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Judith J. Wurtman, PhD, is former Director of the Program in Women’s Health at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Clinical Research Center. She was the founder and director of the TRIAD weight management center at McLean Hospital, a Harvard University affiliated psychiatric hospital, and co-founder of the ADARA weight management center in Boston, MA. The relationship between disorders of mood and appetite has been the focus of her research and she has more recently been interested in how to halt and reverse weight gain associated with psychotropic drug treatment. Her most recent book is The Serotonin Power Diet.

Julian D. Ford, PhD, ABPP, is a board-certified clinical psychologist and Professor of Psychiatry and Law at the University of Connecticut where he directs two Treatment and Services Adaptation Centers in the National Child Traumatic Stress Network: the Center for Trauma Recovery and Juvenile Justice and the Center for the Treatment of Developmental Trauma Disorders. Dr. Ford is past President of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. He has published more than 250 articles and book chapters and is the author or editor of 10 books. 

Julie Bindeman, PsyD, is the co-owner of Integrative Therapy of Greater Washington in Rockville, Maryland, where she specializes in the field of Reproductive Psychology. She is an approved consultant in EMDR through EMDRIA, has served on several committees within the Mental Health Professional Group of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, and was elected in 2021 to its Executive Committee. She previously served as a Board Member of the Maryland Psychological Association for over 10 years. Dr. Bindeman is a member of multiple organizations focused on Maternal and Reproductive Mental Health and was appointed by the Governor of Maryland to serve on its Maternal Mental Health Task Force. She was awarded the Karl Heiser Award through the American Psychological Association for her legislative efforts on behalf of psychology. Dr. Bindeman has published several chapters and articles pertaining to Reproductive Psychology and is the editor of The Mental Health Clinician's Handbook for Abortion Care that will be released in the Fall of 2024. 

Dr. Julie Holland is a board-certified psychiatrist in New York City. From 1996 to 2005, she ran the psychiatric emergency room of Bellevue Hospital on Saturday and Sunday nights. A liaison to the hospital's medical emergency room and toxicology department, she is considered an expert on street drugs and intoxication states, and lectures widely on this topic. She has been quoted as an authority on MDMA in magazine, newspaper and website articles. Dr. Holland runs a private psychiatry practice in Manhattan, and has appeared on numerous television shows. Order Weekends at Bellevue, or learn more about Julie Holland.

Juliette Jacobs I chose the wolf as a representation of myself because wolves are leaders, they travel in packs but are well organized in the way they group together. They look out for each other, especially the young, the weak, and the elderly. I feel that the wolf’s actions and values are similar to my actions and values. As well, I feel that no matter what cards life has dealt to me, it is my mission and responsibility to change the cycle of abuse. 

Linda Moxley-Haegert was introduced to the narrative practice ideas used in this paper in 1991 while living and working in Newfoundland, Canada. She has spent much of her career working as a clinical psychologist and narrative practitioner with children and their families in hospital settings and with palliative care in those environments. She is now working at the Shriners Hospitals for Children, Canada and with the Indigenous Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) people in Kahnawake, Quebec, Canada. She is committed to honouring the people who consult her. 

Karin Heller, MSW, LCSW, LISW is a clinical social worker with more than 35 years of experience working with adults, adolescents, and families in behavioral medicine, psychiatry, and integrated health settings. Her work has spanned inpatient, outpatient, and medical settings, with a focus on mind-body integration, trauma, and the lived experience of patients navigating complex health conditions.

She received her MSW from the Smith College School For Social Work  and completed clinical training at the Menninger Foundation.

Heller wrote, produced, and directed Coming Out: Voices of Gay & Lesbian Teens & Their Families (formerly From A Secret Place). The film has been used in educational and clinical settings regarding coming out issues of LGBTQ youth and their families.

She currently maintains a telehealth psychotherapy practice in California and Ohio.

 

John Martin is a licensed psychologist in San Francisco. He has been practicing for more than 25 years. He received his PhD from Stanford University and spent many years as a teacher and researcher there before turning to full-time independent private practice work. For more information about John or to contact him, please visit his website, jamartin.com.

John Arden, PhD, has 35 years of experience providing psychological services and directing mental health programs. Since 1999 he has served as the Director of Training for the Kaiser Permanente Medical Centers, Northern California region.
He conducts seminars on Brain-Based Therapy throughout the United States and abroad. Arden is the lead author (with Dr. Lloyd Linford) of two volumes for the practitioner entitled Brain-Based Therapy: Adults and Brain-Based Therapy: Children & Adolescents. Visit his website at www.DrJohnArden.com.