Chinwé Williams, PhD

Chinwé Williams, PhD, is a licensed and board-certified EMDR therapist based in Georgia. She is a former graduate counseling professor, college and high school counselor, and executive coach. Currently, she serves as a consultant to K–12 schools, nonprofit organizations, faith-based communities, and corporate work settings. Her expertise includes trauma recovery, stress and anxiety management, adolescent […]

Dan Siegel, MD

Dan Siegel, MD, is the Founder and Director of Education of the Mindsight Institute and Founding Co-Director of the the Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA, where he also served as Co-Principal Investigator at the Center for Culture, Brain and Development and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the School of Medicine. An award-winning educator, Dan […]

Linda Thai, MSW, LMSW

Linda Thai, MSW, LMSW (she/her), is a trauma therapist who specializes in cutting-edge brain- and body-based modalities for healing complex developmental trauma. As an educator and consultant, she is gifted at contextualizing, synthesizing, and communicating complex and nuanced issues related to trauma, attachment, and the nervous system—including the impact of systemic oppression on identity, mental […]

Roger Kuhn, PhD

Roger Kuhn, PhD, is a Poarch Creek Two-Spirit Indigiqueer somacultural sex therapist, sexuality educator, writer, activist, and musician. His work explores decolonizing and unsettling sexuality, focusing on how culture shapes and informs our embodied experiences. Roger is a community organizer of the Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirit Powwow and a board member of the Two-Spirit […]

Susan McConnell, MA, CHT

Susan McConnell, MA, CHT, is the founder and developer of Somatic IFS. As a Senior Trainer with the IFS Institute since 1997, she has taught therapists, developed curriculum, and mentored trainers internationally. Somatic IFS integrates bodywork, movement, spiritual, and psychotherapeutic modalities with the Internal Family Systems (IFS) Model. This approach brings compassionate witnessing to the […]

Raymond Rodriguez, Rev., MSW, LCSW

Raymond Rodriguez, Rev., MSW, LCSW, is an Afro-Latino clinical social worker with over twenty years of experience in community-based programs and private practice. He earned his degree from the Columbia University School of Social Work and is a family therapist with clinical interests in immigration, diversity, LGBTQAI+ empowerment, spirituality, and supporting marginalized communities. Over the […]

Galia Tyano Ronen, MA, LCP

Galia Tyano Ronen, MA, LCP, is a licensed clinical psychologist with over thirty years of experience in private practice, specializing in mind–body–spirit, mindfulness-based psychotherapy and supervision. She is a certified Focusing-Oriented Therapist, a certified Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) teacher, a mindfulness teacher for children and adolescents, and an artist. Galia is the program developer and former […]

Shari Geller, PhD

Shari Geller, PhD, C.Psych., is an author, clinical psychologist, certified teacher of Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC), and a leader in the field of therapeutic presence. With over thirty years of experience integrating psychology and mindfulness, Shari offers international training in therapeutic presence as part of a long-term vision of establishing presence as foundational across psychotherapy approaches. […]

Manuela Mischke-Reeds, MA, MFT

Manuela Mischke-Reeds, MA, MFT, is an internationally respected somatic psychotherapist, trauma specialist, Continuum teacher, and somatic educator with over thirty years of clinical and teaching experience. She is a founder of the Hakomi Institute of California and the creator of Embodywise, a platform for embodied learning. Manuela developed the Innate Somatic Intelligence Trauma Therapy Approach […]

Susan Aposhyan, MA, LPC

Susan Aposhyan, MA, LPC, is a master teacher of meditation, embodiment, and psychological wellness, skillfully blending the three in a way that is accessible, immediate, and profound. Her newest book, Heart Open, Body Awake: Four Steps to Embodied Spirituality is available through Shambhala Publications. Susan has practiced meditation for over fifty years. She is a […]