Janina Fisher, PhD
Janina Fisher, Ph.D. is the Assistant Educational Director of the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute, a former instructor at Harvard Medical School, and an international expert on the treatment of trauma and dissociation. She is the author of Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Self-Alienation (2017) and Transforming the Living Legacy of Trauma: a Workbook for Survivors and Therapists (2021). Best known for her work on integrating newer neurobiologically-informed interventions into traditional psychotherapy approaches, she is the co-author with Pat Ogden of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Interventions for Attachment and Trauma (2015).
Janina Fisher appears in the following Academy of Therapy Wisdom Programs:
- Inside and Outside Threat: Mind-Body Approaches to Fear and Danger
- A Therapist's Path for Exploring Implicit Bias and Racial Trauma
- Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment
- Building Internal Safety and Connection: TIST Level 2 Training
- Living with the Legacy of Loss: A Somatic Approach for Working with Grief
- Shame and Self-Loathing in the Treatment of Trauma
- Addiction, Trauma & the Brain
Juliane Taylor Shore, LPC, LMFT, SEP
Juliane Taylor Shore, LPC, LMFT, SEP (AKA Jules) is a therapist and trainer of therapists in Austin, Texas. She specializes in applying Interpersonal Neurobiology to the healing of trauma and the creation of relational health with clients she sees. She uses her knowledge of the brain and the implicit mind to go decisively to the root of the issue with gentleness and depth.
Jules has been a specialist in trauma recovery and in couples counseling for 12 years, and loves to work experientially because that is how to meet and invite shifts in the implicit mind. She wants to help people find the love, connection, and grace they have always longed for, both in themselves and with each other.
In addition to seeing weekly clients and teaching, Jules offers intensives for couples and for individuals who come from all over to do in-depth work in a brief format.
Jules Shore appears in the following Academy of Therapy Wisdom Programs:
Linda Thai, LMSW
With over 16 years of experience, Linda Thai is uniquely qualified to integrate somatic and holistic approaches for trauma treatment.
Linda is a trauma therapist who specializes in cutting edge brain- and body-based modalities for healing complex developmental trauma. As an educator and consultant, she is gifted with the capacity to contextualize, synthesize, and communicate complex and nuanced issues of identity, mental health and wellbeing resulting from oppressive systems and the invisibilized wounds of racial trauma. Linda is passionate about breaking the cycle of historical and intergenerational trauma at the individual and community levels, and deeply believes in the healing power of coming together in community to grieve.
Linda Thai appears in the following Academy of Therapy Wisdom Programs:
Frank Anderson, MD
Frank Anderson, MD, 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 Trainer at the IFS Institute with Richard Schwartz and maintains a long affiliation with, and trains for, Bessel van der Kolk’s Trauma Center. Dr. Anderson has lectured extensively on the Neurobiology of PTSD and Dissociation.
Dr. Anderson has contributed to Internal Family Systems Therapy-New Dimensions, What IFS Brings to Trauma Treatment in Innovations and Elaboration In Internal Family Systems Therapy, co-authored Internal Family Systems Skills Training Manual, and authored Transcending Trauma: Healing Complex PTSD with Internal Family Systems, released in May 2021. Dr. Anderson maintains a private practice in Harvard, MA.
Frank Anderson appears in the following Academy of Therapy Wisdom Programs:
Bessel van der Kolk, MD
Bessel A. van der Kolk, M.D., is a pioneer clinician, researcher, and teacher in the area of posttraumatic stress. His work uniquely integrates developmental, neurobiological, psychodynamic, somatic, and interpersonal aspects of the impact of trauma and its treatment. He is the author of the NYT #1 best seller, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Treatment of Trauma, which transformed our understanding of traumatic stress, revealing how it literally rearranges the brain’s wiring. Dr. van der Kolk and his various collaborators have published extensively on the impact of trauma on development, cognitive development, memory, and the psychobiology of trauma. He has published over 150 peer-reviewed scientific articles on such diverse topics as neuroimaging, self-injury, memory, neurofeedback, Developmental Trauma, yoga, theater, and EMDR.
Bessel van der Kolk appears in the following Academy of Therapy Wisdom Programs:
Deran Young, LCSW
Deran Young, LCSW, is a licensed therapist specializing in racial trauma and legacy burdens. She is a co-author of the New York Times best-seller, You Are Your Best Thing. She's a retired military officer and founder of Black Therapists Rock, a non-profit organization with a network of over 30,000 mental health professionals committed to reducing the psychological impact of systemic oppression and intergenerational trauma.
Deran obtained her social work degree from the University of Texas, where she studied abroad in Ghana, West Africa, creating a high school counseling center for under-resourced students. Deran has visited over 37 countries, and her clinical experience spans four continents.
Her passion for culture and people has made her a highly sought-after diversity and inclusion consultant working with companies like BBERG, Facebook, Linked In, and YWCA.
Deran resides in the Washington, DC, area with her 10-year-old son.
Deran Young appears in the following Academy of Therapy Wisdom Programs:
Lisa Ferentz, MSW, LCSW-C, DAPA
Lisa Ferentz, MSW, LCSW-C, DAPA, has been a recognized expert in the treatment of trauma for over 35 years. She brings her strengths-based, de-pathologized approach to audiences nationally and internationally, and is a clinical consultant to practitioners and mental health agencies in the United States, Canada, the UK, and Ireland.
Lisa has been an Adjunct Faculty member at several Universities, and is the founder of The Ferentz Institute, now in its thirteenth year providing continuing education to mental health professionals and graduating over 1400 clinicians from Certificate Programs in Advanced Trauma Treatment.
Lisa is the author of Treating Self-Destructive Behaviors in Traumatized Clients: A Clinician’s Guide, Letting Go of Self-Destructive Behaviors: A Workbook of Hope and Healing, and Finding Your Ruby Slippers: Transformative Life Lessons From the Therapist’s Couch. Lisa is also a radio show host, blogger, writer, and teacher on self-harm and self-care.
Lisa Ferentz appears in the following Academy of Therapy Wisdom Programs:
Debra Chatman-Finley, LPC, NCC
Debra Chatman- Finley, is a Licensed Professional Counselor, and a National Board-Certified Counselor in private practice in Montclair, NJ with over 20 years clinical experience. She is an Adjunct Professor at New York University, teaching Racial and Social Micro-Aggressions in Clinical Practice. She has also facilitated numerous workshops such as Micro-Aggressions: Making the Invisible Visible, and Unmasking Race With Interracial Couples. Debra has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology. She is a graduate and former Associate Faculty of the Multicultural Family Institute. Debra enhanced her expertise in the treatment of the traumatic effects of racial trauma on people of color through her training at the Trauma Center at the Justice Resource Institute in Boston, MA where she received her Certification in Traumatic Stress.
Debra Chatman-Finley appears in the following Academy of Therapy Wisdom Programs:
Gliceria Pérez, LCSW
Gliceria Pérez, LCSW, is a bilingual Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a Master of Social Work degree from Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service. She has years of experience in the fields of mental health, trauma, domestic violence, and child abuse/neglect. For the past 14 years, Ms. Pérez has provided short-term therapy to traumatized immigrant children/adolescents and their families. Ms. Pérez is trained in Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) and completed the Certificate Program in Traumatic Stress Studies at the Trauma Center at JRI as well as the Multicultural Family Institute. Since 2011, she has been an Adjunct Faculty at New York University Silver School of Social Work. Ms. Pérez conducts workshops/presentations on parenting, trauma, microaggressions and immigration. She maintains a private practice in New Jersey.
Gliceria Pérez appears in the following Academy of Therapy Wisdom Programs:
Tian Dayton, PhD
For over 4 decades, Dr. Tian Dayton has been healing hidden trauma. She is a senior fellow at The Meadows and was on the faculty at NYU for eight years teaching psychodrama. She has presented at conferences worldwide.
Dr. Dayton is a fellow of the American Society of Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy (ASGPP), winner of the Lifetime Achievement award, and former editor in chief of the Journal of Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy. Tian has been a guest expert on NBC, CNN, MSNBC, Montel, Rikki Lake, John Walsh, and Geraldo.
Tian is the author of Treating Adult Children of Relational Trauma, Adult Children of Alcoholics Workbook, Sociometrics, Emotional Sobriety, The Soulful Journey of Recovery, Trauma and Addiction, and Forgiving and Moving On.
Tian Dayton appears in the following Academy of Therapy Wisdom Programs:
Arielle Schwartz, PhD
Arielle Schwartz, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and author of six books: The Complex PTSD Workbook, The Practical Guide to Complex PTSD, EMDR Therapy and Somatic Psychology, The Post Traumatic Growth Guidebook, The Complex PTSD Treatment Manual, and Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma Recovery.
Dr. Schwartz is the founder of the Center for Resilience Informed Therapy in Boulder, Colorado where she maintains a private practice providing psychotherapy, supervision, and consultation. Arielle is a certified Kripalu yoga instructor and teaches with the Polyvagal Institute where she offers a course on Applied Polyvagal Theory in Yoga along with Dr. Stephen Porges. With over twenty years as a therapeutic yoga teacher, Dr. Schwartz believes that the journey of trauma recovery is an awakening of the spiritual heart.
Arielle Schwartz appears in the following Academy of Therapy Wisdom Programs:
Francesca Marguerite Maximé
Francesca Marguerite Maximé, LMSW, is a Haitian-Dominican Italian-American licensed somatic psychotherapist, mindfulness teacher, anti-racism educator, and award-winning poet/author in Brooklyn, New York. She received her undergraduate degree from Harvard University and her Master's in Social Work from Fordham University. Maximé offers services to help address trauma, process grief, and reduce stress for adults, groups, and organizations. She is the host of the ReRooted podcast on Ram Dass's Be Here Now Network. In 2019, Francesca received the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies Outstanding Student Advocacy & Service Award. She has been mentored in mindfulness meditation practices by celebrated author and clinical psychologist Jack Kornfield, Ph.D., and has also been a mindfulness student of clinical psychologist and internationally known teacher Tara Brach, Ph.D. Maximé’s work emphasizes issues pertaining to organizational, social, and cultural trauma as well as gender and racial equity and equality.
Francesca Maximé appears in the following Academy of Therapy Wisdom Programs:
Deirdre Fay, MSW
Deirdre Fay, MSW, works with people who have crummy histories to develop an inner platform for success to get their needs met for life. With decades of experience as a psychotherapist and educator, Deirdre brings together her research with neurobiology and attachment theory, then blends in ancient wisdom into a practice of what she calls “becoming safely embodied.”
Deirdre's message resonates deeply with those who may look successful on the surface, but internally they may be plagued with shame, anxiety, distress, depression, and wonderi how to release shame from their body. Experts in the field have described her practical methods as a “radically positive approach to healing trauma” and a way for people to “get better faster.”
Deirdre is the author of Becoming Safely Embodied: A Guide to Organize Your Mind, Body and Heart to Feel Secure in the World.
Deirdre Fay appears in the following Academy of Therapy Wisdom Programs:
Dr. Valerie (Vimalasara) Mason-John
Dr. Valerie (Vimalasara) Mason-John, M.A. (hon.doc) is a public speaker, coach, author, recovery specialist, and master trainer in the field of conflict transformation, leadership, and mindfulness. They have been practicing mindfulness for over 30 years and are one of the leading African-descent voices in the field of mindfulness and addiction, training professionals working worldwide in the field of addiction. Vimalasara is the co-founder of Eight Step Recovery, an alternative to the 12-step program for addiction, and Mindfulness Based Addiction Recovery (MBAR).
Vimalassara is also an award-winning author of ten books including Eight Step Recovery: Using The Buddha’s Teachings to Overcome Addiction, and Detox Your Heart: Meditations for Emotional Trauma, I Am Still Your Negro: An Homage to James Baldwin, and Afrikan Wisdom: New Voices Talk Black Liberation, Buddhism, and Beyond.
Vimalsara appears in the following Academy of Therapy Wisdom Programs:
Tori Olds, Ph.D.
Tori Olds, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist in private practice in Austin, Texas. She is the training director and part-owner of Deep Eddy Psychotherapy, a training and counseling center that houses 40 clinicians. She specializes in the integration of experiential approaches to therapy and teaches four weekly training groups on this topic. She also offers online video-based trainings that offer CEU's. Tori is passionate about breaking down complex psychological theories to make them accessible to the public, which she does through her Youtube channel as well as speaking engagements.
Tori Olds appears in the following Academy of Therapy Wisdom Programs:
Charlotte Howard, Ph.D., CGP
Charlotte Howard, Ph.D., CGP, is a licensed psychologist and Certified Group Psychotherapist, as well as the CEO of Deep Eddy Psychotherapy. She was an Independent Scholar at Middlebury College in VT, and received the Presidential Fellowship from the University of Iowa for her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology, followed by a Behavioral Health Internship at the University of Texas. In the 15 years since then, Dr. Howard started a private practice, Deep Eddy Psychotherapy, in Austin, TX, which she has built to 40 clinicians. She continues to be very involved in her clinical work with individuals and groups. Dr. Howard is also the author of Awaken to Love: A Heart & Soul Approach to a Better Love Relationship.
Charlotte Howard appears in the following Academy of Therapy Wisdom Programs:
Ruth Cohn, MFT
Ruth Cohn, MFT, is a psychotherapist living and practicing in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has specialized in working with survivors of trauma and neglect, their intimate partners, and their families since 1988. She is a Certified Sex Therapist, certified in Neurofeedback, EMDR, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, and Imago Relationship Therapy.
Ruth is also the author of numerous articles on sexuality, trauma, and neglect and three books: Working With the Developmental Trauma of Childhood Neglect: Using Psychotherapy and Attachment Theory Techniques in Clinical Practice, Coming Home to Passion: Restoring Loving Sexuality in Couples With Histories of Childhood Trauma and Neglect, and Out of My Mind: Late Night Contemplations About Trauma and Neglect.
Ruth Cohn appears in the following Academy of Therapy Wisdom Programs:
Staci K. Haines
Staci K. Haines is a national leader in the field of Somatics, specializing in intersecting personal and social change. Her latest book, The Politics of Trauma: Somatics, Healing and Social Justice (2019), is based on her work to transform the impact of individual and social trauma and violence, and strengthen the interdependence of personal and social change. Staci is the co-founder and former director of generative somatics (gs), a social justice organization bringing somatics to social and climate justice movements. She leads programs in somatics, trauma, and resilience, and embodied leadership for healers, social change leaders, and innovators. She is also a senior teacher at Strozzi Institute and a Certified Master Somatic Coach. Staci is also the author of Healing Sex: A Mind Body Approach to Healing Sexual Trauma (1999, 2007), and is the founder of generationFIVE, a community based organization whose mission is to end the sexual abuse of children within five generations.
Staci Haines appears in the following Academy of Therapy Wisdom Programs:
Lisa Lackey, MA, LCPC, CSAT, MCAT
Lisa Lackey, MA, LCPC, CSAT, MCAT, is a clinician and CEO who has over 20 years of experience as a trauma expert, speaker, coach, and conversation starter. She is passionate about increasing the quality of relationships by looking beyond the surface to discover patterns that are no longer useful.
Lisa Lackey appears in the following Academy of Therapy Wisdom Programs:
Susan Aposhyan, MA, LPC
Susan Aposhyan, M.A., L.P.C. is a seasoned psychotherapist and educator with 50+ years' expertise in psychology, meditation, yoga, dance, and somatics.
Founder of Body-Mind Psychotherapy, she blends science and experiential learning for transformative change. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate, Susan's a certified Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen’s Body-Mind Centering® teacher, aligning her passions.
An acclaimed author, director of Naropa's Body Psychotherapy Masters Program, and Association of Somatic Psychology founder, Susan's impact is substantial.
Susan Aposhyan appears in the following Academy of Therapy Wisdom Programs:
Sabrina N'Diaye, PhD
Dr. Sabrina N’Diaye is a therapist, storyteller, peacebuilder, and student of Sufism.
In 2008, she founded the Heart Nest Center for Peace and Healing in Baltimore, Maryland, where she lovingly serves women, couples, small groups, and other healers.
Dr. Sabrina has worked with the Center for Mind-Body Medicine, teaching the art of self-care to healthcare professionals and community leaders. As Center faculty, she responded to community trauma in Las Vegas, Houston, the Pine Ridge Reservation, New York City, Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, and the Middle East. She also served as the lead faculty for programs in Indianapolis, Central Asia, East Africa, the US Capitol Police, and the aftermath of the May 14, 2022, massacre in East Buffalo.
She recently completed her first book, Big Mama Speaks: Love Lessons from a Harlem River Swan, based on her maternal grandmother’s ability to transcend multiple traumas and chronic illness.
Dr. N'Diaye appears in the following Academy of Therapy Wisdom Programs:
Gary Katz, LCSW, CSAT, CPTT
Gary Katz, LCSW, CSAT, CPTT, is the founder of The Center for Intimacy Recovery and Seen Therapy at the Center for Women’s Intimacy, in New York. Both of his practices focus primarily on intimacy and relationships. Gary has found that without a sense of intimacy with oneself, people can’t fully experience intimacy with someone else. He believes that because our hearts are fragile and we develop strategies to keep them safe and avoid getting hurt. Often these strategies later become maladaptive and stop serving us or they hold us back from achieving the connection and intimacy we are actually seeking. The Center for Intimacy Recovery and Seen Therapy both help clients to find ways to have the intimacy and connection in life that they are seeking.
Gary Katz appears in the following Academy of Therapy Wisdom Programs:
Jennifer Acker, LCSW, CSAT-S, CPTT-S
Jennifer Acker, LCSW, CSAT-S, CPTT-S, focuses on helping clients develop and maintain authentic and fulfilling relationships with the self, first and foremost, and, secondly, with others. She is certified in sex addiction treatment (CSAT), sensorimotor psychotherapy (SP), trauma-sensitive HeartMath, post-induction training (PIT), intensive somatic attachment and trauma resolution, and eye movement desensitization reprocessing (EMDR). Most recently she has trained with Dana Childs in energy healing and Kelly McDaniel in Mother Hunger work. Jen has found that each one of these techniques relates to one another, and she uses them all organically depending on what seems appropriate for each client, giving each person their own unique recipe of treatment.
Jennifer Acker appears in the following Academy of Therapy Wisdom Programs:
Edy Nathan, MA, LCSWR, CST
Edy Nathan is a licensed clinical social worker in private practice in New York City. Edy’s work focuses on three of the four things people never want to talk about — grief, sex, and trauma (she leaves the discussions about money to others). Her work in grief, trauma, and sexuality offers insight into the way loss affects the soul and the brain. She uses these insights to breathe new meaning into the lives of those stagnated by loss or trauma.
Edy has master’s degrees in Psychology, Drama, and Social Work, and post-graduate work in Sex Therapy and Sex Education. She is a Certified Sex Therapist, Certified Hypnotherapist, EMDR clinician, psychodrama therapist, Psychology Today blogger, motivational speaker, and workshop leader. Edy is the author of It’s Grief: The Dance of Self-Discovery through Trauma and Loss.
Edy Nathan appears in the following Academy of Therapy Wisdom Programs:
Akilah Riley-Richardson, MSW, CCTP, RLT
Akilah Riley-Richardson, MSW, CCTP is a published researcher, Relational Healing Facilitator, couples therapist and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. She has been in clinical practice for sixteen years and has experience working with couples and persons practicing consensual non monogamy, both in the Caribbean and internationally. Akilah also specialises in work with sexual minorities and racial minorities.
As an educator and facilitator, she has provided consultancy services to organizations such as NASTAD (National Alliance for State and Territorial AIDS directors), the Relational Life Institute, I-TECH (International Training and Education Center for Health) and CVC (Caribbean Vulnerable Communities). She has presented in various spaces including the Psychotherapy Networker Symposium and the Black Mental health Symposium. She has been a Social Work Educator at the University of the Southern Caribbean since 2012. She is the founder of the BIPOC Relational Healing Institute and creator of the P.R.I.D.E model.
Akilah strives for: Authenticity, Alignment, Attunement and Abundance. She is a woman who knows both joy and pain in her personal life. She knows to treat all emotions with the dignity they deserve. Akilah is a mother, partner, researcher, social worker, advocate, educator, facilitator, therapist, and person. She brings all of who she is to the spaces that she serves.
Akilah Riley-Richardson appears in the following Academy of Therapy Wisdom Programs:
Karen Andor, MEd (Ed Psych)
Karen Andor, MEd, is an Educational Psychologist and psychotherapist. She completed her original training in South Africa where she worked in a range of settings from private schools to clinics, townships, and informal settlements. Since then, she has worked for local councils and state schools as well as in private practice in England. Karen is trained in a number of psychotherapies including, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, and SPIM30, and is a certified Theraplay therapist, TIST therapist, Rhythmic Movement therapist, and Johansen Music provider.
Karen works with both children and adult clients, specializing in trauma, attachment, and dissociation. Karen has adapted Janina Fisher's TIST therapy for children and has used this with children for over 6 years. Karen offers training in TIST for children, as well one that combines TIST for children and Theraplay for The Theraplay Institute. She has created a workbook and doll for use in therapy sessions with children who dissociate.
Karen Andor appears in the following Academy of Therapy Wisdom Programs:
Laurie Ure, LILCSW, CBT
Laurie Ure, a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and Certified Bioenergetic Therapist, has over 25 years of experience as a Bioenergetic Therapist. In addition to work with individuals, she leads Bioenergetic workshops and trains Bioenergetic Therapists in the United States and internationally. Laurie directs the Massachusetts Society for Bioenergetic Analysis and has published many articles about the bioenergetic approach. www.laurieure.com
Laurie Ure appears in the following Academy of Therapy Wisdom Programs:
Vincentia Schroeter, PhD
Vincentia Schroeter, PhD, is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over forty years experience as a Bioenergetic Analyst. She is a member of the international faculty of the IIBA, member of SCIBA (Southern California), and past editor of the IIBA journal (2008-2018). She is a co-author with Barbara Thomson of Bend Into Shape, Techniques for Bioenergetic Therapists (2011); author of Communication Breakthrough: How Brain Science and Listening to Body Cues Can Transform Your Relationships (2018); and author of Tilt: Seeking Balance in Troubled Times (2021). www.vincentiaschroeterphd.com
Vincentia Schroeter appears in the following Academy of Therapy Wisdom Programs:
Robert Coffman, PhD
Robert Coffman, PhD, is a licensed Clinical Psychologist with over forty-five years experience as a Bioenergetic Analyst and trainer. He is a member of the international faculty of the International Institute of Bioenergetic Analysis (IIBA). He assists as a clinical facilitator for Somatic Experiencing training and has an ongoing private practice in California. www.drrobertcoffman.com
Robert Coffman appears in the following Academy of Therapy Wisdom Programs:
Sarah Burgamy, PsyD
Sarah Burgamy, Psy.D., specializes in identity development, sexual minority competency, and transgender and gender diversity issues with adults, adolescents, and children.
She has a degree from the University of Denver, Graduate School of Professional Psychology, in Clinical Psychology, with an emphasis on child and adolescent development. She was an adjunct assistant professor at DU focused on arenas of development and culture, LGBTIQQ+ cultural competency, and cross cultural analysis.
Sarah has trained in the professional, educational, healthcare, and public sectors. She has served on the American Psychological Association (APA) Council of Representatives, the APA Committee on Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, the Colorado Psychological Association, on the Board of Directors for organizations serving youth. Dr. Burgamy currently serves on the Advisory Committee for the Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology at APA.
Sarah has a private practice, PhoenixRISE, in Denver, Colorado.
Sarah Burgamy appears in the following Academy of Therapy Wisdom Programs:
Kimberly May, LPC-S, LMFT
Kimberly May, LPC-S, LMFT, is a therapist and the founder of Substance Use Therapy in Austin, TX. Kimberly specializes in serving individuals, couples, and families whose lives have been impacted by substance use. She works from a harm reduction model to support people wherever they are on the continuum of use.
Kimberly has worked in harm reduction and community mental health programs since 2009. Her passion is empowering people to make changes on their terms and works to foster this through compassion, pragmatism, and collaboration.
In addition to her clinical work, Kimberly has provided training to clinicians, physicians, paraprofessionals, and law enforcement, all with the goal of enhancing our capacity to do our most important work—helping people be well.
Kimberly May appears in the following Academy of Therapy Wisdom Programs:
Jamie Marich, Ph.D.
Jamie Marich, Ph.D., (she/they) describes themselves as a facilitator of transformative experiences. A clinical trauma specialist, expressive artist, writer, performer, short filmmaker, Reiki master, TEDx speaker, and recovery advocate, she unites all of these elements in her mission to inspire healing in others. She is a woman in long-term recovery from an addictive disorder and is living loudly and proudly as a woman with a dissociative disorder with the goal of smashing stigma about dissociation in the mental health field and in society at large.
Jamie is the author of 11 books on EMDR, trauma, arts, and dissociation. Her latest books are Trauma and the 12 Steps: A Complete Guide for Recovery Enhancement, Dissociation Made Simple: A Stigma-Free Guide to Embracing Your Dissociative Mind and Navigating Life, and Healing Addiction with EMDR Therapy: A Trauma-Focused Guide with Dr. Stephen Dansiger. She is the founder of the Institute for Creative Mindfulness and the developer of the Dancing Mindfulness approach to expressive arts therapy and of Yoga for Clinicians.
Jamie Marich appears in the following Academy of Therapy Wisdom Programs:
Morgan Lindsey, PhD
Morgan Lindsey is a psychotherapist specializing in resilience building, self-compassion, and trauma recovery. Her work includes individual therapy, group psychotherapy, corporate mindfulness, and training coaches and therapists. She weaves modern neuroscience with ancient wisdom traditions to help people find the love and connection they long for both within themselves and each other.
Morgan is the founder of Resilience Partners, PLLC, a group psychotherapy practice based in Texas, leads shame and self-compassion retreats, and is a trainer for the Intimacy From the Inside Out (IFIO) model of couples therapy. She has served as a program assistant with Richard Schwartz in association with the IFS Institute, and specializes in Internal Family Systems therapy. Morgan is passionate about the transformational power of groups, education, and shared experience in the therapy and coaching setting.
Morgan Lindsey appears in the following Academy of Therapy Wisdom Programs:
Dafna Lender, LCSW
Dafna Lender, LCSW, is an international trainer and supervisor for practitioners who work with children and families. She is a certified trainer and supervisor/consultant in both Theraplay and Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP), as well as an EMDR therapist. Dafna’s expertise is drawn from 25 years of working with families in many settings: at-risk after school programs, therapeutic foster care, in-home crisis stabilization, residential care, and private practice. Dafna’s style— whether as a therapist or teacher — is combining the light-hearted with the profound by bringing a playful, intense, and passionate presence to every encounter. Dafna is the author of Integrative Attachment Family Therapy and co-author of Theraplay: The Practitioner’s Guide. She teaches and supervises clinicians in 15 countries and in 4 languages.
Dafna Lender appears in the following Academy of Therapy Wisdom Programs:
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Nathalie Edmond, Psy.D., RYT-500
Dr. Nathalie Edmond is a licensed clinical psychologist and registered yoga teacher. She was director of a women's trauma program for several years before starting her own group practice in New Jersey that centers on those individuals that tend to be oppressed and marginalized. She is an anti-racism consultant and also teaches trauma sensitive yoga. She infuses mindfulness into her anti-racism workshops to encourage an embodied experience of dialogue and healing.
Kim John Payne, M.Ed.
A consultant and trainer to over 230 U.S. independent and public schools, Kim John Payne, M.Ed., has been a school counselor, adult educator, consultant, researcher, educator, and private family counselor for 27 years. Kim has served as Director of the Collaborative Counseling Program at Antioch University New England and he is the Director of the Simplicity Project. He regularly gives key-note addresses at international conferences for educators, parents, and therapists and runs workshops and trainings around the world. Kim is also the author of the #1 bestselling book Simplicity Parenting©: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier and More Secure Kid.
Nancy J. Napier, LMFT
Nancy is a psychotherapist in private practice in New York City. A trauma specialist with a sub-specialty in hypnosis, she is also on the faculty of the Somatic Experiencing® Trauma Institute. Her areas of focus are trauma resolution, relational and attachment issues, spirituality, accessing the optimal future self and other aspects of multidimensionality. She teaches workshops for professionals and the public. With a prior specialization in dissociative disorders, she is author of Recreating Your Self: Increasing Self-Esteem Through Imaging and Self-Hypnosis, Getting Through the Day: Help for Adults Hurt as Children, Sacred Practices for Conscious Living, and co-author of Meditations & Rituals for Conscious Living.
Ana do Valle, OTR, SEP, SIPTC
Ana is a licensed and registered mental health occupational therapist who has been working and practicing in the field of trauma and self-coregulation for the past 38 years. She has been teaching the SEGAN model since 2017 in the US, Norway, and Israel. Ana is an approved Somatic Experiencing Practitioner Consultant for all levels of students undergoing the three-year graduate SEP (Somatic Experiencing Practitioner) training. She is a Member of the Clinical Advisory Team (CAT) for Unyte, providing quarterly webinars to all practitioners utilizing the Focus System and the SSP, also supporting general program development.
John Howard, LMFT
John Howard is an internationally-recognized therapist, wellness expert, and educator who uses the latest science to help couples have stronger relationships. He is the author of More than Words: The Science of Deepening Love and Connection in any Relationship (Simon & Schuster, 2022). John has presented on the neuroscience of couples therapy at psychological conferences and developed a relationship wellness program for Google. His work seeks to promote diversity and inclusion in the relationship space. As a Cuban-American, John draws on his studies of shamanic, Indigenous and multicultural traditions to imbue his work with spiritual depth and meaning. He is the host of The John Howard Show, a wellness podcast, and the creator of the Ready Set Love® series of online programs for couples. John is on the faculty at the Dell Medical School in Austin where he designed an innovative couples and family therapy curriculum. He is also the CEO of PRESENCE, a wellness center in Austin, TX dedicated to helping people achieve optimal mental, physical, and relationship health. In 2019, he developed Presence Therapy®, an integrative approach to couples therapy that incorporates mindfulness, psychobiology, and neuroscience to help partners connect more deeply.
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