JoAnne Dahl, Ph.D., is senior lecturer and associate professor of psychology at the University of Uppsala in Uppsala, Sweden. She is a prominent acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) researcher who specializes in the use of ACT to treat chronic pain and epilepsy. She travels internationally to conduct ACT workshops and training sessions for professionals. She also continues to research the use of ACT to treat chronic pain and other conditions.

Books: Living Beyond Your Pain

Judith C. Daniluk, Ph.D., is a Counseling Psychologist with over 15 years' experience helping women and men dealt with infertility. Currently consultant to a private infertility clinic, she counsels individuals and couples who are dealing with treatment decisions and/or are considering third-party reproductive options such as donor sperm, donor eggs, gestational care, and surrogacy. She is a professor in the Department of Education and Counseling Psychology at University of British Columbia, Vancouver and author of Women's Sexuality Across the Lifespan: Challenging Myths, Creating Meaning.

Books: The Infertility Survival Guide

Clair Davies, N.C.T.M.B. (Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork), is a member of the American Massage Therapy Association, and a graduate of the Utah College of Massage Therapy. He specializes in trigger point massage for the self-treatment of pain. Mr. Davies' interest in massage began when he successfully self-treated a frozen shoulder. Inspired by the experience, he began an intensive private study of trigger points and referred pain. He subsequently retired from a thriving piano service business to become a professional massage therapist. After tuning pianos for nearly forty years, he now "tunes" people. From his home base in Lexington, Kentucky, Mr. Davies travels extensively with his daughter Amber, leading workshops and seminars on the self-treatment and clinical treatment of pain using trigger point massage.

Books: The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook, 2nd edition

Amber Davies, N.C.T.M.B., is a massage therapist specializing in teaching self-treatment to her clients, many of whom travel to her from several surrounding states. She also teaches trigger point massage in massage schools in both Louisville and Lexington. Previously, Amber worked in teen pregnancy prevention, cultural diversity, and violence prevention. She has a degree in Theatre Performance, which has been a benefit in her many roles as a public speaker and as a presenter in the workshops with her father. Amber suffered a debilitating back injury while doing summer theatre as a teenager. The injury wasn't completely resolved until many years later when her father began treating her as part of the development of his method of trigger point therapy. The success of the treatment inspired her to follow her father into a career as a therapist. Amber and her husband, James Adler, live in Louisville, Kentucky.

Books: The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook, 2nd Edition

Avram Davis, Ph.D., is founder and codirector of Chochmat HaLev, the only independent center for Jewish meditation in the country. The teachings of Chochmat HaLev are based within the Jewish mystical tradition. He teaches extensively across the United States, including weekend and weeklong workshops, seminars, and retreats.

Books: Everyday Adventures for the Soul

Stephanie W. Dillon, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist with twenty-five years of experience as a psychotherapist and teacher. Dr. Dillon appears frequently in the television, radio, and print media. She has produced self-esteem workshops for federal, state and local governments and for corporations, school districts, colleges, and universities. In addition, she is a consultant to corporations and school districts.

Books: The Woman's Guide to Total Self-Esteem

James F. Durante is the president of The Mitral Valve Prolapse Society. He was diagnosed with MVPS in 1990.

Books: The Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome/Dysautonomia Survival Guide

Cheryl Durante, a cofounder of The Mitral Valve Prolapse Society, was diagnosed with MVPS in 1988.

Books: The Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome/Dysautonomia Survival Guide

Leslie Eckford is a licensed clinical social worker and psychiatric nurse. She specializes in geriatric psychiatry.

Books: Beating the Senior Blues

Dawn M. Ehde, Ph.D., is a psychologist and associate professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Washington. She specializes in the treatment of pain and depression in persons with multiple sclerosis and other disabilities.

Books: The MS Workbook

John P. Forsyth, Ph.D., is associate professor of psychology, director of clinical training, and director of the Anxiety Disorders Research Program in the Department of Psychology at the University at Albany, State University of New York. He has published numerous articles on acceptance and experiential avoidance and the role of emotion regulatory processes in human suffering. He has been doing basic and applied work related to acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) for more than fifteen years. He is a clinical fellow of the Behavior Therapy and Research Society and a licensed clinical psychologist in New York. He serves on the editorial boards of several leading clinical psychology journals, and is associate editor of the Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry.

Books: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Anxiety Disorders, ACT on Life, not Anger,The Anorexia Workbook

Bruce N.Eimer, Ph.D., ABPP,is a clinical psychologist with over fifteen years of experience treating people with cognitive-behavioral and self-help strategies. He currently works with patients dealing with anxiety, trauma, and chronic pain in private practice in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. Eimer is a Board Diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology in the specialty of Behavioral Psychology, and holds board certifications in pain management, medical psychotherapy, and vocational neuropsychology. He is also certified by the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis as an Approved Consultant in Clinical Hypnosis. Eimer is a chronic pain survivor.

Books: Hypnotize Yourself Out of Pain Now!, Coping with Uncertainty

Andrew R. Eisen, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the School of Psychology and director of the Child Anxiety Disorders Clinic at Fairleigh Dickinson University. His research and clinical interests include child anxiety and related problems, learning disorders, and sensory integration issues. Eisen has published numerous articles and chapters and four books including Separation Anxiety in Children and Adolescents. He maintains private practices focusing on children and families in Bergen County, NJ and in Rockland County, NY. His website is: www.childanxieties.com.

Books: Helping Your Child Overcome Separation Anxiety and School Refusal, Helping Your Socially Vulnerable Chid

Linda B. Engler, Ph.D., is codirector of the Child Anxiety and Related Disorders Clinic in Rockland County, NY. Her research and clinical interests include child anxiety and related problems, ADHD, and the early detection and remediation of nonverbal and language-based learning disorders. Engler has published and presented in the areas of anxiety disorders, ADHD, eating disorders and school partnerships. In addition, she maintains a private practice focusing on children and families in Rockland County, NY. Her website is: www.childanxieties.com.

Books: Helping Your Child Overcome Separation Anxiety and School Refusal, Helping Your Socially Vulnerable Chid

Gianni L. Faedda, MD, is a psychiatrist and psychopharmacologist with an extensive background in research and treatment of manic-depressive illness.  Dr. Faedda trained at the Lucio Bini Center in Cagliari and Rome, then at Harvard’s McLean Hospital. In 1991 he completed a Fellowship in Psychopharmacology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. From 1992 to 1995, he served as the Director of Research in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. In 1992 he founded and still directs the Lucio Bini Mood Disorders Center of New York.

Books: Parenting a Bipolar Child

Patrick Fanning is the coauthor of nine popular self-help books, including The Daily Relaxer and the Self-Esteem Companion. He pursues his passions for painting and writing from his home studio in Graton, California, where he lives simply with his wife and son.

Books: Couple Skills, The Daily Relaxer, Thoughts & Feelings, Self-Esteem

Janique Farand-Taylor, PT, ACE, is a certified registered sports physiotherapist and certified personal trainer. She also practices craniosacral therapy and acupuncture. She owns a private practice in Toronto specializing in sports and orthopedic physical therapy. She is the official physiotherapist and personal trainer for the Ontario Freestyle Ski Team. She was a member of the Canadian Women’s National Alpine Ski Team at the World Cup level from 1981 to 1985, and was selected for the Canadian Olympic Team at the 1984 Winter Olympiad in Sarajevo. She actively lectures; is a rehabilitative consultant to high school, college, and amateur sports teams; and is a freelance writer for Hockey Report Magazine.

Books: Solid to the Core

Julie A. Fast, is a health writer and the operator of the popular Web site, www.bipolarhappens.com. She herself has bipolar disorder and is very active in speaking publicly about the illness. Her partner for then years had bipolar disorder as well. She believes that with the right tools, bipolar disorder is a predictable and treatable illness.

Books: Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder

Ian Finkelstein, MD, is a physician in private practice in Toronto, ON, Canada.

Books: Solid to the Core

Robert W. Firestone, Ph.D., is a psychologist, author, and artist who was engaged in the private practice of psychotherapy from 1957 to 1979 working with a wide range of patients, expanding his original ideas on schizophrenia and applying these concepts.

Books: Conquer Your Critical Inner Voice

Lisa Firestone, Ph.D., is Program and Education Director of the Glendon Association, and adjunct faculty at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Since 1987, she has been involved in clinical training and applied research in the areas of suicide and violence. She is an active presenter at national and international conferences in the areas of couple relations, voice therapy, and child abuse.

Books: Conquer Your Critical Inner Voice

Lee Fitzgibbons, Ph.D., is former director of the Children's Program at the Anxiety and Agoraphobia Treatment Center in Bala Cynwyd, PA, specializes in the treatment of children, adolescents, and adults with OCD. She is a professional member of the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation (OCF), and Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA) where she regularly presents workshops for both lay and professional audiences. She is currently relocating to the Littleton, New Hampshire area where she will be establishing a private practice.

Books: Helping Your Child with OCD

John P. Forsyth, Ph.D., is a scientist, writer, and licensed clinical psychologist in Upstate New York. He has traveled the world giving talks and workshops to the public and professionals about the benefits of mindful acceptance, kindness and compassion, and how to live a valued life using a new approach to psychological health and wellness called Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). He is Associate Professor of Psychology, Director of the Doctoral Training Program in Clinical Psychology, and Director of the Anxiety Disorders Research Program at the University at Albany, State University of New York. He has published many articles about how excessive struggle with unpleasant thoughts and emotions feeds human suffering, and what mindfulness and acceptance can offer as a solution. He has been doing basic and applied work related to anxiety disorders and ACT for well over a decade. He is a clinical fellow of the Behavior Therapy and Research Society, serves on the editorial boards of several leading journals, and is associate editor of the Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry. He is coauthor of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Anxiety Disorders: A Practitioner’s Treatment Guide to Using Mindfulness, Acceptance, and Values-Based Behavior Change Strategies, and ACT on Life, Not on Anger: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Problem Anger. His new book, The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety: Break Free from Anxiety, Phobias, and Worry Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is published in Jan. 2008. His work has helped foster growing international interest in acceptance and mindfulness approaches in psychology, mental health care, medicine, and society.

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Books: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Anxiety Disorders, ACT on Life, not Anger  

Lisa Frankfort, L.M.F.T., is a psychologist in private practice and clinical coordinator of Haight Ashbury Psychological Services. Lisa fosters a sense of community for the trainees and clientele of this important neighborhood service provider.

Books: The Community Building Companion

Robert T. Fraser, Ph.D., is a licensed counseling and rehabilitation psychologist and professor of neurology, neurological surgery, and rehabilitation medicine at the University of Washington. He specializes in specializes in vocational rehabilitation assessment and counseling for people with MS and is one of the original faculty of the University of Washington MS Rehabilitation Research and Training Center.

Books: The MS Workbook

Richard G. Fried, MD, Ph.D., is an internationally recognized clinician, researcher, and teacher. After earning his Ph.D. with honors in clinical psychology, he went on to obtain his MD degree with honors from the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center. He is a board-certified dermatologist and clinical psychologist and has written numerous articles on the physical and psychological aspects of acne.

Books: Healing Adult Acne

Fred Friedberg, Ph.D.,is a clinical psychologist in practice for 20 years and an assistant professor in the School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, on Long Island, NY. .Currently, he is the principal investigator of a five-year behavioral study of chronic fatigue syndrome funded by the National Institutes of Health. His published scientific articles have appeared in American Psychologist, Journal of Clinical Psychology, Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Journal of Neuropsychiatry, Archives of Neurology, Journal of Psychosomatic Research, Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry,and Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.In addition, he has conducted professional workshops for the American Psychological Association, the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, and the Society of Behavioral Medicine. His website is www.lifebalance7.com.

Books: Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Do-It-Yourself Eye Movement Technique for Emotional Healing

Freda Friedman, Ph.D., LCSW, is in private practice and a member of the Phoenix Institute in Chicago, Illinois. For the past twenty years, her primary clinical focus has been with Borderline Personality Disorder, providing treatment, education, support and consultation to people suffering from the disorder, their families and health care professionals working with them. She is on the board of several professional health care organizations and has developed BPD programs in New York and Chicago.

Alan E. Fruzzetti, Ph.D., is associate professor of psychology and director of the Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Research Program at the University of Nevada, Reno. He provides extensive training, supervision, and consultation for DBT treatment programs and DBT research in the United States and abroad.

Fruzzetti received his BA from Brown University and his Ph.D. from the University of Washington in Seattle. His research focuses on models of major psychopathology/severe behavior problems (e.g., borderline personality disorder, family violence, or chronic depression) in the context of couples and families, and the development and evaluation of effective treatments for these problems. In particular, he focuses on the further development, evaluation, and training of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) with individuals, couples and families for chronic or severe individual and/or family distress.

Fruzzetti is also research director and member of the board of directors of the National Educational Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder and a codeveloper of the Family Connections Program. He has provided extensive DBT training in the United States, Europe, and Australia. He has authored or coauthored dozens of scholarly articles and book chapters on this and related topics.

Books: High-Conflict Couple

Lani C. Fujitsubo, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist in private practice in southern Oregon. She is also an Associate Professor of Psychology, Southern Oregon University, and the Director of Testing at Southern Oregon University.

Books: PMDD

Dr. Sonia Gaemi, Ed.D., RD, is a Registered Dietician with a doctorate in International Education and Psychology, runs a nutritional consulting practice and serves as Principle Investigator for the Public Health Institute of Berkeley in Berkeley, CA. At the early age of 43, Sonia's doctor strongly suggested she begin taking HRT for sweating, which was wrongly diagnosed as hot flashes related to menopause. Rather than risk the significant health side effects of HRT, Dr. Gaemi used her research on the self-healing wisdom of women to heal herself by integrating Eastern nutritional and holistic knowledge with Western medical research. Today Sonia Gaemi is an internationally known expert on multicultural food practices for self-healing and has traveled and researched extensively. She devotes her life to helping women of all ages rediscover their power over their own health through wise and joyful use of foods for healing. Dr. Gaemi has appeared in articles in such publications as Bay Area Businesswoman, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Oakland Tribune, and Courier, a publication of The American Dietetic Association.

Books: Eating Wisely for Hormonal Balance

Lorna Garano is a freelance writer and editor living in Oakland, CA.

Books: Natural Relief for Anxiety, Coping with Anxiety

Jueli Gastwirth has studied various forms of spiritual practice and body-centered therapies with nationally renowned teachers. She currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Books: Everyday Adventures for the Soul

Jennifer Gillis, MA, BCBA, Doctoral Candidate. She is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and at the Institute for Child Development she coordinates EI services and outreach programs by providing ABA consultation to families, school districts, classroom teachers, early intervention service providers and programs. She has published in numerous books and journals, and has addressed regional, national, and international professional conferences.

Books: Helping Your Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Barry G. Ginsberg, Ph.D., has been a practicing child and family psychologist for more than thirty years. He is the Executive Director of the Center of Relationship Enhancement and Ginsberg Associates, a child and family psychology practice in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. For the past six years, Ginsberg has hosted a twice-weekly Cable TV program on parenting and contributed to a column on parenting in the local newspaper. He has conducted many parenting seminars for thousands of parents and presented workshops and training programs to professionals on parenting, couple, and family relationships. He grew up in a single-parent family. Ginsberg is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and Pennsylvania Psychological Association, Diplomate in Family Psychology of the American Board of Professional Psychology, Approved Supervisor of the American Association for Marital and Family Therapy, Diplomate of the American Family Therapy Academy, Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor, and a Nationally Certified School Psychologist.

Books: 50 Wonderful Ways to Be a Single Parent Family

Howard I.Glazer, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist in New York City with a professional practice specializing in the treatment of vulvovaginal pain syndromes. He is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry and in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Cornell University Medical College/New York Presbyterian Hospital. He is a member of the Medical Board of the National Vulvodynia Association (NVA), and the Editorial Advisory Board of the chronic pelvic pain section for OBGYN.net. Glazer provides individual clinical services, training workshops, and in-office specialty training, and he is actively involved in several multidisciplinary and multinational research projects.

Books: The Vulvodynia Survival Guide

Barton Goldsmith, Ph.D., has twenty years’ experience as a therapist. He has a weekly newspaper column with the Scripps Howard News Service, which reaches millions of readers, and he hosts a weekly Los Angeles/Santa Barbara/Ventura-area radio show, Emotional Fitness on NPR station KCLU-FM. He regularly gives workshops to the public, and has a Web site at www.emotionalfitness.net. He is also frequently sought by the media for his relationship expertise.

Books: Emotional Fitness Guide for Couples

Lea Goldstein, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist with 17 years of experience working with teens and families struggling with drug and alcohol abuse and addiction. She has worked with Dual Diagnosed adolescents in an inpatient hospital, and before designed and implemented and outpatient program for teens and families at Kaiser in Oakland, CA. She maintains a private practice specializing in adolescent and parental developmental issues.

Books: Drugs and Your Kid

Bonnie Gordic is a research assistant at the Yale Center for Eating and Weight Disorders and the Yale Center for Child Development and Social Policy. She received her B.A. in Psychology from Yale University. Her research interests focus on the families of children with eating disorders and on early childhood intervention and social policy.

Books: Helping Your Child with an Eating Disorder

John Graham-Pole, M.D., is Professor of Pediatrics and Affiliate Professor of Clinical and Health Psychology at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Dr. Graham-Pole is a clinician of twenty-five years, a teacher and researcher, and the Co-founder and Medical Director of the Arts in Medicine Program at the University of Florida, the nation's leading university hospital arts program. Dr. Graham-Pole has contributed to over 120 scientific articles, published more than 60 poems and essays on the healing arts, and self-expression.

Books: Illness and the Art of Creative Self-Expression

Kim L. Gratz, Ph.D., is research assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Maryland and director of the Personality Disorders Division of the Center for Addictions, Personality, and Emotion Research. Gratz received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, in 2003, where her research focused on deliberate self-harm. She completed her predoctoral internship training, with an emphasis on the treatment of BPD, at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School. In July 2003, she was awarded the Psychosocial Fellowship from McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School. In her role as clinical and research fellow under the mentorship of John Gunderson, Gratz conducted a study examining the efficacy of a new emotion regulation group therapy for the treatment of self-harm among women with BPD and developed a research program to assess the effectiveness of the Borderline Center, McLean Hospital’s specialty clinical services for BPD. During this time, she also served as a primary clinician within McLean Hospital’s DBT program, providing individual and group DBT to clients with BPD and related disorders. Gratz joined the clinical psychology program at the University of Maryland in 2005. She has written numerous journal articles and book chapters on BPD, deliberate self-harm, and emotion regulation (among other topics), and, in 2005, was awarded the Young Investigator’s Award of the National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder (NEA-BPD). Her research currently focuses on understanding the nature and consequences of emotion dysregulation and emotional avoidance in BPD and self-harm, and applying this understanding to the development of more effective treatments for these conditions. In addition, Gratz will soon be opening a treatment clinic, specializing in the treatment of BPD, through the Center for Addictions, Personality, and Emotion Research at the University of Maryland.

Book: The Borderline Personality Disorder Survival Guide

Judith Greenbaum, Ph.D., is the mother of an adult daughter with moderate/severe and mild mental retardation. She currently consults with school districts and families on the development of appropriate educational environments for children with disabilities. She has worked with children and adults with disabilities for 35 years, and has spent much of her educational and professional career as an advocate for people with disabilities and their families. She has written numerous articles and presented many workshops and seminars for families, educators, social service workers, and mental health professionals on how to access community services, develop effective programs and work with other educational and social services professionals to best care for and support developmentally disabled people. She earned her Ph.D. in Special Education at the University of Michigan.

Books: Life Planning for Adults with Disabilities

Lorri A. Greene, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist who has been helping people grieve the loss of their pets for more than twenty years. In 1986, Greene cofounded the San Diego County Pet Bereavement Program, one of the few programs in the United States offering continuous support for those who have lost companion animals. Dr. Greene conducts frequent pet-loss support groups, and she speaks nationally and internationally on the topic of pet loss and the human-animal bond. She maintains a private practice in San Diego, California.

Books: Saying Good-bye to the Pet You Love

David Greenfield is a psychologist and therapist and the founder of Psychological Health Associates, a private multidisciplinary behavioral practice in Connecticut. Recognized as one of the worlds leading experts on Internet addiction, Dr. Greenfield has successfully treated many clients struggling with Internet addiction. His research and clinical work on Internet addiction has appeared on all the national television networks as well as in the pages of innumerable newspapers and magazines. Dr. Greenfield is the author of one of the largest and most comprehensive surveys on Internet addiction: the ABCNews.com Internet Addiction Survey.

Books: Virtual Addiction

Kevin L. Gyoerkoe, Psy.D., is a licensed psychologist and the codirector of the Anxiety and Agoraphobia Treatment Center in Chicago, IL. He is an adjunct professor in the Department of Clinical Psychology at the Chicago Professional School of Psychology and a certified fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. www.conquerworry.com

Books: 10 SImple Solutions to Worry

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