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Katherine Morland Hammitt, MA, a journalist and Past President of the Sjögren's Syndrome Foundation, currently serves as its public policy director. She is also a member of the coordinating committee for research in autoimmune diseases for the National Institutes of Health and helped author its strategic research plan. Her interest in and advocacy for Sjögren's syndrome spring from her own experience with the illness. She has devoted nearly twenty years to improving diagnosis and treatment and finding a cure for all those who suffer from this serious disease.

Books: The Sjogren’s Syndrome Survival Guide

Kimeron Hardin, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice in San Francisco. He holds joint appointments as an assistant clinical professor with the Departments of Psychiatry and Anesthesia at the University of San Francisco.

Books: The Chronic Pain Control Workbook, The Gay & Lesbian Self-Esteem Book, Queer Blues

David Harp, MA, is president of Musical iPress, a music instruction publishing company, and of Harmony Productions, a public speaking and corporate training bureau based on his study of applied cognitive science.

Books: Neural Path Therapy

Kate F. Hays, Ph.D., is the president of the sport psychology division of the American Psychological Association. She has been practicing psychology for over 25 years, in New Hampshire and Toronto. Support for her clients' use of exercise as one aspect of their mental well-being is a regular part of her practice. Dr. Hays is active as both a Fellow and Certified Consultant of the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology. She is also the author of Working It Out: Using Exercise in Psychotherapy and Integrating Exercise, Sports, Movement, and Mind: Therapeutic Unity.

Books: Move Your Body, Tone Your Mood

Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D., is University of Nevada Foundation Professor of Psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno. An author more than 300 scientific articles and twenty-two books, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Relational Frame Theory-two books that significantly develop the concepts on which Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life is based. His research explores the nature of human language and cognition and their application to the understanding and alleviation of human suffering. In 1992, the Institute for Scientific Information reported Hayes among the highest impact psychologist in the world during the years 1986-90 based on the citation impact of his writings. He is past-president of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, the American Association of Applied and Preventive Psychology, and Division Twenty-Five of the American Psychological Association. He was the first Secretary-Treasurer of the American Psychological Society. He is the recipient of the Don F. Hake Award for Exemplary Contributions to Basic Behavioral Research and Its Applications from Division 25 of the American Psychological Association. In 1999, US Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala appointed him to a four-year term on the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse.

Books: Acceptance And Commitment Therapy For Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) And Other Trauma Related Problems, Acceptance And Commitment Therapy For Anxiety, Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life, Living Beyond Your Pain, Managing Diabetes with ACT

Holly Hazlett-Steven, Ph.D. is assistant professor of psychology at the University of Nevada in Reno, NV. She is the coauthor of New DIrections in PRogressive Relaxation Training.

Books: Women Who Worry Too Much

Michelle Heffner, M.A., is a graduate of the W. Virginia University Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry Eating Disorders Program, and has assessed and treated eating disorder clients in the university's Carruth Center for Counseling & Psychological Services.

Books: The Anorexia Workbook

Susan Heitler, Ph.D., a Denver psychologist specialized in helping couples build strong marriages. Her book for couples, The Power of Two, which has been published globally in five languages, forms the basis both for this workbook and for Power of Two Marriage Skills Workshops (see www.PowerOfTwo.org). Dr. Heitler's earlier book From Conflict to Resolution and her master therapist video The Angry Couple are staples in marriage counseling training programs, and her self-help audiotapes (see www.TherapyHelp.com) have helped thousand of listeners. Dr. Heitler and her husband, blessed with four children and ever-increasing numbers of grandchildren, have enjoyed over thirty years of strong and loving marriage.

Books: The Power of Two, The Power of Two Workbook

Abigail Hirsch, MA, formerly a teacher and curriculum writer, currently is completing her Ph.D. as a clinical psychologist. She used her teaching and curriculum development background to co-create the Power of Two Marriage Skills Workshops and then this workbook, both of which augment the book The Power of Two, written by her mother, Dr. Susan Heitler. Abigail Hirsch and her husband are proud parents of two young boys.

Books: The Power of Two, The Power of Two Workbook

Elizabeth Hanson Hoffman, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist in private practice, professional speaker, and consultant who has given seminars and workshops nationally. She has published over thirty professional articles and two books for the trade. She is also a member of the following organizations: American Psychological Association; the Central Pennsylvania Association for Health and Care Planning and Marketing; the Harrisburg Area Psychological Association; the National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors; and the Pennsylvania Psychological Association.

Books: Staying Focused in the Age of Distraction

Books: Staying Focused in the Age of Distraction

Carole Honeychurch, MA, is a freelance writer, www.iVillage.com relationship expert, and an actor who regularly performs and teaches improvisational theatre.

Books: Talk to Me, The Self-Esteem Companion, Love Tune-Ups

Lara Honos-Webb, Ph.D. , is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice in Walnut Creek, CA. She is author of The Gift of ADHD and more than twenty-five scholarly articles. Her work has been featured inNewsweek, The Wall Street Journal, and Publisher's Weekly, as well as newspapers across the country and national radio and television programs. She specializes in the treatment of ADHD, depression, and the psychology of pregnancy and motherhood and speaks regularly on her areas of expertise. Honos-Webb completed a two-year postdoctoral research fellowship at University of California, San Francisco, and has been an assistant professor teaching graduate students. She offers telephone therapy to residents anywhere in California. Visit her Web site at www.visionarysoul.com.

Books: The Gift of ADHD, Listening to Depression

James E. Huston, M.D., specialized in obstetrics and gynecology before his retirement. He lives in Medford, Oregon. He is a frequent author and speaker on women's health topics.

Books: PMDD, Perimenopause

Katy Hutchison, a passionate advocate for restorative justice, is a professional speaker working with young people on topics in social responsibility. Her program, inspired by the events surrounding the murder of her husband, has reached more than 100,000 people across Canada and the United States. She was nominated for the Courage to Come Back Award in 2003 and the Woman of Distinction Award in 2004. Her website is www.katyhutchisonpresents.com.

Books: Walking After Midnight

Bruce M. Hyman, Ph.D., L.C.S.W., is a licensed clinical social worker who has been studying and treating anxiety disorders since 1975. He established the OCD Resource Center of South Florida (www.ocdhope.com) in 1991 to provide comprehensive specialty treatment services to adults and children with OCD.

Books: The OCD Workbook, 2nd edition

Beth Jacobs, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist with more than twenty years' experience in practice and a special interest in journal-assisted therapy. She has run workshops on therapeutic applications of journal writing and is an adjunct faculty member of Northwestern University Medical School. She has developed several methods of productively incorporating journals into psychotherapy.

Books: Writing for Emotional Balance

Gerard Jansen, Ph.D., received a doctorate in biochemistry from Otago University in New Zealand and is a financial analyst for a scientific research company in the Boston area.

Books: Living with ADD

Kurt L. Johnson, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Washington. He specializes in psychosocial aspects of disability, disability and employment, assistive technology, and disability policy.

Books: The MS Workbook

Lynn Joseph, Ph.D., is a recognized author, consultant, and speaker. She is the founder of Discovery Dynamics Incorporated, a company dedicated to providing people with the mental tools to achieve their dreams and reach their goals quickly and easily, despite prior setbacks. She has worked with an executive search firm and as a career consultant for many Fortune 100 companies. Dr. Joseph used the powerful tools and techniques of mental image technology (MIT) during her own career transitions, and she has developed a scientifically tested career-transition program based on her theories and study of MIT. The resulting breakthrough study was published in the prestigious peer-reviewed journal Consulting Psychology Journal of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Joseph presented her groundbreaking study at a 2002 California Psychological Association Annual Conference and at a 1999 American Psychological Association Annual Conference. Her successful study protocol formed the basis of The Job-Loss Recovery Guide as well as the program recording “Bounce Back from Job Loss in Six Days or Less-Guaranteed!” Dr. Joseph has a doctorate in psychology and was profiled in the February 2002 issue of Fortune magazine.

Books: The Job-Loss Recovery Guide

Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D is professor of medicine, emeritus, at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, founder and former director of its Stress Reduction Clinic, and founding executive director of its Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society. He is also the author of Full Catastrophe Living and Wherever You Go, There

Books: Calming Your Anxious Mind

George M. Kapalka, Ph.D., ABPP, is director of the Center for Behavior Modification in Brick, NJ, and associate professor of psychological counseling at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, NJ. He earned a doctorate in clinical psychology from Fairleigh Dickinson University and holds board certifications in several areas of practice, including clinical psychology, psychopharmacology, child mental health services, and learning disabilities. He has authored nearly 100 research studies, publications, and professional presentations, and currently he is editor of the New Jersey Journal of Professional Counseling. He is school-certified in New Jersey, heads a state-approved independent child study team, and is a member of medical staff at Meridian Health Systems’ Brick Hospital.

Books: Parenting Your Out-Of-Control Child

Larina Kase, Psy.D., MBA, is a psychologist and business coach specializing in the reduction of anxiety and stress in the workplace. She worked with the renowned Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety at the University of Pennsylvania. As a coach, she helps business owners and executives across the Unites States and Canada to overcome workplace worries and excel in their jobs. Her work is regularly featured in media like the New York Times, Entrepreneur Magazine, and Inc. Magazine. Visit Dr. Kase on the web at www.anxious9to5.com and get a free e-course, “7 Steps to Career Success.”

Books: Anxious Nine to Five

Ted Kavanau was the founding senior producer of CNN and founding president of CNN Headline News, and he supervised CNN's first investigative reporting unit. He has worked in TV news and information more than forty years, winning multiple Emmy Awards and other professional honors.

Books: Get Fit in Bed

Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, Ph.D., is a health psychologist and researcher at the Family Research Lab, University of New Hampshire. She is widely published in the fields of family violence, maternal depression, perinatal health, and disability, and she regularly speaks on these topics as well. She works extensively with breastfeeding mothers and is the chair of the New Hampshire Breastfeeding Promotion Task Force. She is also a member of the Committee on Disability Issues in Psychology, through the American Psychological Association.

Books: The Well-Ordered Home, The Well-Ordered Office

Marc F. Kern, Ph.D., is the Founder and Director of Addiction Alternatives in Los Angeles, California, and a member of the Board of Directors for Moderation Management Network, Inc. A founding board member of both Rational Recovery and SMART Recovery, Dr. Kern is a licensed clinical psychologist, Certified Addictions Specialist, Certified Rational Addictions Therapist, and is Certified by the American Psychological Association in the treatment of alcohol and other psychoactive substance use disorders. He has been featured on 20/20 and Larry King Live on the subject of moderate drinking.

Books: Responsible Drinking

Sony Khemlani-Patel, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist at the Bio-Behavioral Institute in Great Neck, NY, where she specializes in the treatment and research of obsessive-compulsive spectrum, anxiety, and mood disorders as well as self-injury. She received her doctorate from Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY.

Books: When Your Child is Cutting

Bill Klatte, MSW, LCSW,  has been a psychotherapist and social worker for more than thirty-two years. He is currently a psychotherapist with Medical Associates Health Centers near Milwaukee, WI, and has counseled thousands of people individually, in families, and in groups. He gives presentations, workshops, and seminars to professionals as well as laypeople on such topics as parenting, anger management, and self-growth.

Books: It's So Hard to Love You

William J. Knaus, Ed.D., is a licensed psychologist with more than forty years of clinical experience in working with people suffering from depression. He has appeared on numerous regional and national television shows including the Today Show, and over 100 radio shows. His ideas have appeared in national magazines such as U.S. News and World Report and Good Housekeeping, and major newspapers such as the Washington Post andthe Chicago Tribune. He is one of the original directors of training at the Albert Ellis Institute. He is the author of twelve books including Overcoming Procrastination and Do it Now.

Books: The Procrastination Workbook, Cognitive Behavioral Workbook For Depression (see appendix)

Michael Lee Kohn, Psy.D., is a forensic psychologist at Senior Eastern Hospital in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Books: The Memory Workbook

George H. Kraft, MD, MS, is the director of the Western MS Center. He specializes in the rehabilitation of multiple sclerosis.

Books: The MS Workbook

Randi Kreger's two bestselling books, along with her prominent website, BPDCentral.com, has brought the concerns of family members with a Borderline loved one to an international forefront. Together, they’ve sold more than 300,000 copies and have been translated into several different languages. Kreger’s popular web site contains essential information, online support groups, and much more. It is also the home of Eggshells Press, which offers several specialized booklets for various family members: parents (Hope for Parents), partners (Love and Loathing), and those who find themselves in family court (Splitting and the You’re My World Custody CD. She gives keynote presentations throughout the United States and has appeared many times in the print and electronic media.

Books: Stop Walking on Eggshells, Stop Walking on Eggshells Workbook

Edward S. Kubany, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist at the Behavior Therapy Clinic in Honolulu, HI. He specializes in treating women who have been involved in domestic violence situations. He is also a clinical psychologist and health research scientist for the National Center for PTSD, Pacific Islands Division. See http://www.treatingptsd.com.

Books: , Treating PTSD in Battered Women, Healing the Trauma of Domestic Abuse

Janet R. Laconsay, MA, is a clinical therapist and intensive instructional services consultant with the Institute for Family Enrichment in Honolulu, HI and North Shore Mental Health in Wahiawa, HI. She is also a certified cognitive trauma therapist and is currently working on her doctorate of psychology at Argosy University in Honolulu.

Books: Healing the Trauma of Domestic Abuse

Amanda Lambert, M.S., is a specialist in the senior mental health community and the President of the Utah Gerontological Society.

Books: Beating the Senior Blues

Jacquelyn Landis is a freelance writer and author of The Insiders' Guide to San Diego, as well as numerous other books and articles about life in San Diego. She lives with her cat, Kali, in the San Diego area. 800-748-

Books: Saying Good-bye to the Pet You Love

Linda Lang is on the Board of Directors for the RSDSA, the leading national patient advocacy and research foundation in the United States for RSD/CRPS patients, and suffers from RSDS herself. She has helped innumerable RSDS sufferers based on communicating her personal history with this disorder through RSDSA.

Books: Living with RSDS

Darlene Lanka, M.D., is Director of Women's Health for Kaiser-Permanente Medical Center in Walnut Creek, California and an assistant clinical professor at the University of California, San Francisco. She specializes in obstetrics and gynecology.

Books: Perimenopause

Marti Olsen Laney, Psy.D., MFT, is a psychotherapist, researcher, author, consultant, and lively public speaker. Her first book, The Introvert Advantage: How to Thrive in an Extrovert World, has become nationally recognized as the book on introversion and has been translated into fifteen languages. Her second book, The Hidden Gifts of the Introverted Child: Helping your Child Thrive in an Extroverted World, has been widely acclaimed by school counselors, therapists, and parents. Marti has appered on more than two-hundred radio and television programs in America and Canada. Marti, an introvert, has been married for forty-two years to her extrovert husband, Michael.

Michael L. Laney, MBA, CPA, is a busines consultant providing organizational development, strategic planning, and advisory board-of-director services. He is certified in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). He has consulted with his wife, Marti, on her book projects and was the “roadie” on each of her book tours. He has appearesd on several radio and television shows with his Marti to discuss the ins and outs of their introvert-extrovert relationship.

Books: The Introvert And Extrovert In Love

Victoria Leatham is a happy, successful thirtysomething professional. She lives in Sydney, Australia.

Books: Bloodletting

Chad LeJeune, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and professor of psychology at the Universty of San Francisco.  He is a founding fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy and has been a practitioner of acceptance and commitment therapy since 1990.  He lives and works in San Francisco. (www.anxietyhappens.com)

Books: The Worry Trap

In 1986, Karen Leland and Keith Bailey founded Sterling Consulting Group, Inc. and shortly thereafter made history by being chosen over more than a dozen European competitors to become the first American consulting company to win a major contract for business communication training within the British government.

Over the past twenty years they have worked throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and South America with a diverse list of Fortune 500 companies in such industries as Banking, Transportation, Retail and Telecommunications. Among others their clients include: Arco, Bank of America, Avis Rental Car, Johnson & Johnson, Sprint and Xerox.

They are sought after speakers who provide both motivation and practical hands on information in their presentations. They have spoken for such groups as Young Presidents Organization, The Society of Association Executives, The Society of Consumer Affairs and the Direct Marketing Association among others.

Because of their extensive experience and expertise they have been featured in dozens of magazines and newspapers including: The New York Times, Newsweek and Time. They also have extensive on-air experience and have been interviewed on ABC, CNN, NBC, Fox, The Oprah Winfrey Show and over twenty other affiliates.

In addition to Watercooler Wisdom, They have written several other books including Online Customer Service For Dummies and Customer Service For Dummies, first, second and third editions, which have over 200,000 copies. Their books have been translated into ten other languages including Russian, Korean, Arabic, Spanish and German.

Books: Watercooler Wisdom

Deborah Levinson, LCSW-C, is a Johns Hopkins trained psychotherapist and licensed social worker in private practice. She is also a clinical researcher and has studied the adjustment of men and women after the death of a spouse, publishing the first study of young widows in the United States, and developing the adjustment model highlighted in Surviving the Death of Your Spouse. Ms. Levinson is a consultant to the Traumatic Bereavement Program at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York and gives workshops and seminars on the topic of adjusting to spousal death for social workers, clergy, lawyers, and laypeople. Ms Levinson was also a consulting therapist for "Bearing Witness", an organization which helped New Yorkers process their grief in the aftermath of September 11 terrorist attacks.

Books: Surviving the Death of Your Spouse

Michael J. Lewandowski, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist and is president of Pain Assessment Resources.  He has extensive training and experience in the application of psychological principles to problems in medicine. Since completing his Ph.D. in 1990, he has worked exclusively with individuals suffering from chronic medical conditions starting during his internship at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Reno, NV.  Of the two accredited pain programs in northern Nevada, he helped develop and direct both.  He was deemed an expert in chronic pain by the Nevada District Court and has testified in cases in which the validity of chronic pain was questioned.  In addition to his clinical, administrative, and legal experience working with chronic pain sufferers, Lewandowski has conducted, presented, and published original scientific research in the area of chronic pain and has presented at national pain conferences throughout the world.   

He was principal developer of the Behavioral Assessment of Pain Medical Stability Quick Screen (BAP-MSQS) and codeveloper of the Behavioral Assessment of Pain questionnaire (BAP), which are both utilized in pain management programs around the world.  He was co-owner of Integrated Healthcare Resources, an interdisciplinary healthcare organization that provides comprehensive pain management, work hardening, and functional restoration programs for injured workers and persons with chronic pain conditions. 

Lewandowski is the secretary/treasurer of the Board of Psychological Examiners for the State of Nevada; a diplomate in the American Academy of Pain Management;; a member of the American Pain Society; and a member of the American Psychological Association.  He was licensed as an alcohol and drug abuse counselor by the state of Nevada and is a marriage and family therapist along with being certified as a rehabilitation counselor and biofeedback therapist.

Books: The Chronic Pain Care Workbook

Stephanie Lockshin, M.Ed., Ph.D., BCBA. Dr. Lockshin has over 25 years experience in Autism Spectrum Disorders. She is a licensed clinical psychologist, Director of Clinical Services at the Institute for Child Development, and is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. Dr. Lockshin is a neuropsychologist at a regional hospital, is actively involved in private practice, and also in training students and professionals in the provision of family services. She has coauthored book chapters and research publications on autism spectrum disorders and co-authored the I.G.S. Curriculum, a guide for goal selection in educational and clinical practice.

Books: Helping Your Child with Autsim Spectrum Disorder

Jytte Lokvig, M.A., has been a professional caregiver for people with Alzheimer's disease for more than ten years. She gives workshops and speaks nationally on the subject of caring for Alzheimer's patients.

Books: Everything You Need to Know about Alzheimer's

Tobias Lundgren, MS, is a licensed clinical psychologist with a specialization in cognitive behavioral therapy. He is active both as a clinician and researcher of behavior medicine. He has carried out applications of ACT in the clinical research areas of epilepsy, diabetes, and chronic pain. Lundgren works out of the Department of Psychology at the University of Uppsala in Uppsala, Sweden, but he has conducted clinical research with epilepsy clinics and organizations in Pune, India, and Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa. Besides clinical research, Tobias conducts educational workshops and clinical trainings and supervises staff members of treatment homes.

Books: Living Beyond Your Pain

John Lynch, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and former director of the Dissociative Disorders and Men's Treatment Program at Charter Westbrook Hospital in Richmond, VA. He has served as associate professor of psychiatry at the Medical College of Virginia. He is a member of the APA and the Virginia Society for Clinical Hypnosis and coauthor of The Pain Behind the Mask.

Books: When Anger Scares You

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