The birthplace for VIG was the Netherlands, where researchers looked closely at the subtle and natural ways that babies and their parents communicate. The researchers looked for the ‘moments of vitality’ between parent and baby/child. VIG as a therapeutic method was born from an understanding of the importance of these moments.VIG was first brought to the UK in the mid-1990s. There are other video interventions that are based on the video intervention originally developed in the Netherlands in the 1980s. These approaches are very similar to VIG, as used in the UK, and are practised in many countries, including: Netherlands, Germany, and USA.