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Dr. Tasha Seiter, PhD, provides online couples and individual therapy as well as life and relationship coaching to anyone hoping to improve their life or relationships. She also owns a group therapy and coaching practice, Heart of the Matter Therapy and Coaching, providing services across the world. You can learn more or schedule a session at www.Dr-Tasha.com.

Terence Patterson, EdD, ABPP, has been a tenured Professor and Director of the PsyD program in clinical psychology at the University of San Francisco. He is a licensed psychologist and is Board certified in Family Psychology with the American Board of Professional Psychology and an APA Fellow. In addition to family psychology, he specializes in ethical issues, couple therapy, behavioral health, and theoretical integration in psychotherapy, and has taught in these areas in doctoral programs and Marriage and Family Therapy Programs. Dr. Patterson was President of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association in 2001, President of the Association for Family Therapy of Northern California in 2007-08, and a member of the California Psychological Association Ethics Committee and the American Board of Couple & Family Psychology. Dr. Patterson is currently in independent practice in San Francisco and has recently authored Real World Couple Counseling and Therapy with Dr. Jerrold Shapiro of Santa Clara University. He remains a consultant, presenter, and clinician with a varied practice. 

Teresa Gil, Ph.D., has over thirty years’ experience as a psychotherapist, professor, author and trainer. She has a private practice working with women, children, and families dealing with recovery from child abuse and trauma. As a full professor at Hudson Valley Community College, she teaches courses in Psychology and Social Work. Teresa works as a trainer and consultant in human service settings and has facilitated workshops on pertinent therapeutic issues including communication, parenting skills, healing from trauma, working with survivor mons, and family relations. Her recent book is Women Who Were Sexually Abused as Children: Mothering, Resilience, and Protecting the Next Generation.

Terrence Real, MSW, has been a practicing family therapist for more than twenty years and has lectured and given workshops across the country. A senior faculty member of the Family Institute of Cambridge in Massachusetts and a retired Clinical Fellow of the Meadows Institute in Arizona, Real is also a bestselling author of several books, including I Don’t Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression, and The New Rules of Marriage: What You Need to Make Love Work. His work has been featured on NBC Nightly News, Today, Good Morning America, and Oprah, as well as in The New York Times, Psychology Today, Esquire, and numerous academic publications.

Terry Kottman, PhD is a leading teacher and recognized expert on play therapy, regularly presenting workshops all over the country. She spent 15 years as a professor of counselor education at the University of Northern Iowa and the University of North Texas. Dr. Kottman is the author of Partners in Play: An Adlerian Approach to Play Therapy and Play Therapy: Basics and Beyond, as well as many journal articles and book chapters.

Founded in 1960, the Ackerman Institute for the Family is one of the premier institutions for family therapy and one of the best-known and most highly regarded training facilities for family therapists in the United States. The Institute serves families from all walks of life at all stages of family life.

The Glendon Association publishes books, videos, and articles, performs research and conducts workshops in its mission to save lives and help people create more meaningful lives by addressing the social problems of suicide, child abuse, violence, and troubled interpersonal relationships.

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Tom lnsel, MD, a psychiatrist and neuroscientist, has been a national leader in mental health research, policy, and technology. From 2002-2015, Dr. Insel served as Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). More recently, he led the Mental Health Team at Verily (2015-2017); co-founded Mindstrong Health (2017-2019), a start-up building tools for people with serious mental illness; and served as a special advisor to California Governor Gavin Newsom (2019), helping on behavioral health issues. In 2020, he co-founded Humanest Care, a therapeutic online community for recovery. He currently serves on the boards of Foundation for NIH, Fountain House, Schaeffer Center for Health Policy, and the Steinberg Institute (Chair, 2019-2022) as well as being an advisor to several mental health start-ups (including Alto Neuroscience, Cerebral, Compass Pathways, Owl Insights, Koa Health, Valera Health). He is the author of Healing: Our Path from Mental Illness to Mental Health (Penguin Random House, 2022). With journalist co-founders, he recently launched MindSite News (www.mindsitenews.org), a non-profit digital publication focused on mental health issues. Dr. Insel is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and has received numerous national and international awards including honorary degrees in the U.S. and Europe. More info at www.thomasinselmd.com.