Archives: Authors

James (Jim) Davis, EdM, is a nationally recognized educator, speaker, and coach who earned a graduate degree from Harvard University with a focus on Human Development and Psychology. He has earned certificates in Positive Psychology (Stanford University), Organizational Development (Harvard Business School Online), and Stakeholder Centered Coaching (Marshall Goldsmith). He has been coaching clients one-on-one for years and is quick to connect them with further assistance (LCSW) when necessary. His writing can be found at BedrockEdu.com, Psych Central, the British Psychological Association, and Northwestern University’s Teacher Leadership Magazine. Connect with him through his nonprofit organization, Good Athlete Project  

Joan Ellen Zweben, PhD is the founder and Executive Director of the 14th Street Clinic & Medical Group and the East Bay Community Recovery Group in Oakland, California. She has published over 55 articles and book chapters, two books, and has extensive experience as a therapist, trainer, consultant and writer in the field of addictions.

Dr. Joan Steidinger is a licensed clinical psychologist who first trained in sports psychology in the early 1980s and is currently in practice in San Francisco and Mill Valley. Her work focuses on optimal performance, injury concerns and adjustments, and personal issues with a variety of athletes and performing artists.

She has recently competed as an endurance athlete in ultrarunning, ride and tie equestrian events, and ultradistance cycling.

She may be contacted at cinco@wenet.net.

Joe Bavonese, PhD is a Licensed Psychologist. He maintains a private practice and also is the Director of the Relationship Institute in southeastern Michigan. Joe is also the Co-Director of Uncommon Practices, which helps healthcare providers create their ideal practice through the study of business and marketing. His specialty areas include internet marketing and creating a group practice.

Joe Bavonese, PhD, is a licensed Psychologist in Michigan. He is the Founder (1998) and Director of Relationship Institute, a Group Practice employing 27 therapists with 3 locations in Southeastern Michigan. He is also the Founder (2005) and Director of Uncommon Practices, which trains psychotherapists in marketing, business strategies and group practice.

Janet Jaffe, PhD is a co-founder and co-director of the Center for Reproductive Psychology in San Diego, CA. Services include individual and couples therapy as well as screenings for donors and surrogates. She has served as an adjunct faculty member at the California School of Professional Psychology/Alliant International University and has given talks on reproductive psychology for professional as well as patient audiences across the country. She is a co-author of Reproductive Trauma: Psychotherapy with Infertility and Pregnancy Loss Clients (APA, 2011) and Unsung Lullabies: Understanding and Coping with Infertility (St. Martin’s Press, 2005); additionally she has contributed to book chapters and professional journals regarding fertility counseling and women’s reproductive mental health.

Janet McCutchen, LPC earned her clinical Masters Degree in Psychology at the University of Memphis, and has been practicing individual and couples’ therapy for over thirty years. She met her husband, James, over coffee, and never looked back. Janet is an EAP professional at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, a college professor, writer and therapist in private practice, who considers her work both an honor and a privilege. Trained in many therapy models, Janet prefers an existential, client-centered approach, and is EFT- trained. She is a Clinical Member of the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT)