Chris Willard, PsyD
Christopher Willard, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist, author, and consultant based in Massachusetts. He has been invited to more than two dozen countries to speak, and has presented at two TEDx events. He is the author of 20 books, including Alphabreaths; Growing Up Mindful; and How we Grow Through What We Go Through. His thoughts on mental health […]
Shelly P. Harrell
Shelly P. Harrell, PhD, is an award-winning Harvard-educated and UCLA-trained psychologist, as well as a certified meditation teacher. She is a tenured Full Professor at Pepperdine University’s Graduate School of Education and Psychology. As an experienced psychotherapist, mentor, teacher, and researcher, she has been helping, healing, teaching, and training for over 30 years. She is […]
Deb Dana, LCSW,
Deb Dana, LCSW, is a clinician, consultant, author, and speaker. Her work is focused on creating ways of working that honor the role of the autonomic nervous system. She is a founding member of the Polyvagal Institute, consultant to Khiron Clinics, and advisor to Unyte. Deb is well known for translating Polyvagal Theory into a […]
Kamilah Majied, PhD
Kamilah Majied, PhD, is a Buddhist mental health therapist, clinical educator, researcher, and internationally engaged consultant on building inclusivity and equity using meditative practices. As Professor of Social Work at California State University, Monterey Bay, she teaches clinical practice to graduate students employing psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, mindfulness-based, and artistic approaches to well-being. She has engaged her […]
Pamela Ayo Yetunde, MA, ThD
Pamela Ayo Yetunde, MA, ThD, is a pastoral counselor and the author of Casting Indra’s Net: Fostering Spiritual Kinship and Community and co-editor of Black and Buddhist: What Buddhism Can Teach Us About Race, Resilience, Transformation, and Freedom. Ayo is working on a transformative novella and film project, inspired by a Buddhist story, about healing […]
Deran Young, LCSW
Deran Young, LSCW, is a licensed therapist specializing in racial trauma and legacy burdens. She is also a co-author of the New York Times best-seller, You Are Your Best Thing, a retired military officer, and founder of Black Therapists Rock — a non profit organization with a network of over 30,000 mental health professionals committed […]
Sydney Spears, PhD, LCSW
Sydney Spears, Ph.D., LCSW, has served as a faculty member for the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare for 18 years. Her academic teaching and research specialty has been focused on cross-cultural clinical practice, anti-oppression, and racial identity issues. Currently, she is serving as the Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging, and a […]
Shari Geller, PhD
Shari Geller, PhD, is an author, clinical psychologist, certified Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) teacher, and leader in the field of therapeutic presence. She offers training modules in therapeutic presence internationally as part of a longer-term vision of having presence be a foundational training across psychotherapy approaches. With over thirty years’ experience weaving psychology and mindfulness, Shari […]
Gabor Maté CM
Gabor Maté, MD, CM (pronunciation: GAH-bor MAH-tay) is a retired physician who, after 20 years of family practice and palliative care experience, worked for over a decade in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side with patients challenged by drug addiction and mental illness. The best-selling author of four books published in thirty languages, including the award-winning In […]
June Tangney, PhD
June Tangney, PhD, received her doctorate in clinical psychology from UCLA in 1985, with minors in social psychology and measurement. She taught for two years at Bryn Mawr College and then joined the Psychology Department at George Mason University in 1988, where she is currently University Professor and Professor of Psychology. Recipient of International Society […]