diagnosis."
Get to know Nghi →
Emily Newbold
Paediatric Occupational Therapist
Works with children aged 2 to 8 in clinic
"We effectively use them as a regulatory tool when children are upset and as extra sensory input during play activities."
Full profile coming soon
Niamh Taggart
Clinical Psychologist
Works in therapy with children and young people
"Some of my young patients have formed attachments with them, giving them names and expressing enthusiasm."
Full profile coming soonHow we work with our experts
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They inform our writing.
Our experts help us make sure what we publish about calm, sleep and sensory needs is accurate — and some use Cuddle Pals in their own work with the children they see.
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Everyone here is real, and every quote is theirs.
These are real, named, practising clinicians. Anything in quotation marks is their own words, unedited. We do not write biographies for people, and we do not publish a credential we have not been given.
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A Cuddle Pal is a comfort companion, not a treatment.
If you are worried about your child, your GP, paediatrician, psychologist or occupational therapist is the right first call.
If you work with children and families and would like to contribute, we would love to hear from you — get in touch.