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. 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 […]
Wendy Behary, MSW, LCSW is the founder and director of The Cognitive Therapy Center of New Jersey and the Schema Therapy Institutes of NJ-NYC-DC. She has been treating clients, training professionals and supervising psychotherapists for more than 20 years. Wendy was on the faculty of the Cognitive Therapy Center and Schema Therapy Institute of New York […]
Tova Rubin, PhD, is in private practice in the DC area. She’s adjunct faculty at George Washington University and a hospice volunteer. Speaker Disclosures:Financial: Tova Rubin maintains a private practice and receives royalties as a published author. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.Non-financial: Tova Rubin is a contributing author with Psychotherapy Networker.
Sue Marriott is a clinical social worker, educator, and podcaster who has worked with individuals and groups in private practice in Austin, TX for over 30 years. Her passion boils down to bridging the life-changing relational sciences to those who would otherwise not have access to it. In that spirit, she co-authored Secure Relating: Holding Your Own […]
Sally Spencer-Thomas, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist and inspirational international speaker. Dr. Spencer-Thomas was moved to work in suicide prevention after her younger brother, a Denver entrepreneur, died of suicide after a difficult battle with bipolar condition. Dr. Spencer-Thomas has been an invited speaker at the White House on the topics of mental health and suicide […]
Roger J. Kuhn, PhD, is a Poarch Creek Two-Spirit Indigequeer soma-cultural AASECT Certified Sex Therapist and sexuality educator. Roger’s work explores the concepts of decolonizing and unsettling sexuality and focuses on the way culture impacts and informs our bodily experiences. In addition to his work as a licensed psychotherapist, Roger is a faculty lecturer of […]
Robert Schwarz, PsyD, DCEP, is a licensed psychologist and master therapist and trainer who has been practicing for over 30 years. He is the Executive Director of the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology (energypsych.org). He has been teaching trauma treatment as well as energy psychology approaches for over 20 years. He has presented workshops internationally on trauma, […]
Rebecca Kase, LCSW, is an internationally renowned EMDR expert, consultant, trainer, and owner of Kase & CO Training and Consulting. She is the author of Polyvagal-Informed EMDR: A Neuro-Informed Approach to Healing (Norton, 2023) and has worked in a variety of settings with a variety of populations including children, adolescents, and adults. She has additional experience working with […]
Nancy Johnston, MS, LPC, LSATP, has been a therapist for over 40 years and is an expert in the field of codependent relationships. The author of Disentangle: When You’ve Lost Your Self in Someone Else (2020). Nancy has helped thousands of clients extricate themselves from toxic codependency, connect with self, and live with more peace and confidence. Nancy […]
Margaret Nichols, PhD, is a psychologist, AASECT certified sex therapy supervisor and founder and first Executive Director of the Institute for Personal Growth, a psychotherapy organization in New Jersey specializing in clinical work with the sex, relationship and gender diverse community. She is the author of The Modern Clinician’s Guide to Working with LGBTQ+ Clients: The […]
