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Blake Griffin Edwards, LMFT is a licensed marriage and family therapist, clinical fellow in the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, behavioral health director at Columbia Valley Community Health, and statewide behavioral health champion for the American Academy of Pediatrics in Washington State whose writing has been featured by the American Academy of Psychotherapists, the Association for Family Therapy and Systemic Practice in the UK, the Association for Humanistic Psychology in Great Britain, the Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, and Psychology Today. Blake is the author of “The Empathor’s New Clothes: When Person-Centered Practices and Evidence-Based Claims Collide,” in Re-visioning Person-Centered Therapy: Theory and Practice of a Radical Paradigm (Routledge, 2018) and the Children’s Behavioral Health Integration and Value Transformation Toolkit (Washington Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, 2018).

Blake Griffin Edwards, LMFT is a licensed marriage and family therapist, clinical fellow in the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, behavioral health director at Columbia Valley Community Health, and statewide behavioral health champion for the American Academy of Pediatrics in Washington State whose writing has been featured by the American Academy of Psychotherapists, the Association for Family Therapy and Systemic Practice in the UK, the Association for Humanistic Psychology in Great Britain, the Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, and Psychology Today. Blake is the author of “The Empathor’s New Clothes: When Person-Centered Practices and Evidence-Based Claims Collide,” in Re-visioning Person-Centered Therapy: Theory and Practice of a Radical Paradigm (Routledge, 2018) and the Children’s Behavioral Health Integration and Value Transformation Toolkit (Washington Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, 2018).

Bob Edelstein, LMFT, MFT, is an existential humanistic psychotherapist based in Portland, Oregon. In addition to maintaining a private practice for over 35 years, he also provides consultation, supervision, and training for professionals, including a one-day workshop entitled Deepen Your Therapeutic Work Using an Existential Humanistic Perspective. Bob is a founding member of the Association for Humanistic Psychology – Oregon Community and of the Existential Humanistic Northwest Professional Organization. He is a board member of the San Francisco based Existential Humanistic Institute. 

Bob Livingstone is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a 19-year private practice and the author of The Body-Mind-Soul Solution: Healing Emotional Pain through Exercise, published by Pegasus Books.

Livingstone also wrote the critically-acclaimed Redemption of the Shattered: A Teenager's Healing Journey through Sandtray Therapy. The Therapist magazine states, "The journey from torment to peace is profound, and it is vividly rendered. The honesty of his writing is a gift to anyone who has experienced trauma, alienation, the inability to digest or to forgive." He has focused his work on bereavement groups, anger, and helping children from divorced families. He utilizes his life experiences as well as professional ones to connect and assist clients. Bob holds a Masters Degree in Social Welfare from the University of Kansas in 1979. He can be reached at 650-347-5167. You may also visit his website at www.boblivingstone.com.

Brad Hagen, PhD, RN, is a registered nurse, a registered psychologist, and an associate professor in the faculty of health sciences, at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada, where he teaches in the nursing and addictions counseling programs. Hagen's main research and teaching interests include the broad areas of mental health, gerontology, long-term care, psychotropic drug use, and how to bring critical social theory and/or feminist approaches to these topics.

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Brad D. Strawn, PhD, received his B.A. in psychology from Point Loma Nazarene University (PLNU: San Diego, CA), his M.A. in theology from Fuller Seminary (Pasadena CA), and his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the Graduate School of Psychology at Fuller Seminary. After completing a one-year internship at The State University of New York at Stony Brook, he taught for 10 years in the department of psychology at PLNU where he served the last two years as department chair. Brad also conducted a therapy practice in San Diego and obtained advanced psychoanalytic therapy training at the San Diego Psychoanalytic Institute. Brad is an ordained Elder in the Church of the Nazarene.

Brad’s three great intellectual passions have always been theology, psychology and Christian higher education, and in 2006 he left PLNU to become Vice President for Spiritual Development and Dean of the Chapel at Southern Nazarene University (SNU: Bethany, OK). At SNU Brad oversaw the campus spiritual development programs, served as campus chaplain, and taught in the departments of theology and psychology.

Brad maintains his academic interests by publishing and editing in integrative journals such as the Journal of Psychology and Theology, Journal of Psychology & Christianity, Pastoral Psychology, Homiletics, and is the co-editor of the 2010 book “Wesleyan Theology and Social Science”. He is co-author (with Dr. Warren S. Brown) of The Physical Nature of Christian Life: Neuroscience, Psychology & the Church. In 2014 he co-edited (with Earl Bland) the book Christianity and Psychoanalysis: A New Conversation (IVP Academic). Brad is a regular presenter at Christian universities and churches. He is also a frequent presenter at the Christian Association for Psychological Studies, and the Society for the Study of Psychology and Wesleyan Theology.

In the fall of 2012 Brad joined the faculty of Fuller Theological Seminary, Graduate School of Psychology (Pasadena, CA) as the Evelyn and Frank Freed Professor of the Integration of Psychology and Theology. In this role he teaches, mentors doctoral students and oversees the integration curriculum and the yearly Integration Symposium, a yearly lecture series on the integration of psychology and theology. Brad also maintains a private practice in Pasadena where he works with adults and couples.

Brad enjoys exploring bookstores, listening to music, and spending time with his wife L. Suzanne Strawn and his two teenage boys Evan and Keaton.

Bret Moore, PsyD, is a prescribing psychologist and board-certified clinical psychologist in San Antonio, Texas. He is a former active duty Army psychologist and two-tour veteran of Iraq. He is the author and editor of 13 books, including Treating PTSD in Military Personnel: A Clinical Handbook, Wheels Down: Adjusting to Life after Deployment and Taking Control of Anxiety: Small Steps for Overcoming Worry, Stress, and Fear. He writes the biweekly column “Kevlar for the Mind,” which is published in Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps Times. He has also written feature articles for Scientific American Mind and The New Republic. Dr. Moore is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and recipient of the Arthur W. Melton Award for Early Career Achievement in Military Psychology from Division 19, and the Early Career Achievement Award in Public Service Psychology from Division 18 of APA. His views on clinical and military psychology have been quoted in USA Today, The New York Times, and The Boston Globe, and on CNN and Fox News. He has appeared on NPR, the BBC, and CBC.

Brian McNeill received his PhD in 1984 from Texas Tech University in Counseling Psychology, and is currently a Professor and Co-Director of the Pacific Northwest Center for Mestizo and Indigenous Research and Outreach at Washington State University. He is the co-editor of The Handbook of Chicana and Chicano Psychology and Mental Health (2004), Latina/o Healing Practices: Mestizo and Indigenous Perspectives (2008), Intersections of Multiple Identities (2010), and the co-author of IDM Supervision: An Integrative Developmental Model for Supervising Counselors and Therapists (2010). His research interests and areas of expertise include Chicana/o Latina/o Psychology, Clinical Supervision, Recruitment and Retention of Culturally Diverse Students in Professional Psychology, and Investigations of Latina/o Spiritual Healing Traditions. Dr. McNeill is a licensed Psychologist in the states of Washington and Idaho where he practices and consults.

Ashley Rayne Leeds LSW/LMSW, is a psychodynamic psychotherapist and Licensed Social Worker in NJ and NY. Ashley has provided therapy to diverse groups of individuals in multiple demographics, including adults and teenagers experiencing challenges with managing anxiety, depression, relational dynamics, and OCD (intermediate care unit in a hospital) in addition to children (in outpatient mental health and school settings). Ashley’s work with adolescents include college students (transitioning first-year and international students) and LGBTQIA+ individuals. Ashley values forming relationships with colleagues and patients alike!