Archives: Authors

Author, teacher, psychotherapist, and consultant Norman Shub has worked around the world. Norman has been the Clinical Director of the Gestalt Institute of Central Ohio for almost 40 years. In addition, he has served as a long-term member of the editorial board of the Gestalt Review and other related journals. Many of Norman's books are available in other languages, including his latest, La Psicoterapia Guestalt en el tratamiento de Neurosis: El Self en guerra con El Self, which was just published.

Olga Babira, MSc, is a nationally certified psychologist and psychotherapist working with a psychodynamic approach that encompasses cognitive-behavioral therapy, transactional analysis, and value-based counseling. A graduate of the Kyiv Institute of Modern Psychology and Psychotherapy, the University of Lisbon certified her in 2022. Since 2019, she has run a successful private practice offering in-depth and personalized consultation and therapy to individuals in pursuit of improving their mental and emotional wellness. Among her other responsibilities, she works clinically online with Ukranian clients through Soul Space.  

Orah Krug, PhD is recognized in her field as a master clinician, supervisor, teacher and author. She has been a licensed psychotherapist for over 30 years and an adjunct professor at Saybrook University for over 15 years. Her therapy and teaching has been inspired by her two long-time mentors: Irvin Yalom M.D. and James Bugental PhD. Orah has contributed to her field through numerous chapters and articles on the practice of Existential-Humanistic therapy including her highly regarded texts published by the American Psychological Association: Supervision Essentials for Existential-Humanistic Therapy (2016) and Existential-Humanistic Therapy (2017).

Otto Kernberg, MD is the Director of the Personality Disorder Institute at the New York Presbyterian Hospital, Westchester Division, and Professor of Psychiatry at the Joan and Sandford I. Weill Medical College and Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell University. He is also Training and Supervising Analyst of the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research and is the Past-President of the International Psychoanalytic Association. He has received numerous awards for his excellence in Psychiatry and has authored or coauthored over twenty books.

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Owen Renik, MD, is currently a Training and Supervising Analyst at the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Society. He was Editor in Chief of the Psychoanalytic Quarterly for ten years, Program Chair of the American Psychoanalytic Association for two terms, and served as Director of Training and Associate Chief of the Department of Psychiatry at Mount Zion Hospital, San Francisco. He maintains a private practice in San Francisco. In his book, Practical Psychoanalysis for Therapists and Patients, Renik makes use of clinical anecdotes to describe how to begin treatment, how to end it, and how to deal with the in-betweens in an engaging, practical, and down-to-earth style that will be valuable to therapists of any orientation.

Pamela Dunne is professor of Theatre Arts and Dance at California State University, Los Angeles and is director of the Drama Therapy Institute of Los Angeles . She conducts workshops and training programs nationally and internationally in the areas drama therapy and narradrama, is past President of the US National Association for Drama Therapy, and operates a private practice in Los Angeles. She is the author of several books including The Narrative Therapist and the Arts and Narradrama: Integrating Drama Therapy, Narrative, and the Creative Arts.

Pamela Garber, LMHC earned her Masters degree from Nova Southeastern University and her undergraduate degree from the University of Texas. In addition, she studied film production at the Film Lab Actor’s Lab in Las Colinas, Texas. Combining psychology and film, she developed and produced a behavior modification program called Playing the Tape, a DVD curriculum series with a workbook and assessment. Her website is www.grandcentralcounselinggroup.com

Paris Goodyear-Brown, LCSW, RPT-S, the founder and director of Nurture House, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor with 20 years of experience in treating families in need. While she specializes in treating trauma (sexual abuse, physical abuse, maltreatment and neglect) and attachment disturbances, she often provides help for anxious, angry or depressed children and teens. A child development expert, she frequently provides parent consultation, dyadic assessment and parent coaching to help parents manage and resolve their children’s behavior problems. Her newest books include Tackling Touchy Subjects, the Handbook of Child Sexual Abuse: Identification, Assessment, and Treatment, Play Therapy with Traumatized Children: A Prescriptive Approach and The Worry Wars: An Anxiety Workbook for Kids and their Helpful Adults. More information about Paris at nurturehouse.org. 

Scott Riviere, MS, LPC, RPT-S, is a Licensed Professional Counselor and one of the first Registered Play Therapist-Supervisors in Louisiana. He is the Director of K.I.D.Z., Inc., Louisiana's first Play Therapy Institute, where his practice is limited exclusively to children and adolescents, ages 2-18 and their families. Scott has over 25 years’ experience dealing with such issues as grief and trauma, anxiety disorders, ADHD, behavioral problems, attachment disorders, and Autism Spectrum disorders. More information about Scott at scottriviere.com.

Janine Shelby, PhD, RPT-S is a licensed psychologist who provides training, therapy, forensic assessment and international disaster consultation to survivors and those who work with survivors. She has provided hundreds of seminars to audiences throughout North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia. Dr. Shelby is a board-certified expert in traumatic stress who is a clinical instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at UCLA, founded the Child Trauma Clinic at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, is the former clinical director of the Rape Treatment Center at Santa Monica -UCLA Medical Center and past president of the California Association for Play Therapy.

Patricia Love, EdD is a renowned expert on relationships and personal development, speaking at conferences all over the world. She is the author of the two popular books, Hot Monogamy and The Truth About Love, and the recent How to Improve Your Marriage Without Talking About It. She has appeared numerous times on Oprah, The Today Show and CNN. She is also a past president of the International Association for Marriage and Family Counseling.