Esther Perel has devoted her entire professional life to helping people build thriving relationships. She believes that the quality of our relationships determines the quality of our lives. Since arriving as a graduate student in the United States, Perel has examined the concept from myriad angles: the nature of cultural and religious identity, the negotiation between […]
Paul Denniston, RYT 500, authored the bestselling book Healing Through Yoga: Transform Loss into Empowerment. The founder of Grief Yoga, he teaches this practice to counselors, psychologists, and health care professionals and certifies other yoga teachers in the Grief Yoga Teacher Training. Speaker Disclosures: Financial: Paul Denniston is the founder of Grief Yoga and has […]
Shawna Murray-Browne, PhD, LCSW-C, is an award-winning community healer, speaker, and Liberation-Focused Psychotherapist. Best known for her training, Decolonizing Therapy for Black Folk, she was named by The Huffington Post as one of the “Ten Black Female Therapists You Should Know,” featured on the PBS special Mysteries of Mental Illness and a two-time guest on […]
Tasha Oswald, PhD, is a neurodivergent therapist and developer of the Autism Clinical Specialist Certification. Previously with the University of California, Davis’s MIND Institute, she’s the founder and director of Neurodiversity Wellness Center and Neurodiversity Training Institute. Speaker Disclosures:Financial: Tasha Oswald maintains a private practice. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has […]
Shadeen Francis, LMFT, CST, is a therapist, professor, and author specializing in sex therapy and social justice. She trains organizations and is a guest expert for various media outlets, including CBC, NBC, and Fox. Speaker Disclosures:Financial: Shadeen Francis has employment relationships with The People's Therapy Group and Council for Relationships. She serves as a clinical advisor […]
Alexandra H. Solomon, PhD, is staff clinical psychologist, member of the teaching faculty in the marriage and family therapy graduate program, and clinical assistant professor of psychology at The Family Institute at Northwestern University. In addition to her clinical work with couples and individuals, Solomon teaches graduate and undergraduate students. One of her courses is […]
Diane Poole Heller, PhD, is a speaker, author and attachment and trauma expert whose DARe (Dynamic Attachment Repatterning experience) approach facilitates healing from attachment and trauma wounds. Senior Faculty for the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute, she’s taught Somatic Experiencing trauma work internationally for over 25 years and is the author of The Power of Attachment, […]
Sara Nasserzadeh, PhD, is a social psychologist, speaker and thinking partner specializing in sexuality, relationships, and intercultural fluency. She’s authored three books, including Love By Design: 6 Ingredients for a Lifetime of Love. Speaker Disclosures:Financial: Dr. Sara Nasserzadeh is the co-founder of Relationship Panoramic and receives compensation as an advisor. She has a family member […]
Sabrina N’Diaye, PhD, LCSW-C, MDiv, is an integrative psychotherapist, storyteller, and peacebuilder based in Baltimore, MD. She recently completed her first book, The Laugh of Love. Speaker Disclosures:Financial: Sabrina N'Diaye is the founder and clinical director of The Heart Nest Center for Peace and Healing. She has employment relationships with The Center for Mind-Body Medicine, The Ferentz Institute, […]
Lynn Lyons, LICSW, is an internationally recognized psychotherapist, author, and speaker with a special interest in interrupting the generational patterns of anxiety in families. Her skill-based approach to anxiety focuses on the need to teach families about HOW anxiety works and what families can do to pull members out of the powerful “anxiety cult” that demands […]
