Linda is an adjunct faculty member in the Social Work Department at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and specializes in trauma-informed care and compassion fatigue resilience skills, specializing in somatic therapies and trauma therapy. She assists internationally renowned psychiatrist and trauma expert, Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, with his private small group psychotherapy workshops aimed […]
Frank Anderson, MD, completed his residency and was a clinical instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is both a psychiatrist and psychotherapist. He specializes in the treatment of trauma and dissociation and is passionate about teaching brain-based psychotherapy and integrating current neuroscience knowledge with the IFS model of therapy. Dr. Anderson is a lead […]
Daniel J. Siegel, MD, is a graduate of Harvard Medical School and completed his postgraduate medical education at UCLA with training in pediatrics and child, adolescent, and adult psychiatry. He is currently a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine, founding co-director of UCLA's Mindful Awareness Research Center, founding co-investigator at the UCLA […]
Dr. Ramani Durvasula is a licensed clinical psychologist, Professor of Psychology at California State University, Los Angeles, and the Founder and CEO of LUNA Education, Training & Consulting, a company that offers a range of programs focused on educating survivors, clinicians, coaches and businesses on the impacts of narcissism on health, wellness and functioning. She’s the […]
Featured in Bill Moyer's PBS Special, "Healing and the Mind", Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., is executive director at the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. He is the founder and former director of the UMMC Stress Reduction Clinic and an associate professor of medicine in the division of […]
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 […]
