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LISA FERENTZ, LCSW-C, DAPA
Lisa is a recognized expert in the strengths-based, de-pathologized treatment of trauma and has been in private practice for over 40 years. She has been an Adjunct Faculty member at several Universities, and is the Founder of “The Ferentz Institute,” now in its seventeenth year of providing continuing education to mental health professionals and graduating several thousand clinicians from her two Certificate Programs in Advanced Trauma Treatment. In 2009 she was voted the “Social Worker of Year” by the Maryland Society for Clinical Social Work. She is the author of Treating Self-Destructive Behaviors in Trauma Survivors: A Clinician’s Guide, now in its second edition, Letting Go of Self-Destructive Behaviors: A Workbook of Hope and Healing and Finding Your Ruby Slippers: Transformative Life Lessons from the Therapist’s Couch.

ROBERT SCHWARZ, PsyD
Robert has over 35 years of experience as a licensed psychologist specializing in an approach that is holistic combining the best aspects of traditional approaches with complementary approaches to treatment including energy psychology, hypnosis, imagery, mindfulness, and nutrition.

He is the former Executive Director of the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology and the author or Co-Author of 3 professional books: We're No Fun Anymore: Helping Couples Create Joyful Marriages Through the Power of Play, Tools for Transforming Trauma, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Clinician's Guide

LAURA COPLEY, PhD, LPC
Laura is licensed professional counselor specializing in trauma bonds and attachment wounds. She is the author of Loving You is Hurting Me and host of the podcast “Tough Love with Dr. Laura Copley. She has been a supervising clinician at Penn State University and speaks and trains therapists around the world.

LESLIE ELLIS, PhD
Leslie is a registered clinical counsellor, teacher and author who lives and works in beautiful Deep Cove, British Columbia. Leslie has in-depth, specialized training in Focusing-oriented therapy, and is expert in its use for treatment of trauma.

A specialist in somatic approaches to therapy, Leslie has studied somatic experiencing, the Hakomi method, and psoma yoga. She has developed a method of embodied, experiential dream work which combines focusing with Jungian active imagination techniques.

SABRINA N’DIAYE, PhD, LCSW-C, MDiv
Sabrina received her PhD in Mind-Body Medicine from Saybrook University, where she studied the use of complementary and alternative interventions for physical, emotional, and spiritual growth. Her dissertation study focused on the use of guided imagery as a healing tool for African-American women with chronic STIs. Since completing her doctorate, she has developed curriculum and served as adjunct faculty for the Maryland University of Integrative Health and Saybrook University. She is a proud senior faculty member of the Center for Mind-Body Medicine, where she teaches the art of self-care to healthcare professionals around the globe. She is currently an integrative psychotherapist and founder of the Heart Nest Center for Peace and Healing in Baltimore, Maryland. There, she lovingly serves women, couples, other healers, and small groups. Her approach to healing is a blend of wisdom, science, and ancient spiritual practices.

ELLIOTT CONNIE, MA, LPC
Elliott is a Texas-based psychotherapist in private practice and the founder/director of The Solution-Focused University, an online learning community that trains and provides resources for professionals who want to master the Solution Focused approach in their work. Over the course of his 15-year clinical career, Elliott has successfully worked with thousands of individuals, couples, and families using a solution-focused model to help them achieve their desired outcomes. He is an experienced speaker who has gained international recognition for training hundreds of practitioners throughout the United States, Australia, Europe and Asia on the solution-focused treatment model. Elliott is the author/co-author of four books, including Solution-Focused Brief Therapy with Clients Managing Trauma (Oxford University Press, 2018), The Solution focused Marriage: 5 Simple Habits That Will Bring Out the Best in Your Relationship (The Connie Institute, 2012), Solution Building in Couples Therapy (Springer, 2012), and The Art of Solution Focused Therapy (Springer, 2009).

NANCY NAPIER, LMFT
Nancy is a psychotherapist and hypnotherapist in private practice in New York City. She is author of Recreating Your Self: Increasing Self-Esteem Through Imaging and Self-Hypnosis; Getting Through the Day: Strategies for Adults Hurt as Children; Sacred Practices for Conscious Living, and co-author of Meditations & Rituals for Conscious Living. Nancy is a faculty member of the Somatic Experiencing Training Institute, and taught Somatic Experiencing(r), a trauma-resolution training for 12 years. Currently she offers webinars for professionals that include trauma-based interventions, spiritually-oriented interventions, explorations of optimal future self interventions, and more.