Sarah Segal McCaslin, MS, MDiv, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker, ordained pastor, and executive director of the Psychotherapy & Spirituality Institute. With a career dedicated to fostering resilience, growth, and meaning-making, she brings a unique integration of psychotherapy and spiritual care to her work.
Britt Rathbone, LCSW-C, treats adolescents and trains therapists as founder and director of Capital Youth Services. He’s the coauthor of multiple professional and parenting books, including What Works with Teens. Speaker Disclosures:Financial: Britt Rathbone is the founder and director of Rathbone & Associates and has employment relationships with Washington Center for Mental Health Training and […]
Monnica T. Williams, PhD, is a board-certified licensed clinical psychologist who was named one of the top 25 thought leaders in PTSD by PTSD Journal. Her work has been featured in major media outlets, and she’d published over 100 book chapters and peer-reviewed articles on trauma and other anxiety-related disorders and cultural differences. She’s an […]
Jody Wager, MS, BC-DMT, is a dance therapist with 40 plus years of experience with clients of all ages and abilities. She is the director of the expressive therapy department at Dominion Hospital, and the past president of the American Dance Therapy Association. Speaker Disclosures: Financial: Jody Wager maintains a private practice and has employment relationships […]
Jacqui Johnson, LPC, MS, LPC, ATR-BC, CCMHC, PMH-C, RYT, is a Somatic Healing Justice Art, Play, and Hip-Hop Therapist based in Philadelphia, as well as the founder of Sankofa Healing Studio. Her areas of expertise include trauma-responsive care, gender issues, adverse childhood experiences, race, and community violence. She lectures, provides supervision and consultation, and leads […]
Kelly Jacobs, LCPC, LCPAT, ATR-BC is an art therapist and psychotherapist who merges creative expression, embodied awareness, and ecotherapy approaches in clinical practice. She works in private practice in Maryland supporting the creative navigation of traumatic stress, life transitions, mood disorders, and perinatal issues. Speaker Disclosures: Financial: Kelly Jacobs has an employment relationship with Prism Wellness. […]
Elliott Gann, PsyD, is a licensed child and adolescent psychologist, music therapist, consultant, trainer, and the Executive Director of Today’s Future Sound, based in Oakland, California. He’s done Therapeutic Beat-Making (TBM) work in over 25 countries over the last 10 years, including in the Bay Area, where he oversees beat-making curricula development and program implementation […]
Duey Freeman, LPC, is a licensed therapist and attachment specialist. Having developed his own attachment and development model, 90,000+ hours of direct client hours, and years spent training thousands of therapists, he brings a depth of wisdom and mastery that is hard to match. He also co-founded the Gestalt Equine Institute and the Gestalt Institute […]
Liz Freeman, MA, BC-DMT, serves as the lead dance/movement therapist for Creative Forces: NEA Military Healing Arts Network. She works at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence directorate of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, which is an integrative treatment program for active-duty service members recovering from traumatic brain injury and associated psychological health conditions. […]
Sami Ascanio, LCSW-C, is the director of the DBT program at Capital Youth Services. An experienced DBT therapist, she trains clinicians nationally on implementing the work with complex diagnostic profiles. Speaker Disclosures: Financial: Samantha Ascanio has an employment relationship with Capital Youth Services. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations. Non-financial: Samantha Ascanio is a […]
