Archives: Authors

Esther Perel, MFT, is recognized as one of the world's most original and insightful voices on couples and sexuality across cultures. Fluent in nine languages, the Belgian native is a celebrated speaker sought around the globe for her expertise in emotional and erotic intelligence, work-life balance, cross-cultural relations, conflict resolution and identity of modern marriage and family. Her best-selling and award-winning book, Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence, has been translated into 24 languages.

Esther W. Wright-Wilson, PhD, is a licensed psychologist who has worked primarily with college students. She loves writing, finds few things more satisfying than a well-turned phrase, and would have everyone engage in journal writing if she had her way. She has written poems for several years, and her more recent poems include ones about her experiences as a psychologist.

Esti Glauser, LCSW, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in private practice in Rockland County NY. She also works as a staff therapist at Achieve Behavioral Health and serves as the director of psychosocial rehabilitation service at their IOP. In addition to individual therapy, Esti has extensive experience running various therapy groups. Esti can be reached via email at EstiglauserLCSW@gmail.com or via phone at 845-243-0613.  

Evan Imber-Black is Director of the Center for Families and Health at the Ackerman Institute for the Family and Professor of Psychiatry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Internationally recognized for her work with couples and families, she is past president of the American Family Therapy Academy, and author of the books Rituals for Our Times and The Secret Life of Families. She is editor of the book Secrets in Families and Family Therapy and serves on editorial boards of several scholarly family therapy journals.

Dr. Eve Meredith da Silva is a Clinical Psychologist at The Oak Tree Practice, where she specialises in compassion focused therapy, trauma-focused therapy and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy. 

Taking a giant leap out of niceness and into authenticity at the age of 40, Evelyn Sommers left her 20-year marriage and entered graduate school. She completed her PhD in Applied Psychology at the University of Toronto, accumulating experience in challenging internships in a hospital crisis unit and "doing time" at a women's prison where she completed her doctoral research. Work in a variety of occupations prior to graduate school—teaching, business, and social assistance, as well as parenting—enriches her ability to relate to clients. She is a psychotherapist in private practice in Toronto, Canada, and is the author of two books, The Tyranny of Niceness: Unmasking the Need for Approval (Dundurn Press, 2005) and Voices From Within: Women Who Have Broken the Law (University of Toronto Press, 1995). Dr. Sommers can be reached through her website at www.ekslibris.ca.

Ezra Lockhart, PhD is a seasoned mental health professional with over 20 years of experience in diverse healthcare settings. Specializing in areas such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and addiction, Dr. Lockhart has assessed and assisted numerous individuals in crisis situations, gaining extensive experience in suicide prevention. Their career includes roles such as program manager for Colorado Crisis Services and teaching in Canada’s Counselling Graduate program. Committed to cultural sensitivity, they offer a collaborative and culturally sensitive approach to clinical supervision, and mentoring. With a passion for advocacy and research, Dr. Lockhart has authored books, presented globally, and received numerous awards for their contributions to the field of mental health. 

Ezra Lockhart, PhD, is a distinguished psychotherapist and clinical supervisor with extensive qualifications including licenses as a Marriage & Family Therapist and Addiction Counselor. He is also an AAMFT and NBCC Approved Clinical Supervisor and elected in 2024 as Ethics Chair for the Louisiana Association for Marriage & Family Therapy, demonstrating his leadership in promoting ethical standards within the field. With over two decades of experience, he continues to practice psychotherapy, publishes research, and clinically supervises psychotherapists. As a BIPOC therapist, he brings a culturally humble perspective to his practice, emphasizing self-determination, self-autonomy, cultural exchange, and liberation in his therapeutic approach. 

F. Diane Barth, LCSW, is a psychotherapist in New York City and Great Barrington, MA. She runs private virtual study and supervision groups for psychotherapists from around the US, and for the past thirteen years has written a popular blog on Psychology Today, called “Off the Couch.” Her most recent book, I Know How You Feel: The Joy and Heartbreak of Friendship in Women’s Lives was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

F. Diane Barth, LCSW is in private practice in New York City where she works with individuals and couples (including adult child and parent couples) and runs private study and supervision groups. She is a graduate of the Columbia University School of Social Work and was trained as a psychoanalyst and psychoanalytic supervisor at the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health. She has supervised and been a training analyst at Postgraduate, NIP, and ICP in New York City. Her articles have been published in the Clinical Social Work Journal, Psychoanalytic Dialogues, Psychoanalytic Psychology, Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, Journal of College Student Psychotherapy and other professional journals, and as chapters in numerous books. Her most recent books include Integrative Clinical Social Work: A Contemporary Perspective and I Know How You Feel: The Joys and Heartbreaks of Friendship in Women’s Lives. She also writes for several online magazines, including MSNBC and Quartz, and has a blog on Psychology Today, called “Off the Couch.”