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Reid Hester, PhD, is the Director of the Research Division of Behavior Therapy Associates in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His professional career balances clinical work with consultation, research, and training in empirically supported approaches in substance abuse treatment. He has written three books and 37 other publications in the area of substance abuse prevention and treatment. Dr. Hester has been a technical adviser and consultant to the World Health Organization (WHO), the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). 

R. Reid Wilson, PhD is a licensed psychologist who directs the Anxiety Disorders Treatment Center in Chapel Hill and Durham, North Carolina. He is also Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. Wilson specializes in the treatment of anxiety disorders and is the author of Don’t Panic: Taking Control of Anxiety Attacks (Harper Perennial, 1996), Facing Panic: Self-Help for People with Panic Attacks (Anxiety Disorders Association of America, 2003), and is co-author with Edna Foa of Stop Obsessing! How to Overcome Your Obsessions and Compulsions (Bantam, 2001). Wilson served on the Board of Directors of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America for twelve years and was Program Chair of the National Conferences on Anxiety Disorders from 1988-1991. In 2014 The Anxiety and Depression Association of America honored Wilson for a lifetime of service in treating anxiety disorders, awarding him the Jerilyn Ross Clinician Advocate Award at its annual conference in Chicago.

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Professor Rene Marineau, director of the Documentation Center in History and Epistemology of Psychology (University of Quebec in Trois-Riviéres, Canada), and co-director of the International Center for Expressive Psychotherapy, in collaboration with psychologist Marie-Louise Moreau, has produced these DVDs from original film reels, finally making them available to a larger public of therapists and educators. These movies extend from 1933 to 1964, and represent, beyond their historical value, a very good introduction to Moreno methods and style of directing.

Renée Xiaoyü Chen is a writer and Marriage and Family Therapist-in-Training currently completing her studies at California Institute of Integral Studies. She is seeing clients through the Marina Counseling Center in San Francisco. Her experience growing up bi-culturally and living in two drastically different cultures helped her to develop a sensitivity towards and passion for working with those who experience themselves at the margins of society. Her website is www.reneexchen.com.

Dr. Stockton is a recipient of the American Counseling Association’s Extended Research Award and the Association for Specialists in Group Work Eminent Career Award. Most recently, he received APA’s Division 49, the Arthur Teicher Award. He is also a recipient of the Burton W. Gorman Teaching Award at Indiana University and the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision’s Distinguished Mentor Award. In addition to his research efforts, Dr. Stockton has conducted many workshops, nationally and internationally.

As well as his consulting, instructional and research activities, Dr. Stockton has held numerous offices and committee assignments in professional societies. Among other roles, he is a Fellow of the American Counseling Association (ACA) and of the American Psychological Association (APA).

Currently, Dr. Stockton leads a project focusing on counselor training and research related to HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa. More information about the International Counseling, Advocacy, Research and Education (I-CARE) project may be found here.

Richard B. Joelson, DSW, LCSW, has been a clinical social work psychotherapist,
educator, and administrator since 1970. His private practice in New York City provides counseling and psychotherapy services to individuals and couples. He has been the executive director of a mental health clinic and the Director of Admissions and Student Affairs at New York University School of Social Work. He was an assistant professor of social work at New York University and taught in both the doctoral program and the post-master's program in social work administration at Hunter College School of Social Work. His book, Help Me! A Psychotherapist's Tried and True Techniques for a Happier Relationship with Yourself and the People You Love was published by Health Psychology Press in 2016.

Richard J. Lally, MSW, LCSW is a graduate from New York University School of Social Work and has been working in the field for over thirty years specializing in child, adolescent, couple, and family therapy. He has extensive postgraduate training from Minuchin Center for the Family, Princeton Family Center for Education and New Jersey Center for Family Studies. He has worked at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Social Work, New York University Medical Center and Bergen Regional Medical Center. Rich Lally provides consultation school districts on how to engage with families systemically. He also has a private practice in Denville, NJ and serves as the Board President of the Minchin Center for the Family.

Richard B. Makover, M.D., is the author of Basics of Psychotherapy: A Practical Guide to Improving Clinical Success, available from Amazon and other booksellers, and from the publisher’s website, APPI.org. His book grew out of decades of clinical practice, along with his administrative and academic experience. He holds a faculty appointment with the Yale University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry.

Richard P. Halgin is a Professor of Psychology in the Clinical Psychology Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is a Board Certified Clinical Psychologist and has had over three decades of clinical, supervisory, and consulting experience. He has published three books including Abnormal Psychology: Clinical Perspectives on Psychological Disorders (McGraw-Hill, 6th edition in press, 2010 copyright, co-authored with Susan Whitbourne), Taking Sides: Controversial Issues in Abnormal Psychology (McGraw-Hill, 5th edition, 2009), and A Casebook in Abnormal Psychology: From the Files of Experts (1998, Oxford University Press, co-edited with Susan Whitbourne).

At the University of Massachusetts his course in Abnormal Psychology is one of the most popular offerings on campus, attracting an enrollment of more than 500 students, and he has been honored with the Distinguished Teaching Award among other awards. He also holds the position of Visiting Professor of Psychology at Amherst College, where he teaches Abnormal Psychology on an annual basis. Dr. Halgin is the author of more than fifty journal articles and book chapters in the fields of psychotherapy, clinical supervision, and professional issues in psychology. He served as Chair of the GRE-Psychology Board of Examiners and as an Associate of the Ethics Committee of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Halgin maintains an active psychotherapy practice in the town of Amherst, Massachusetts.