Eminent Psychotherapists Revealed ® Co-hosts

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We are pleased to feature Dr. Jeff 

Zimmerman who is a practicing psychologist in New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. He has been in practice since 1981. In addition to running and managing a large group practice for 22 years, he is a founder of The Practice Institute (TPI). TPI guides mental health professionals in building ethically responsible thriving practices by helping them learn practice management skills that serve as the foundation for the delivery of clinical services.

Jeff has also focused on conflict resolution for over 40 years helping for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, couples, and divorcing families reduce conflict and achieve resolution when conflict appears to be irreconcilable. He is a frequent presenter and has taught conflict resolution and practice management techniques in both the U.S. and China. He is co-author and co-editor of multiple articles and books (on divorce and professional practice). Jeff is also the editor of the journal Practice Innovations.

We were pleased to feature Dr. Ronald F. Levant (he/him/his). Dr. Levant is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Akron; Past President of the American Psychological Association (APA) and APA Division 51, the Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinities; and two-term Editor of APA Division 51's quarterly journal, Psychology of Men & Masculinities. A feminist scholar with 20 books and countless refereed journal articles and book chapters to his credit, he is widely considered one of the key people responsible for creating the new field of the psychology of men and masculinities. He was included in the Elsevier-Stanford University database listing the top 2 % of scientists in the world.

We were pleased to feature Dr. Alexander Kriss who is an associate clinical professor of psychology at Fordham University and director of the Fordham Community Mental Health Clinic. He serves on the board of directors of the Westchester County Psychological Association and the editorial board of the journal Psychoanalytic Psychology. His writing has appeared in Psyche, Salon, and Logic as well as various academic publications, and he is the author of two books -- The Gaming Mind: A New Psychology of Videogames and the Power of Play, published in 2020 by The Experiment, and Borderline: The Biography of a Personality Disorder, published in 2024 by Beacon Press. His private psychotherapy practice is based in Sleepy Hollow, NY.

We were pleased to feature David Mintz, M.D. who is the Director of Psychiatric Education and  Associate Director of Training at the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, a psychoanalytic hospital specializing in the treatment of patients who are complex, co-morbid, and treatment refractory.  To address the treatment needs of these patients, Dr. Mintz and colleagues developed a psychodynamically-informed, patient-centered model for addressing psychological and interpersonal interferences with the patient’s healthy use of pharmacotherapy.  His book Psychodynamic Psychopharmacology: Caring for the Treatment-Resistant Patient, and dozens of other publications, explores these principles.  Dr. Mintz is also the recent past Leader of the Psychotherapy Caucus of the American Psychiatric Association, former Trustee of the American Academy of Psychodynamic Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis, a member of the Medical Student Education Committee of the American Psychoanalytic Association, and on the Editorial Boards of Psychodynamic Psychiatry and The American Journal of Psychotherapy.

We were pleased to feature Dr. Jay Lebow a pioneer in family therapy. Dr. Lebow is Clinical Professor of Psychology at Northwestern University as well as Senior Scholar and Senior Therapist at The Family Institute at Northwestern University. He is editor-in-chief of the journal Family Process and the Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy (with Chambers and Breunlin 2018). He maintains an active psychotherapy practice, treating individuals, couples, and families. Dr. Lebow made seminal contributions to the field, particularly in the areas of psychotherapy integration, the common factors, and bridging research and practice. He may be best known, however, as a preeminent articulator of the fields of couple and family therapy on the same level of sophistication as Lynn Hoffman.

We were pleased to feature Dr. Declan Aherne, who is a registered clinical psychologist and counselling psychologist with the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI). Declan is a fully trained gestalt therapist having graduated from the Irish Gestalt centre in 1992 and is a registered psychologist, specialising in psychotherapy through the European Federation of Psychological Associates (EFPA). He has been a registered sports psychologist with the Irish sports council. He is the founding chairperson of the Division of Psychotherapy with PSI. Declan has been working in the mid-west of Ireland for the past 38 years both in private practice and also as Head of Counselling at the University of Limerick, from which he is now retired. Declan is Director of Oakwood psychological services, which is the largest private practice of its type in Ireland, seeing up to 700 people per week with 60 clinicians on the team. He is also Clinical Director of the Family Wellbeing Centre at Corpus Christi Primary School, Moyross, Limerick. Declan has published and presented both nationally and internationally on a variety of topics and has a special interest in the importance of a psychologically based primary care mental health service.  

We were pleased to feature Dr. Marilyn R Sanders a board-certified pediatrician and neonatologist who cares for critically ill babies, infants, and their families at the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center Newborn Intensive Care Unit in Hartford, CT. Dr Sanders did her pediatric residency at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and her fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at Johns-Hopkins School of Medicine. She is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. She also provides neurodevelopmental follow-up for babies and infants up to 3 years old. Her scholarly interest is providing trauma-informed care to hospitalized newborns, infants, young children, and their families. Her scholarly focus is the impact of the autonomic nervous system’s sense of safety, danger, or life threat on our emotions and behavior. She lectures throughout the United States and Europe. Dr Sanders has authored papers and book chapters on trauma-informed care for young infants, children, and their families in the hospital setting. Dr Sanders’ book with her co-author, Dr George Thompson, The Polyvagal Theory and the Developing Child: Strengthening Systems of Care for Kids, Families, and Communities was released on 11/16/21 by WW Norton. The book discusses implications of the Polyvagal Theory, for the well-being and development of infants, children, and adolescents. Dr Sanders is now working on her second book: Nobody ever called it trauma: Metabolizing suffering, grief and loss in medical trauma in infants and children.

We were pleased to feature Dr. Kelly who is a licensed psychologist and is Board Certified in Clinical Health Psychology. She served as the 2021 President of the American Psychological Association. Her presidential initiatives focused on Psychology’s Role in Achieving Health and Racial Equity. She is the director of the Atlanta Center for Behavioral Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Kelly addresses a variety of mental health concerns in her practice, with expertise in treating disorders that involve the relationship between physical and emotional conditions. A native of Gulfport, Mississippi, Dr. Kelly earned her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Florida State University. 

Dr. Kelly is actively involved in numerous professional organizations. In addition to being a past president of the APA, she served on numerous Boards and Committees within the association. A past president of the Georgia Psychological Association, Dr. Kelly has served as the Federal Advocacy Coordinator of the Association for 24 years. She currently serves on the International Advisory Board for the Columbia – World Health Organization (WHO) Center for Global Mental Health. She also serves on the Committee with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine addressing Strategies to Improve Access to Behavioral Health Care Services through Medicare and Medicaid.

A graduate of the 2003 class of Leadership Atlanta, Dr. Kelly has been recognized on numerous occasions for her advocacy on behalf of psychology, including recognition by APA Services, Inc. for her leadership in advancing the profession of psychology through Federal Advocacy, and the Legislative Award of the Georgia Psychological Association. Dr. Kelly received the Society of Health Psychology 2023 Nathan W. Perry, Jr. Award for Career Service to Health Psychology.

Dr. Kelly is a member of Lions Club International and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority 

We were pleased to feature Dr. Devi Bhuyan who is the Director of Psychology at Sheppard Pratt. She previously served as Senior Psychologist at The Menninger Clinic and Assistant Professor at the Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX where she worked in an in-patient unit for personality, complex trauma, mood, anxiety, and co-morbid addictive disorders. Beginning her career in the non-profit sector, her professional experiences include addressing domestic violence and sexual abuse in India, as well as capacity building of human resources and developing fund raising strategies. 

Dr. Bhuyan received her doctoral degree in Clinical and School Psychology at James Madison University, Virginia. She completed two postdoctoral fellowships; the first, at the International Beliefs and Values Institute (IBAVI), whose mission is to explore how beliefs and values influence actions, policies, and practices. Her second fellowship was at the Baylor College of Medicine and The Menninger Clinic’s Compass Young Adult Program. She has also worked and trained in a variety of mental health institutions in India and the United States serving a range of diverse populations across the clinical and developmental spectrum. She continues to work in IBAVI initiatives and is currently working with an interdisciplinary team on an MMPI-like assessment tool called The Beliefs, Events, and Values Inventory (BEVI).

We were pleased to feature David M. Allen, M.D. is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and the former Director of Psychiatric Residency Training at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis. He is the author of the self-help book, Coping with Critical, Demanding, and Dysfunctional Parents: Powerful Strategies to Help Adult Children Maintain Boundaries and Stay Sane. He is also the author How Dysfunctional Families Spur Mental Disorders, co-editor of Groupthink in Science, and the author of three books for psychotherapists: A Family Systems Approach to Individual Psychotherapy, Deciphering Motivation in Psychotherapy, and Psychotherapy with Borderline Patients: an Integrated Approach. Additionally, he has done research into personality disorders and is a psychotherapy theorist. He is a former associate editor of the Journal of Psychotherapy Integration. He received his medical degree from U.C. San Francisco, and his psychiatric residency at the Los Angeles County - University of Southern California Medical Center.

We were pleased to feature Dr. Santopietro who is the first physician-in-chief of the Hartford HealthCare Behavioral Health Network, Connecticut's leading provider of addiction and mental health services. A nationally recognized leader, John previously served as president and medical director of Silver Hill Hospital. Prior to that, he was chief clinical officer for behavioral health and chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Carolinas HealthCare System, one of the nations largest not-for-profit healthcare system. He has published and lectured extensively, especially on the use of technology to enhance the delivery of behavioral health services, and integration of behavioral healthcare into primary care practices.

We were pleased to feature Julian D. Ford, Ph.D., ABPP who is a board certified clinical psychologist and Professor of Psychiatry and Law at the University of Connecticut where he directs two Treatment and Services Adaptation Centers in the National Child Traumatic Stress Network: the Center for Trauma Recovery and Juvenile Justice and the Center for the Treatment of Developmental Trauma Disorders. Dr. Ford is past President of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. He is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Trauma and Dissociation and European Journal of Psychotraumatoology. He has published more than 250 articles and book chapters and is the author or editor of 10 books, including Treating Complex Traumatic Stress Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Scientific Foundations and Therapeutic Models, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, 2nd Edition, Treating Complex Traumatic Stress Disorders in Adults, 2ndEdition, and Critical Moments: Transforming Crises into Turning Points in Psychotherapy. Dr. Ford is the Principal Investigator for the national Developmental Trauma Disorder Field trial research study, and developed and has conducted randomized clinical trial and effectiveness studies with the Trauma Affect Regulation: Guide for Education and Therapy (TARGET©) model for youths and adults with developmental trauma histories and complex PTSD. 

We were pleased to feature Mary-Frances O’Connor, PhD who is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Arizona, where she directs the Grief, Loss and Social Stress (GLASS) Lab, which investigates the effects of grief on the brain and the body. O’Connor earned a doctorate from the University of Arizona in 2004 and completed a fellowship at UCLA. Following a faculty appointment at UCLA Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology, she returned to the University of Arizona in 2012. Her work has been published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, Biological Psychiatry, and Psychological Science, and featured in Newsweek, the New York Times, and The Washington Post. Having grown up in Montana, she now lives in Tucson, Arizona. For more information go to https://www.maryfrancesoconnor.com/

We were pleased to feature Dr. Goldman who is a co-developer of Emotion-focused therapy for individuals and couples. She is a professor at the the Chicago School of Professional psychology. She also runs Emotion-focused Therapy institute based in Chicago. She is a founding board member of the International Society of Emotion-focused Therapy. Dr. Goldman travels internationally conducting training workshops for mental health professionals on Emotion-focused therapy for Couples and Individuals. Travel has taken her across different continents including Europe, Asia and North America.

Dr. Goldman has authored six texts on Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT). Most recently, in 2021, she published Deliberate Practice in Emotion-focused therapy. In 2019, she co-edited the Clinical Handbook of Emotion-Focused Therapy (2019), co-edited with Leslie Greenberg. In 2015 Dr. Goldman published Case Formulation in Emotion-focused therapy: Co-constructing Clinical Maps for Change (2015). Other books include Emotion-Focused Couples Therapy: The Dynamics of Emotion, Love, and Power, Case Studies in Emotion-Focused Treatment of Depression and Learning Emotion-focused Therapy. Dr. Goldman has also published three professional videos, published by the American Psychological Association, on Emotion-Focused Therapy, one focused on case formulation, one on on EFT with couples, and another on conducting Emotion-focused therapy online.

Dr. Goldman conducts research on EFT for couples, emotional processes, empathy, vulnerability, depression, case formulation, and self-soothing. She teaches graduate courses in Humanistic and Experiential Psychotherapy, Psychotherapy Seminars, and Emotion-Focused Therapy.

We were pleased to feature Diana Fosha the developer of AEDP and the Director of the AEDP Institute. For the last 20 years, Diana has been active in promoting a scientific basis for a healing-oriented, dyadically transformational, trauma treatment model. Described by psychoanalyst James Grotstein as a “prizefighter of intimacy,” and by David Malan as “the Winnicott of [accelerated dynamic] psychotherapy,” Diana Fosha’s powerful, precise yet poetic phrases ---"undoing aloneness," "existing in the heart and mind of the other," "stay with it and stay with me," "rigor without shame" and "True Other"-- capture the ethos of AEDP.  Fosha is author of The transforming power of affect (Basic Books, 2000); editor of the newly published Undoing aloneness & the transformation of suffering into flourishing: AEDP 2.0 (APA, 2021); co-author, with Natasha Prenn, of Supervision essentials for AEDP (APA, 2017); editor, with Dan Siegel and Marion Solomon, of The healing power of emotion: Affective neuroscience, development & clinical practice (Norton, 2009); and author of numerous articles and book chapters. Four DVDs of her live AEDP clinical work, including a complete 6-session treatment, and a clinical supervision DVD, have been issued by the American Psychological Association (APA).    

We were pleased to feature Laura S. Brown, Ph.D., who grew up in Cleveland Heights Ohio. She received a doctorate in clinical psychology from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in 1977 after completing an internship in Seattle, where she has lived since. Aside from a few brief stints as an academic, she has been in independent practice since 1979.  Although she stopped practicing psychotherapy in December, 2018, she continues a practice of forensic psychological assessment, supervision and consultation, teaching, writing, and lecturing, and is working to complete a new book titled Decolonizing trauma healing: Towards a humble, culturally responsive practice.
Laura's work in the fields of feminist therapy, trauma, culturally responsive practice has, to her great surprise, come to be considered foundational in these fields (surprise, because she did not set out to be an eminent psychologist; she just writes because it gives her pleasure). In addition to her many scholarly works she has written two books for adult survivors of terrible childhoods. 
In her free time as a newly solo person she practices aikido, the martial art of peace, walks, reads as many mystery novels as she is able, travels as much as is safe, and contemplates mortality as she enters her eighth decade. She is living with a rare form of metastatic melanoma of the vulva, the case report about which was recently published in JADD Case Reports, https://tinyurl.com/TVecLSB. 

We were pleased to feature Dr. Peter C. Costello who is a clinical psychologist practicing in New York, working with individuals and couples, and Professor Emeritus at Adelphi University, where he taught seminars in attachment theory, interpersonal communication, and adult romantic relationships. 

He is the author of Attachment-Based Psychotherapy: Helping Patients Develop Adaptive Capacities, published by APA Books. His theoretical and clinical work with patients is the subject of an APA Video which features him conducting a session with a patient whom he is meeting for the first time. 

Dr. Costello is a graduate of Swarthmore College and holds two doctoral degrees: one in clinical psychology from The Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York (City College) and another in communication from New York University. His work combines both fields, emphasizing the role of communication in the processes motivated by the need for attachment and how the open fluency or anxious constriction of communication influences the security or insecurity of attachment. 

Dr. Costello completed his clinical training at The New York State Psychiatric Institute and at the New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center. 

In addition to attachment theory, his current interests include an integrative approach to psychotherapy, and in recent years he has co-chaired two international conferences sponsored by the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration. He also serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Unified Psychotherapy and Clinical Science. 

We were pleased to feature Jeffrey E. Barnett, Psy.D., ABPP a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Loyola University Maryland and a licensed psychologist who is board certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology in Clinical Psychology and in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. Additionally, he is a Distinguished Practitioner in Psychology of the National Academies of Practice. Among his many professional activities, Dr. Barnett is a past chair of the ethics committees of the American Psychological Association, the American Board of Professional Psychology, and the Maryland Psychological Association. He previously served on the Maryland Board of Examiners of Psychologists and has been a consultant to licensing boards across a range of health professions. He has published 13 books and over 250 articles and book chapters, and has given over 500 presentations and continuing education workshops for mental health clinicians, each of which focus on ethics, legal, and professional practice issues for psychologists and other mental health professionals. Dr. Barnett is a recipient of the APA’s outstanding ethics educator award among many other recognitions for his contributions to the profession. His CV may be found at https://www.loyola.edu/academics/psychology/faculty/alphabetical/barnett

We were pleased to feature Giancarlo Dimaggio, Psychiatrist, Psychotherapist who lives and works in the Centre for Metacognitive Interpersonal Therapy, Rome. Metacognitive Interpersonal Therapy (MIT) is  the therapy model he and his colleagues designed and that has received empirical support in Italy, Australia, Spain and Denmark, with data from Norway underway. MIT is applied to adults and adolescents personality disorders, psychosis and recently eating disorders. He has published 230 papers and book chapters (2022 Scopus h-index=50) and 7 books in English, and a few more in Italian. He is editor in chief for the Journal of Clinical Psychology: In Session, senior associate editor for the Journal of Psychotherapy Integration and associate editor for Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research & Practice.

We are pleased to feature Tahir Ozakkas, PhD, MD who was born in Kayseri in 1958. He completed his primary and secondary education in Kayseri. He started his medical education in Hacettepe University in 1978. He graduated from Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine in 1986. During his years in the Faculty of Medicine, he completed Istanbul University Faculty of Political Sciences Department of Politics and Administration in 1983. He completed his obligatory service during 1986-88 in Kayseri İncesu district. In the same years he conducted his post graduate studies in Gazi University Faculty of Political Sciences on Psychology of Politics. During the years 1989-93 he completed his doctorate studies in Erciyes University Institute of Health Sciences on Public Health. During 1994-97 he specialized in Psychiatry in Azerbaijan University of Medicine.  Then he got the master degree equivalence in Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine Department of Psychiatry. At the same time he maintained a lecturer position in Azerbaijan Medical School, also he got an associate professor degree. After passing from the associate professor equivalent science candidate exams he completed his thesis titled “Psycho, Pharmacological and Combined Therapy Response Specialties in Anxiety Disorders”.  He currently continues his studies in Turkey.Since 2005 he organizes Integrative Psychotherapy Training Program on theoretical, formulation and supervision levels for mental health professionals at the Psychotherapy Institute founded by him. He also gives regular trainings on Hypnosis, Masterson Approach, and Dream Work.As the President of the Psychotherapy Institute, he signed cooperation agreements with several international organizations, and has been acting as the representative and training organizer of several psychotherapy schools in Turkey. The organizations and schools of training cooperation include Personality Disorders Institute (Transference-Focused Psychotherapy), Emotion-Focused Therapy Clinic, and Levenson Institute for Training (Time-Limited Dynamic Psychotherapy).He is the head of Turkey chapters of SEPI, and IsEFT, and Turkish institutional member of IAPSP. He is a member of the Advisory Board of SEPI (Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration).He received Arnkoff & Glass Award for Regional Network of the Year from SEPI in 2017. He led the organization of the 1st National Integrative Psychotherapy Congress in Turkey.His areas of interest are psychotherapy and hypnotherapy applications in personality disorders and anxiety disorders. He has written many articles and books on these subjects, including Integrative Psychotherapy, Hypnosis 1-2, Hypnotherapy for Allergy and Dermatological Diseases, Hypnotherapy for Sexual Problems, Hypnotic Age Regression, Anxiety Disorders and Treatment, An Overview of Masterson Approach, and A Transtheoretical Journey in Jungian Subjectivity. He is in the editorial boards of the Turkish Journal of Integrative Psychotherapy, Journal of Unified Psychotherapy and Clinical Science, and Azerbaijan Psychiatry.He is also a Certified Therapist on Transference-Focused Psychotherapy, Emotion-Focused Psychotherapy, Time-Limited Dynamic Psychotherapy, and Masterson Approach.

We were pleased to feature Anatasia S. Kim, Ph.D.,who  is a tenured Professor at The Wright Institute in Berkeley, CA. She received her B.A. in Psychology from UC Berkeley and her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with a minor in Developmental Psychology from UCLA. She is a National Ronald McNair Scholar and the recipient of several awards, including the American Psychological Association Minority Fellowship, Okura Mental Health Fellowship, and APAGS Guardian of Psychology Award. In addition to graduate teaching, she has a private practice specializing in treating children, teens, and young adults with anxiety disorders, depression, and neurodiversity using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Attachment Theory, Family Systems, and Buddhist Psychology. She also provides Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) consultation and training across various sectors, including higher education, health care, corporations, management, tech, and community agencies. She served as President of the Alameda County Psychological Association, Chair of the California Psychological Association (CPA) Immigration Task Force, CPA’s state Diversity Delegate, and APA Division 31 Diversity Leadership Development Program. Dr. Kim is the lead author of It’s Time to Talk (and Listen): How to Have Constructive Conversations About Race, Class, Sexuality, Ability, and Gender in a Polarized World (New Harbinger, 2019), Clinical Psychology Internship for Underrepresented Students: An Inclusive Approach Toward Higher Education (Routledge, 2021), and forthcoming books Cultivating DEI Conversations in Higher Education: An Educator’s Guide to Learning, Engagement, and Belonging (Routledge, 2024) and A Teen Therapists’ Guide for Navigating Hot Button Topics Surrounding Race, Gender, Sexuality, Religion, and More (PESI, 2024). www.anatasiakim.com 

We were pleased to feature Andre Marquis one of the leading voices in unified psychotherapy. Andre is an associate professor at the University of Rochester. His teaching, research, and scholarly interests include psychotherapy integration and unification, emotion-focused therapies, developmental constructivism, group therapy, relational psychodynamics, and integral theory as it provides a metatheoretical framework to coherently organize theory and practice. Marquis is the author of four books, including Integral Psychotherapy: A Unifying Approach.  Marquis currently serves in various editorial roles for national publications, including the Journal of Psychotherapy Integration and the Journal of Unified Psychotherapy and Clinical Practice, and is on the advisory board of the Unified Psychotherapy Project. He has taught more than 20 different courses in psychology, counseling, and human development. Marquis is a licensed mental health counselor in New York with a small private practice.

We were pleased to feature Dr. Lenore Walker a pioneer in studying the psychological impact of interpersonal violence and trauma. She began her early work when she was on the faculty at Rutgers Medical School at the University of Medicine and Dentistry in New Jersey in the early 1970s as an early feminist psychologist studying child abuse and battered women. Her later research named the Battered Woman Syndrome and helped introduce it into the courts around the U.S. and the world. In the 1980s it was her work on BWS that helped battered women who killed their abusive partners in self-defense get that testimony admitted in criminal trials. Later she modified it to assist those with BWS in civil and custody cases and then for sex trafficking and rape victims. She has been involved with American Psychological Association governance and helped formulate policies on various forms of gender violence there. Today she chairs the APA Working Group on Professional Practice Guidelines for PTSD and Trauma. She had an independent practice of psychology for many years as well as has been the Director of the Domestic Violence Institute. Although she has now retired from her long academic career, she continues at Nova Southeastern University’s College of Psychology as a Professor Emeritus. She also maintains a small forensic private practice specializing on cases where gender violence issues are raised and is a keynote speaker and consultant around the world. Walker has published over 20 books on psychology covering women’s issues, gender violence, and forensic psychology. Her most recent is the Battered Woman Syndrome, 4thEdition in 2017 and in 2018 she has two new books in press; one co-edited on Sex Trafficking and one co-authored with her husband, David Shapiro on Forensic Practice for the Mental Health Clinician: Getting Started, Gaining Experience & Avoiding Pitfalls.  A master clinician and trainer, she has joined together with Dr. Rachel Needle to present the new trauma program for Innovative Professional CEs. Her true passion, however, is writing murder mysteries with the first published, Madness to Murder. To learn more about Dr. Walker and all her activities, please visit her website, www.drlenoreewalker.com.

We are pleased to feature one of our own Kristin A. R. Osborn, LMHC, who is a pioneer in Affect Phobia Therapy. Kristin is an internationally recognized psychotherapist, researcher, and author, and Associate in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and  is an acclaimed trainer conducting workshops on Affect Phobia Therapy (APT), depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and physician self-care. Kristin has trained over a thousand psychotherapists and mental health providers. She is the founder of Certified APT™-Training, that teaches how to assess and resolve affect phobias. Kristin has conducted Certified APT training internationally. She co-authored Paraverbal Communication in Psychotherapy: Beyond the Words, and serves on the board of the Society for the Exploration and Integration of Psychotherapy. She is also a board member and President Emeritus of the International Experiential Dynamic Therapy Association

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We were pleased to feature  John Norcross, Ph.D., ABPP  an internationally recognized expert on behavior change and psychotherapy. Dr. Norcross a is Distinguished Professor and Chair of Psychology at the University of Scranton, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at SUNY Upstate Medical University, and a board-certified clinical psychologist. Author of more than 400 scholarly publications, Dr. Norcross has co-written or edited 22 books, most of them in multiple editions. These include the 5-volume APA Handbook of Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy Relationships that Work, Personalizing Psychotherapy, Handbook of Psychotherapy Integration, Clinician’s Guide to Evidence-Based Practice in Behavioral Health, Leaving It at the Office: Psychotherapist Self-Care, the Insider’s Guide to Graduate Programs in Clinical & Counseling Psychology, and Systems of Psychotherapy: A Transtheoretical Analysis, now in its 9th edition. He also published the acclaimed self-help books, Changeology and Changing for Good (with Prochaska & DiClemente). Dr. Norcross maintained a part-time practice of clinical psychology for 35 years, but now restricts himself to training and supervision. Dr. Norcross has been elected president of the American Psychological Association (APA) Division of Clinical Psychology, the APA Division of Psychotherapy, the International Society of Clinical Psychology, and the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration. He has served on the Board of Directors of the National Register of Health Service Psychologists as well as on APA’s governing Council of Representatives. Dr. Norcross edited the Journal of Clinical Psychology: In Sessionfor a decade and has been on the editorial boards of a dozen journals. Dr. Norcross has also served as a clinical and research consultant to a number of organizations, including the National Institutes of Health and pharmaceutical companies. A Fellow of 10 professional associations, he has been honored with APA’s Distinguished Career Contributions to Education & Training Award, the Pennsylvania Professor of the Year from the Carnegie Foundation, the Rosalee Weiss Award from the American Psychological Foundation, and election to the National Academies of Practice. His work has been featured in hundreds of media interviews, and he has appeared dozens of times on national television shows, such as the Today Show, CBS Sunday Morning, and Good Morning America. An engaging teacher and clinician, John has conducted workshops and lectures in 40 countries. 

We were pleased to feature Hanna Levenson, Ph.D. a Professor at the Wright Institute in Berkeley, California, and a Fellow of Division 29 (Psychotherapy) of the American Psychological Association (APA). In addition, she maintains a private practice in Oakland where she sees individuals and couples for therapy and professionals for consultation/supervision.  For twenty years Dr. Levenson was Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, UCSF; Director of the Brief Therapy Program at the San Francisco VA Medical Center; and Director of the Brief Therapy Program at California Pacific Medical Center. She was graduated from Vassar College (1967) with a BA in Psychology and from Claremont University (1972) with a PhD in social psychology. After becoming an associate professor of psychology at Texas A&M University, she respecialized in clinical psychology, doing her internship training at Langely Porter Institute, UCSF Medical School (1976-77).

Dr. Levenson has been specializing in the areas of brief dynamic therapy and supervision for over 40 years. She is the author of over 75 professional papers/book chapters and three books (Time Limited Dynamic Psychotherapy: A Guide to Clinical Practice, Brief Dynamic and Interpersonal Therapy, and Brief Dynamic Therapy). In her latest book (part of the APA Theories of Psychotherapy Series), Dr. Levenson integrates emotionally-focused, experiential, and interpersonal approaches. Dr. Levenson also has four professional videos illustrating her approach. Her most recent video is a six session therapy-over-time DVD for APA as part of their Expert Therapist Series. Her latest project has been creating and hosting an 11 DVD and book series produced by APA on Psychotherapy Supervision. She is currently co-writing a deliberate practice manual for beginning trainees learning psychodynamic psychotherapy.

She recently received the Distinguished Contribution to Psychology as a Profession Award given by the California Psychological Association. 

Dr. Levenson has given workshops worldwide and is known for her engaging and down-to-earth presentation style.

We were pleased to feature David H. Barlow a Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry Emeritus and Founder of the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University. He has published over 600 articles and chapters and over 80 books and clinical manuals mostly in the area of the nature and treatment of emotional disorders. His books and manuals have been translated in over 20 languages, including Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese and Russian. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including honorary degrees from the University of Vermont and William James College, and the two highest awards in psychology, the Distinguished Scientific Award for Applications of Psychology from the American Psychological Association and James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award from the Association for Psychological Science honoring individuals for their lifetime of significant intellectual achievements in applied psychological research. He was a member of the DSM-IV Task Force of the American Psychiatric Association, and his research has been continually funded by the National Institutes of Health for over 45 years

We are pleased to welcome back Christine to continue our discussion. Christine Courtois, PhD, ABPP, is a board-certified counseling psychologist who retired from 35 years in clinical practice in Washington, DC, and is now a consultant/trainer on trauma psychology and treatment. She continues to edit and write books on trauma responses and treatment. She has written numerous articles and chapters and co-authored Posttraumatic Stress Disorder with Dr. Julian Ford and others; with Dr. Ford, she has co-authored a book on the treatment of complex trauma and co-edited two books on complex trauma in adults and children/adolescents. She is also a co-editor of Spiritually Oriented Psychotherapy for Trauma, and author of the consumer book It’s Not You, It’s What Happened to You. Dr. Courtois was chair of the recently released Clinical Practice Guideline for the Treatment of PTSD in Adults for the American Psychological Association (APA, 2017). She is past president of APA Division 56 (Trauma Psychology) and has served two terms on the Board of Directors of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS). Dr. Courtois founded and inpatient treatment program, The CENTER: Posttraumatic Disorders Program, in DC for which she served as Clinical and Training Director for 16 years. She has received the APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Professional Practice, the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Sarah Haley Award for Clinical Excellence, and most recently the American Board of Professional Psychology, 2016 Distinguished Service Award to the Profession of Psychology and the American Psychological Association Division 56 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award. The revised ten-year anniversary revision of her 2009 book on treating complex trauma will be released by Guilford Press in February 2020.

We were pleased to feature Jeff E. Harris, Ph.D., who serves as Director of Counseling at the Aggie Health and Wellness Center at New Mexico State University.  His Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology was awarded by The Ohio State University in 1990.  In 2004, he was awarded board certification as a Specialist in Counseling Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology.  Dr. Harris previously worked as a psychologist at student counseling centers at Southern Illinois University and the University of Hawaii at Manoa.  He also worked as an associate professor of Counseling Psychology at Texas Woman’s University.  Dr. Harris is the author or co-author of two books: Workshops: Designing and Facilitating Experiential Learning (Brooks-Harris & Stock-Ward, 1999) and Integrative Multitheoretical Psychotherapy (Brooks-Harris, 2008).  In 2015, Dr. Harris started collaborating with other scholars to define Unified Psychotherapy as a distinct route to integration.  Dr. Harris has developed Training in Unified Psychotherapy (TUP) as a way to teach therapists to think about clients in a holistic manner and to utilize diverse interventions based on the individual needs of each clien

We were pleased to feature Alberta E. Pos  an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at York University in Toronto. She has completed her PhD (2006) York University, Toronto. Her research interest are Emotion Focused Therapy, Emotional Processing, Therapist Empathy, Psychotherapy Alliance Non-Verbal Measures of Change during Treatment, Psychotherapy Process Research and Process Analysis, Predicting Outcomes, Borderline Personality Disorder.

We were pleased to feature Dr Sue Johnson. Sue  is a leading innovator in the fields of couple therapy and adult attachment. She is the primary developer of Emotionally Focused Couples and Family Therapy (EFT), which has demonstrated its effectiveness in over 30 years of peer-reviewed clinical research. Sue’s received numerous awards acknowledging her development of EFT, including the APA’s “Family Psychologist of the Year” in 2016 and the Order of Canada in 2017.Her best-selling book Hold Me Tight (2008) has taught countless couples how to enhance and repair their love relationships. The book has since been developed into an interactive relationship enhancement program, Hold Me Tight Online. Her newest book for clinicians, Attachment Theory in Practice (2019), delineates the promise of attachment science for understanding and repairing relationships and her seminal text, Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy — Creating Connection (3rd edition, 2019), is now in its third edition.As the founding director of the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT), Sue trains counselors in EFT worldwide and provides guidance to over 70 affiliated centers. She consults for the U.S. and Canadian militaries and is a popular presenter and speaker for the general public. You can find out more about Sue and her work at www.iceeft.com and www.drsuejohnson.com. 

Deb Dana, LCSW is a clinician, consultant, author and speaker specializing in complex trauma.  Her work is focused on using the lens of Polyvagal Theory to understand and resolve the impact of trauma, and in creating ways of working that honor the role of the autonomic nervous system.  Deb is well known for translating Polyvagal Theory into a language and application that is both understandable and accessible - for clinicians and curious people alike.

Deb has a busy career training therapists around the world in how to bring a Polyvagal approach into their clinical practice – she also works with agencies and larger systems to explore how to incorporate a Polyvagal perspective. She is a founding member of the Polyvagal Institute, consultant to Khiron Clinics, advisor to Unyte - and developer of the signature Rhythm of Regulation Clinical Training Series.  Her publications include:  The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy: Engaging the Rhythm of Regulation (Norton, 2018); Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection: 50 Client-Centered Practices (Norton, 2020); and Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory (Sounds True, 2021). 

Deb can be contacted via her website: www.rhythmofregulation.com

Dr. Yeomans is Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Weill Cornell Medical College, Director of Training at the Personality Disorders Institute of Weill-Cornell, and Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons. He attended Harvard College, Yale University, where he obtained a Ph.D. in French literature and his M.D., and the Payne Whitney Clinic of Weill Cornell Medical College for his residency in psychiatry.

Dr. Yeomans is an Honorary Member of the American Psychoanalytic Association, president of the International Society for Transference-Focused Psychotherapy, a board member of Emotions Matter (an advocacy group for BPD), and Chair of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry Committee on Psychotherapy.

Dr. Yeomans’ primary interests are the development, investigation, teaching, and practice of psychotherapy for personality disorders. He has taught and helped establish training programs for the psychodynamic therapy of personality disorders in many countries. He is a regular teacher and lecturer at APA Annual Meetings. He has authored and co-authored numerous articles and books, including A Primer on Transference-Focused Psychotherapy for the Borderline Patient, Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality: Focusing on Object Relations, andTransference-Focused Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality: A Clinical Guide, all co-authored with Drs. John Clarkin and Otto Kernberg. His latest book is Transference-Focused Psychotherapy for Narcissistic Personality Disorder, co-authored with Diana Diamond, Barry Stern, and Otto Kernberg.

In addition, Dr. Yeomans is committed to working on advocacy issues, especially attaining fair reimbursement for and access to psychiatric treatment.

Thomas is a Professor Emeritus at Indiana University. He is one of the model developers of Functional Family Therapy and is author of Functional Family Therapy in Clinical Practice (2010) and the Handbook of Family Therapy (2003 & 2015). He is a member of the APA Treatment Guidelines Steering Committee, Chair of the Family Psychology Specialty Council and writes extensively about evidence-based practices, particularly in Family Psychology. Dr. Sexton is a licensed psychologist (IN), a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, and a Board Certified Couple & Family Psychologist (ABPP). He is the Editor for Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice, and past President of the Board for Couple and Family Psychology & the Society for Family Psychology. He was the 2011 Family Psychologist of the Year.
Dr Sexton is an expert in the research base of family and couple intervention research and has been the author of a number of major reviews in the area. He is also an expert in implementation of practices in community settings. He is also the developer of the FFT- Care4 system which helps evidence based practices (like FFT) be implemented and practiced in evidence based ways session by session.

We were pleased to feature Stephen W. Porges, PhD, a Distinguished University Scientist at Indiana University, where he is the founding director of the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium within the Kinsey Institute.  He holds the position of Professor of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina and Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Maryland. 

Dr. Porges served as president of both the Society for Psychophysiological Research and the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences and is a former recipient of a National Institute of Mental Health Research Scientist Development Award.  He has published approximately 300 peer reviewed scientific papers across several disciplines including anesthesiology, biomedical engineering, critical care medicine, ergonomics, exercise physiology, gerontology, neurology, neuroscience, obstetrics, pediatrics, psychiatry, psychology, psychometrics, space medicine, and substance abuse. His research has been cited in approximately 40,000 peer review publications.

In 1994 Dr. Porges proposed the Polyvagal Theory, a theory that links the evolution of the mammalian autonomic nervous system to social behavior and emphasizes the importance of physiological state in the expression of behavioral problems and psychiatric disorders. The theory is leading to innovative treatments based on insights into the mechanisms mediating symptoms observed in several behavioral, psychiatric, and physical disorders.

He is the author of The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-regulation (Norton, 2011), The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory: The Transformative Power of Feeling Safe (Norton, 2017),co-editor of Clinical Applications of the Polyvagal Theory: The Emergence of Polyvagal-Informed Therapies (Norton, 2018), and Polyvagal Safety (Norton, expected 2021).

Dr. Porges is also the creator of a music-based intervention, the Safe and Sound Protocol™, which currently is used by more than 2000 therapists to improve spontaneous social engagement, to reduce hearing sensitivities, and to improve language processing, state regulation, and spontaneous social engagement.

We were pleased to feature Dr. Patricia Coughlin, a Clinical Psychologist with over 40 years of experience; 30 of them as a practitioner and teacher of Intensive Short term Dynamic Psychotherapy.  In addition to her practice, Dr Coughlin has written a number of seminal books on the method, including Intensive Short term Dynamic Psychotherapy: Theory and Technique, Lives Transformed, and Maximizing Effectiveness in Dynamic Psychotherapy.  Her newest book, Working through toward Enduring Change will be published by Routledge in 2022.  Dr Coughlin has held faculty positions at Northwestern University School of Medicine, Albany Medical College, and Thomas Jefferson School of Medicine. Currently she is Visiting Faculty at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine.  Dr Coughlin teaches and trains mental health professionals internationally and has won a number of teaching awards for her clarity and passion.Catch her youtube videos at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu74E7N-5hknal1jfaE-MSA and visit her webiste, www.ISTDPNortheast.c

We were pleased to feature Dr. Christoper Muran, Associate Dean and Full Professor at the Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Adelphi University, where he serves as training director for the doctoral program in clinical psychology.  He completed postdoctoral training in cognitive therapy (University of Toronto) and psychoanalysis (New York University). He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA Divisions 12 & 29), as well as past president of the Society for Psychotherapy Research and past editor of its journal Psychotherapy Research.  He serves on the editorial boards for the Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology and Clinical Psychology: Science & Practice.  Since 1990, Dr. Muran has been Director of the Psychotherapy Research Program at Mount Sinai Beth Israel; and he is also on faculty at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.  He currently sits on APA’s Advisory Steering Committee for Clinical Practice Guidelines. Dr. Muran has authored or edited nine books, including Therapist Performance under Pressure: Negotiating Emotion, Difference & Rupture (2020; with Catherine Eubanks), The Therapeutic Alliance: An Evidence Based Guide to Practice (2010; with Jacques Barber), ​Dialogues in Difference: Diversity Studies in the Therapeutic Relationship (2007), Self-Relations in the Psychotherapy Process (2001), and Negotiating the Therapeutic Alliance: A Relational Treatment Guide (2000; with Jeremy Safran). He has also contributed Alliance Rupture Repair (2020; with Catherine Eubanks) to the APA Video Series. 

We were pleased to host Dr. Nancy McWilliams, who teaches at Rutgers University’s Graduate School of Applied & Professional Psychology and practices in Lambertville, New Jersey. She is author of Psychoanalytic Diagnosis (1994, rev. ed. 2011), Psychoanalytic Case Formulation (1999), and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (2004) and Psychoanalytic Supervision (expected publication September 2021) and is associate editor of both editions of the Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual (2006, 2017). A former president of Division 39 (Psychoanalysis) of the American Psychological Association, she has been featured in three APA videos of master clinicians. She is on the Board of Trustees of the Austen Riggs Center. Her books are available in 20 languages; she lectures widely both nationally and internationally. 

We were pleased to host Dr. Leslie Greenberg, Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of Psychology at York University in Toronto and the primary developer of Emotion-focused therapy, along with guest host Christine Courtois. He has authored the original books on Emotion in Psychotherapy (1986), Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples (1988).  More recent books include Emotion-focused Couples Therapy: The dynamics of emotion, love and power (2008), Therapeutic Presence (2012), Emotion-focused therapy: Theory and practice (2015), Case Formulation in Emotion-Focused Therapy (2015), Emotion -Focused Therapy of Generalized Anxiety (2017), and Emotion-focused Therapy of Forgiveness(2019). He has received the Distinguished Research Career award of the International Society for Psychotherapy Research as well as the Carl Rogers and the Distinguished Professional Contribution to Applied Research of the American Psychology Association. He also has received the Canadian Psychological Association Professional Award for distinguished contributions to Psychology as a profession. He is a past President of the Society for Psychotherapy Research. He currently trains people internationally in emotion–focused approaches.
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We were pleased to host Dr. Howard Liddle, Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences, and Director of the Center for Treatment Research on Adolescent Drug Abuse at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. A board certified (family) psychologist, Dr. Liddle's research focus is on the development, testing, implementation, and dissemination of family-based treatment for adolescent substance abuse and delinquency. His research in this area has been funded by a variety of NIDA grants since 1985. Multidimensional Family Therapy (MDFT) is the most researched family-based treatment in the adolescent substance abuse specialty, and MDFT studies and the clinical model are recognized nationally and internationally. Dr. Liddle’s work has been recognized with career research awards from the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, the American Family Therapy Association, the Hazelden Foundation, and the American Psychological Association.
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We were pleased to feature Dr. Allan Abbass a Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology and founding Director of the Centre for Emotions and Health at Dalhousie University in Canada.

He completed Medicine at Dalhousie University and a residency in Family Medicine and has worked as a family physician and emergency physician. He completed a Psychiatry residency at the University of Toronto dedicating his career to teaching and researching in the impact of emotions on health. 

Over the past 25 years he has become a leading teacher and researcher in the area of Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy, having provided over 300 invited presentations and over 250 publications including his first 2 books Reaching Through Resistance: Advanced Psychotherapy Techniques and Hidden from View: clinician’s guide to psychophysiologic disorders.  He has been both a lead and co-investigator of research into Intensive Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy for Treatment Resistant Depression, Personality Disorders and somatic symptom disorders. He has received a number of awards including a national teaching award in Psychiatry. In 2018 he was named the David Malan visiting Professor of Psychotherapy at the Tavistock in London and is the current president of the International Experiential Dynamic Therapy Association.