NICABM Experts
Bessel van der Kolk, MD
Author of The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma . . .
Pat Ogden, PhD
Pioneer in Somatic Psychology; Founder and Director of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute (SPI) . . .
Peter Levine, PhD
Founder of Somatic Experiencing; Author of Trauma and Memory . . .
Stephen Porges, PhD
Leading expert on Polyvagal Theory; Distinguished University Scientist at the Kinsey Institute . . .
Expert on relief and empowerment of marginalized persons; licensed psychologist . . .
Tara Brach, PhD
Founder of the Insight Meditation Community in Washington, DC; Author of True Refuge
Dan Siegel, MD
Executive Director of the Mindsight Institute; Co-Director of UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center . . .
Ruth Lanius, MD, PhD
Executive Director of the Mindsight Institute; Co-Director of UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center . . .
Richard Schwartz, PhD
Founder of Internal Family Systems (IFS) and The Center for Self Leadership . . .
Kelly McGonigal, PhD
Author of The Willpower Instinct and The Upside of Stress . . .
Christine Padesky, PhD
Co-founder of the Center for Cognitive Therapy in Huntington Beach, California . . .
Ron Siegel, PsyD
Assistant Professor of Psychology, part time, Harvard Medical School . . .
Joan Borysenko, PhD
Founder of Mind/Body Health Sciences LLC; Author of New York Times Bestseller . . .
Shelly Harrell, PhD
Licensed Psychologist specializing in multicultural and community psychology . . .
Dennis Tirch, PhD
Founding Director of The Center for Compassion Focused Therapy . . .
Deb Dana, LCSW
Coordinator of the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium at the Kinsey Institute . . .
Bill O’Hanlon, LMFT
Co-developer of Solution-Oriented Therapy; Psychotherapist, speaker, and author of . . .
Miguel Gallardo, PsyD
Licensed Psychologist specializing in multicultural and social justice; Associate Professor at Pepperdine University . . .
Lynn Lyons, LICSW
Author of Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents: 7 Ways to Stop the Worry Cycle . . .
Esther Perel, MA, LMFT
Bestselling author of Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence . . .
Janina Fisher, PhD
Licensed clinical psychologist and Instructor at the Trauma Center, an outpatient clinic and research center . . .
PhD Program Director and professor at Boston College; expert on trauma within immigrant . . .
Founder of the Relational Life Institute; author of several books on helping clients strengthen relationships. . .
Ruth Buczynski, PhD
Licensed psychologist; Founder and president of NICABM