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Howard Kassinove, PhD, is a board-certified clinical psychologist who served for 14 years as Chairperson of the Psychology Department at Hofstra University. Past Director of their PhD program in Clinical & School Psychology, he is currently Director of the Institute for the Study and Treatment of Anger and Aggression. Dr. Kassinove is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, the Albert Ellis Institute, and the Behavior Therapy and Research Society. He has authored more than 65 published papers, and edited Anger Disorders: Definition, Diagnosis and Treatment. He has also lectured worldwide.

Hui Qi Tong, MD, PhD is a graduate from Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University and a psychiatrist by training before she came to the United States in 1995. She was a research fellow at the Genetics Division, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Clinical Research Associate in the Psychiatry department, Tufts University, School of Medicine and a research collaborator and content expert at the Older Adult and Family Center at Stanford University, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Hui Qi graduated from Palo Alto University (formerly Pacific Graduate School of Psychology) with a PhD in Clinic Psychology in 2008. Currently, she is a staff psycholoigist with the Women's Clinic and PTSD Research Program at San Francisco VA Medical Center and program coordinator for UCSF Global Health Sciences/ Global Mental Health Program. Her main clinical and research interests are in trauma, women's mental health, suicidal behavior, attachment and psychopathology, cultural adaptation of psychotherapy and the integration of Eastern and Western approaches in psychotherapy and related topics. She has co-authored or co-edited about 30 papers and chapters and translated one psychotherapy book into Mandarin, Every Day Gets a Little Closer: A Twice-Told Therapy: by Irvin D. Yalom and Ginny Elkin. Currently, she is translating Sophie Freud's: Living in the Shadow of the Freud's Family.

Hui Qi is also the founding president of American-Chinese Academy for Psychotherapy (A-CAP), a non-for-profit organization established in the Silicon Valley with the mission of addressing mental-illness-related stigma and discrimination and promoting mental health among the Chinese communities both in USA and in China and promoting evidence-based psychotherapy in China through teaching and training (website under construction). Contact Hui Qi Tong.

Ian Robertson, MSW, RSW, is a Registered Social Worker with over 30 years of experience supporting individuals, couples, and families through life’s most difficult moments. His work has always centered around helping people heal from trauma, addiction, grief, and emotional pain whether in private practice or in his role as Regional Clinical Supervisor for Addictions and Mental Health at Niagara Health. Over the years, he’s also had the privilege of mentoring other therapists, offering clinical supervision and teaching in hospital and community settings across Ontario. He wrote this article because he’s seen firsthand how many people think they’re doing healing “wrong” when, in fact, they’re doing the hard work exactly as it’s meant to unfold; imperfectly, non-linearly, and with incredible courage. If you’ve ever felt like you’re stuck or going backward, Robertson wants you to know you’re not alone. This is what healing really looks like. Let’s talk about it. Interested clinicians looking to explore these principles in practice, can visit his training opportunities.  

Ilene Philipson, PhD is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Oakland, CA and a sociologist at the Center for Working Families at UC Berkeley. Her new book, Married to the Job, will be published by Free Press in 2002. She previously wrote On the Shoulders of Women. Dr. Philipson can be reached at IPhilipson@email.msn.com.

Insoo Kim Berg, MSSW (1934-2007), was co-founder and director of the Brief Family Therapy Center in Milwaukee, WI. She developed the Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) model with her partner, Steve de Shazer. A native of Korea, Insoo balanced her heritage with Western scientific training in her clinical practice and teaching.

Berg served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, Family Psychology and Counseling Series, Families in Society, and Family Process. She was a founder of the Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Association, clinical member and approved supervisor for the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, and was also active in the Wisconsin Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, the National Association of Social Workers, and the European Brief Therapy Association. She was a frequent keynote speaker at international conferences and regularly conducted seminars and workshops on SFBT throughout the U.S., Canada, South America, Asia, and Europe.

A prolific writer, Insoo published eight highly acclaimed books in ten years, including More than Miracles: The State of the Art of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (2007), Tales of Solutions (2001), Building Solutions in Child Protective Services (2000), and Interviewing for Solutions (1997 and 2001, 2nd ed).

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Dr. Galit Atlas is a psychoanalyst and clinical supervisor in private practice in New York City. She is on the faculty of NYU’s Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis as well as a faculty member of the National Training Program and at the National Institute for the Psychotherapies. She has published three books for clinicians as well as chapters and numerous articles. She was a contributor to The New York Times column, “Couch,” and her New York Times publication “A Tale of Two Twins” was the winner of a 2016 Gradiva Award. She is a leader in the field of relational psychoanalysis, a recipient of several awards and is a sought-after lecturer here and abroad.