Gary McClain

Gary R. McClain, PhD, LMHC, CEAP, is a psychotherapist, patient advocate, and author in private practice in New York City, with a focus on newly-diagnosed patients. His publications include a supplementary textbook for healthcare professionals, After the Diagnosis: How Patients React and How to Help Them Cope (Delmar, 2010). He blogs as “Dr. Gary” on the social health communities of AllianceHealth.com and is Mental Health Editor of HIVPlusMag.com. He maintains an award-winning Website, www.JustGotDiagnosed.com. He can be reached at gary@JustGotDiagnosed.com

Gary Greenberg

Gary Greenberg, PhD, is a practicing psychotherapist in Connecticut. He is the author of four books, including The Book of Woe: The DSM and the Unmaking of Psychiatry, and Manufacturing Depression: The Secret History of a Modern Disease, a contributing writer for Mother Jones, and a contributing editor for Harper's. In addition to those publications, his articles and essays have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Nation, Rolling Stone, and McSweeney's, among other magazines. His works have been widely anthologized, and he is the recipient of the Erik Erikson Award for mental health reporting.

Gary Stoner

Gary Stoner, PhD, is an associate professor and director of the school psychology program at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He is the coeditor of Interventions for Achievement and Behavior Problems, and co-author of ADHD in the Schools: Assessment and Intervention Strategies.

Gary Trosclair

Gary Trosclair, DMA, LCSW, is a psychotherapist and Jungian analyst in private practice in New York City and Westchester County, New York. He is President of the New York Association for Analytical Psychology and serves on the faculty of the C.G. Jung Institute of New York and the C.G. Jung Foundation of New York. He serves as clinical coordinator for the Jung Institute Low-Fee Clinic. His book, The Healthy Compulsive: Healing Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder and Taking the Wheel of the Driven Personality (Rowman and Littlefield, 2020), and his blog The Healthy Compulsive Project, have provided inspiration and encouragement to thousands of readers who have been affected by OCPD. His previous book, I’m Working On It In Therapy: How To Get The Most Out Of Psychotherapy (Skyhorse 2015), serves as a client’s guide to using therapy effectively and productively, offering ten practical tools, illustrated with clinical vignettes and stories from film, literature and mythology.

Gemma Hookins, M.A

Gemma Hookins M.A., is a qualified play therapist from the United Kingdom who has been living in Dubai, UAE (United Arab Emirates) for the past 13 years and has been working in a children's’ hospital there for the past five years. Gemma has over 20 years’ experience working with children and young people in a variety of settings in both the UAE and the UK. She is currently enrolled at Leeds Beckett University, UK, studying for a doctorate degree and researching the effectiveness of non-directive play therapy as a treatment for childhood anxiety disorders. 

George De Leon

George De Leon, PhD is an internationally recognized expert in the treatment of substance abuse and a leading authority on research in Therapeutic Communities. He is the founder of the Center for Therapeutic Research (CTCR) at National Development and Research Institutes, Inc. (NDRI), and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at New York University. He provides training in Therapeutic Community practice to mental health care professionals in treatment programs, and is the author of the book, The Therapeutic Community: Theory, Model and Method.

George J. DuPaul

George J. DuPaul, PhD, is a professor of school psychology and coordinator of the school psychology program at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA. He is the author of ADHD Rating Scale IV: Checklists, Norms, and Clinical Interpretation and co-author of ADHD in the Schools: Assessment and Intervention Strategies.

George Kraus

George Kraus, Ph.D., ABPP is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Leesburg, Florida and specializes in treating developmental trauma. He was twice named Professor of the Year at Wright State University’s School of Professional Psychology and was on the graduate faculty of the Department of Clinical Psychology at John F. Kennedy University. He is the author of At Wit's End: Plain Talk on Alzheimer's for Families and Clinicians (2nd Edition), and the co-author of A View from the Cosmic Mirror: Reflections of the Self in Everyday Life.

Dr. Kraus is board certified in Clinical Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP), board certified in Group Psychotherapy by the National Registry of Group Psychotherapists, a Somatic Experiencing Trauma Practitioner, an Integral Somatic Psychology Trauma Practitioner, and he is on the editorial board of Aggression and Violent Behavior: A Review Journal. Dr. Kraus is licensed to practice teletherapy in 42 states by the PSYPACT Commission and by the Authority to Practice Interjurisdictional Telepsychology (APIT). Learn more about Dr. Kraus’s practice at www.GeorgeKrausPhD.com.   

George Papageorge

George Papageorge, MFT has a private family therapy practice in Pleasanton, California. He is a highly sought-after seminar and workshop leader on parenting and family issues. George and his wife, Kimberly, live in Danville, CA with their two children, Olivia and Petros.

George Silberschatz

George Silberschatz, PhD, is a Clinical Professor in Psychiatry at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine (UCSF). Internationally recognized for his psychotherapy research, Dr. Silberschatz has given over 300 presentations at professional meetings and workshops throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe and has published some 60 papers in various professional journals and books. He is currently the international president of the Society for Psychotherapy Research. His book on psychotherapy, Transformative Relationships, was published by Routledge in January 2005. He currently divides his time between a private practice in San Francisco, teaching and supervising psychotherapy, and writing clinical and research papers.