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Natalya A. Lindo, PhD, LPC, Certified CCPT-S, Certified CPRT-S, is an Associate Professor and Department Chair at the University of North Texas with more than fifteen years of experience as a researcher and clinician with specialized training in working with children, families, and diverse and at-risk populations. Dr. Lindo’s primary research areas are school-based play therapy, Child Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT), teacher child relationship building and career development across the lifespan. Consistent with this research agenda, Dr. Lindo regularly conducts action-research projects in the public schools related to Child Parent Relationship Therapy and Teacher Child Relationship Building. Most recently Dr. Lindo developed the Child and Adolescent Career Construction Interview aimed at improving self-concept, occupational identity and career adaptability. With a focus on capacity building, Dr. Lindo collaborates with administrators and school counselors to develop school-wide mental health initiatives targeting children who are at risk for school failure.

Natan P F Kellermann, PhD, is a clinical psychologist living in Jerusalem, Israel, and a practitioner of psychodrama and sociodrama. He worked for many years in Amcha, a treatment center for Holocaust survivors and their families. His website is http://peterfelix.weebly.com

Natan P F Kellermann, PhD, is a clinical psychologist living in Jerusalem, Israel, and a practitioner of psychodrama and sociodrama. He worked for many years in Amcha, a treatment center for Holocaust survivors and their families. His website is http://peterfelix.weebly.com

Dr. Nicholas Sarantakis is a Counseling Psychologist living and working in Milton Keynes (UK).He has been practicing as an integrative psychotherapist within a humanistic philosophy for more than10 years with individuals, couples and families and groups. He is also the Programme Leader of the Counselling Psychology Doctorate and Senior Lecturer at the Metanoia Institute/Middlesex University (London, UK) and he
has previously worked at the universities of Northampton, Teesside and York St. John and as a scientific consultant for the Greek Green Party and as an employment mediator for the Ministry of Labour (Greece). He has published articles in peer-reviewed journals and professional websites about various topics, such as pluralistic, family and group therapy and an anti-discriminatory stance in psychotherapy. He possesses a professional doctorate in Counselling Psychology, a professional qualification in group, family and couple's therapy, a degree in Sociology and a diploma in Jazz composition (Berklee College of Music, Boston, USA). Recently, he has been exploring the psychotherapeutic experience through poetry and he is writing a book of psychotherapy tales. www.nicholassarantakis.com, nicholas.sarantakis@gmail.com 

Nicholas A. Cummings, PhD is a visionary who for half a century not only was able to foresee the future of professional psychology, he helped create it. A former president of the American Psychological Association (APA), he formed a number of national organizations in response to trends. He launched the professional school movement by founding the four campuses of the California School of Professional Psychology that established clinicians as full-fledged members of the faculty. As chief of mental health for the Kaiser Permanente health system in the 1950s, he wrote and implemented the first prepaid psychotherapy contract in the era when psychotherapy was an exclusion rather than a covered benefit in health insurance. He wrote what is known as the freedom-of-choice legislation that requires insurers to reimburse psychologists along with psychiatrists, and he conducted the medical cost offset research showing that psychological interventions save medical/surgical dollars.

Foreseeing the industrialization of healthcare, and particularly behavioral healthcare, Cummings founded American Biodyne, the nation's first psychology-driven managed behavioral health organization (MBHO). Other organizations he founded were the National Academies of Practice, the National Council of Professional School of Psychology (NCSPP), the San Joaquin County Psychological Association, and the American Managed Behavioral Healthcare Association (AMBHA). With others he co-founded the California Psychological Association, the San Francisco Bay Area Psychological Association, the Council for the Advancement of the Psychological Professions and Sciences (CAPPS). In spite of being controversial all of his life, he is the recipient of numerous awards, including psychology's highest, the APF Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Practice.

Cummings has written over 450 journal articles and 45 books, 8 of them with his daughter, Dr. Janet Cummings. Throughout the half-century of professional activity, Dr. Cummings never saw less than 40 to 50 patients per week in private practice. His belief has been that once he lost contact with hands-on clinical practice, he would lose sight of the important factors in clinical psychology.

At present, Cummings resides in Reno, Nevada with his wife, Dorothy. He is Distinguished Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno. He chairs the boards of directors of both The Nicholas & Dorothy Cummings Foundation, Inc. and CareIntegra, and he is president of the Cummings Foundation for Behavioral Health.

Nicole Arzt, LMFT, is an author, speaker, and practicing psychotherapist. She specializes in treating complex trauma and all substance use disorders, with a focus on supporting newer therapists. She has previous experience working in school-based settings, hospitals, nonprofit healthcare, and inpatient mental health treatment. Nicole is the founder and owner of Soul of Therapy LLC, a boutique media business for therapists. Her writing has been featured in Forbes, Yahoo! News, the Today show, and more. In 2018, Nicole founded @psychotherapymemes, a global community dedicated to bringing humor and lightness into this heavy profession. Learn more at www.nicolearzt.com.

Jeremy Arzt, LMFT, is a clinical supervisor and practicing psychotherapist. He specializes in treating attachment trauma, men’s issues, and couples. In his former role as chief clinical officer, he managed multidisciplinary clinical duties for several inpatient and outpatient mental health programs throughout Southern California. Jeremy also has previous faculty experience teaching family therapy and trauma courses for graduate students. He currently facilitates attachment-based consultation groups for mental health professionals and offers depth-oriented supervision for training therapists. Learn more at www.jeremyarzt.com.  

Nina Silander, PsyD recently completed a trauma psychology residency with the Division of Trauma, University of Florida Health – Jacksonville. She completed her doctoral internship at the Syracuse VA Medical Center and has past experience in outpatient and inpatient trauma and substance use treatment, as well as psychological and neuropsychological assessment. Dr. Silander will soon be moving into a role as a rehabilitation psychologist at Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital to continue the journey with patients after trauma and acute care.

Michael Alcee, PhD is a clinical psychologist and former training coordinator who specializes in using his background in music, literature, and the arts to help beginning clinicians develop their unique therapeutic voice. He is a two-time TEDx speaker, regular podcast contributor, and winner of the APA Division 39/Section V Schillinger Memorial prize for his essay "Reading the Changes: Freud's Improvisational Art" on the link between jazz and psychoanalysis. In addition to his private practice, he is currently Mental Health Coordinator at Manhattan School of Music and adjunct professor of psychology at William Patterson University. He is currently in production of a podcast series with Nathan Engel entitled Live Life Creatively, focusing on the links between artistic and personal creativity, and working on a book project entitled Developing a Therapeutic Voice. drmichaelalcee.com

Michael Alcee, PhD is a clinical psychologist and former training coordinator who specializes in using his background in music, literature, and the arts to help beginning clinicians develop their unique therapeutic voice. He is a two-time TEDx speaker, regular podcast contributor, and winner of the APA Division 39/Section V Schillinger Memorial prize for his essay "Reading the Changes: Freud's Improvisational Art" on the link between jazz and psychoanalysis. In addition to his private practice, he is currently Mental Health Coordinator at Manhattan School of Music and adjunct professor of psychology at William Patterson University. He is currently in production of a podcast series with Nathan Engel entitled Live Life Creatively, focusing on the links between artistic and personal creativity, and working on a book project entitled Developing a Therapeutic Voice. Get more details on his website.