MARY JO BARRETT, MSW
Mary Jo Barrett, MSW, is the founder and director of Contextual Change and coauthor of
Treating Complex Trauma: A Relational Blueprint for Collaboration and
Change and The Systemic Treatment of Incest.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Mary Jo Barrett is the founder and director of the Center for Contextual Change.
Non-financial: Mary Jo Barrett has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.
KATY BUTLER, MA
Katy Butler is a features editor for Psychotherapy Networker and has contributed to The New York Times Magazine. She is writing a book, entitled Knocking on Heaven's Door: A Daughter's Journey Through Old Age and New Medicine.
JAY EFRAN, PH.D.
Jay Efran, Ph.D., professor emeritus of psychology at Temple University. He received the Pennsylvania Psychological Association’s 2009 award for Distinguished Contributions to the Science and Profession of Psychology and is co-author of Language, Structure and Change and The Tao of Sobriety.
LINDA STONE FISH, MSW, PHD
Linda Stone Fish, M.S.W., Ph.D., is the David B. Falk Endowed Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy at Syracuse University and the author of Nurturing Queer Youth.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Linda Stone Fish is in private practice. She is a David B. Falk Endowed Professor at Syracuse University.
Non-financial: Linda Stone Fish is a member of the American Family Therapy Association.
SUSAN ROWAN
"Susan Rowan" is the pseudonym of an experienced licensed clinical social worker in her mid-forties. She works with the severely mentally ill in a community mental health center.
JAN MICHAEL SHERMAN, MA
Jan Michael Sherman, M.A., is a marriage and family therapist who now lives on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast. He is in private practice, specializing in narrative therapy.
JENNY NEWSOME
"Jenny Newsome" is the pseudonym of an experienced cognitive-behavioral therapist on the Eastern Seaboard.
MICHAEL F. HOYT, PHD
Michael F. Hoyt, Ph.D., is a senior staff psychologist at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in San Rafael, California. His most recent books are Some Stories Are Better than Others and Interviews with Brief Therapy Experts.
ARNOLD A. LAZARUS, PHD, ABPP
Arnold A. Lazarus, Ph.D., A.B.P.P., is a distinguished professor emeritus of psychology at Rutgers University and has a private practice in Princeton, New Jersey. He is the author of many books, including The 60-Second Shrink and Marital Myths Revisited.
OFER ZUR, PHD
Ofer Zur, Ph.D., director of the Zur Institute, is a licensed psychologist from Sonoma, California. He's written dozens of articles and four books, including Dual Relationships and Psychotherapy and Boundaries in Psychotherapy.
JANINE ROBERTS, EDD
Janine Roberts, Ed.D., professor emerita at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, is the author of Tales and Transformations and Rituals for Our Times.