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Heidi Ahonen
	Heidi Ahonen, MTA, Ph.D., is Professor of Music Therapy, Director of the Laurier Centre for Music Therapy Research and a Psychotherapist (state registered in Finland). She also is a member of several professional organizations and her work has been published widely. She has presented papers and workshops in Europe and North America and her most recent book is Group Analytic Music Therapy (2007). Dr. Ahonen has an extensive clinical experience, and specializes in working with traumatized adults. In addition, her research program currently covers a wide range of qualitative psychotherapy research. She has developed the group analytic music therapy and supervision models, the integrated art-music therapy and the psychoauditive method.

Barbara Anschuetz
	Barbara Anschuetz received her doctorate degree in Counselling Psychology from the University of Toronto in 1990. She is also certified as a Trauma Specialist, Clinical Traumatologist, Diplomate of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress and EMDR Therapist. She has over twenty-five years of experience in trauma response, therapy and consulting with children, adolescents and adults. Dr. Anschuetz presents locally, nationally and internationally on issues related to trauma and grief.

Carol Cowan-Levine
	Carol Cowan-Levine is a Child and Family Therapist with her own private practice and also works at the Hospital for Sick Children and the Children's Aid Society of Toronto. She has a Master's degree in Social Work and several post-graduate diplomas in Advanced Clinical Practice. Carol has served as a Chair of the Boards of numerous hospitals and foundations, including the Women's College Hospital and Women's College Hospital Foundation. She was also a member of the Board of Directors at Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre. Currently, Carol sits on the Advisory Board of the Child Development Institute, the Women's College Hospital Foundation, and as an honorary Director of the Women's College Hospital Board.

Linda Ann Daly
	Linda Ann holds a B.A. from Carleton University, a Child Care Worker (CCW) Certificate from the Royal Ottawa Hospital, and an M.P.A. from Queen's University. She coordinated and taught in the Child and Youth Work Program, St. Lawrence College, Kingston, for 23 years, completing a sabbatical year as Policy Analyst, Ministry of Community and Social Services, and a secondment as Education Project Development Officer, College Standards and Accreditation Council, Ministry of Education and Training. Linda Ann has extensive volunteer and governance experience, at both local and provincial levels, in education, the arts and healthcare, serving as Chair, Board of Directors, Kingston General Hospital. She has recently been appointed to the Grand Theatre Community Advisory Board in Kingston.

Bikram DasGupta
	Bikram DasGupta has been a practitioner in the field of psychology for over 25 years where he has promoted community integration of psychiatric outpatients, managed distress centres in needy sectors, and supported wayward youth through educational and social services. He obtained a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Toronto and has taught at the post-secondary level for about eight years. Dr. DasGupta is also a stress-management and adult training consultant and has researched and written extensively on psychological theory, psychotherapy, education and media ecology. Dr. DasGupta's approach to psychotherapy over the last 20 years has been primarily from humanistic and cognitive perspectives.

Pat DeYoung
	Pat DeYoung is a psychotherapist, clinical supervisor, and educator. She has an M.S.W. in clinical social work and Ph.D. in philosophy of education, both degrees from the University of Toronto. Dr. DeYoung was a Director of Training at the Toronto Institute of Human Relations, and since 1993 has been on the faculty of the Toronto Institute for Relational Psychotherapy. She is the author of Relational Psychotherapy: A Primer (2003). She has been a Board member and President of the Ontario Society of Psychotherapists.

Annette Dekker
	Annette Dekker, MSW, RSW, RMFT, currently works as a Social Worker/Marriage and Family Therapist with the Centre for Family Medicine - Family Health Team in Kitchener. She has practiced therapy for more than 30 years in various settings in Ontario. In the past 10 years, her practice has been enhanced by teaching graduate level courses and providing clinical supervision for more than 100 aspiring professionals. Annette was President of the Ontario Association for Marriage and Family Therapy from 2006 thru 2007 and was also an Executive Member of the Board of the Canadian Registry of Marriage and Family Therapists.

Jack Ferrari
	Jack Ferrari, C. Psych., is a Psychologist, currently employed as Professional Practice Leader (Psychology) for St. Joseph's Health Care, London. He has been registered with the College of Psychologists since 1981, and has worked in the field since 1974. His Doctorate is from the University of Western Ontario, and he did his undergraduate work at the University of Alberta. Dr. Ferrari is a former President of the Ontario Psychological Association, and served as professional member on the Council of the College of Psychologists from 1996 to 2002. In addition to his current administrative role, he maintains a small private practice in psychology, conducting assessments and therapy.

Banakonda Kennedy-Kish
	Banakonda Kennedy-Kish is an instructor in the Social Service Worker Diploma Program at First Nations Technical Insitute, Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory and an Indigenous Community Development Trainer for the Canadian International Development Agency Project. Ms. Kennedy-Kish has a BA in Sociology and Psychology from York University, is a graduate of the Masters Program in Adlerian Counseling and Psychotherapy from the Alfred Adler Institute, has an Adult Children of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Trauma Certificate from Oklahoma University, a Drug and Alcohol Worker Certificate and Diploma from McMaster University and participated in the Basic Pharmacology in Mental Health and Substance Use and Group Facilitation at the Addiction Research Foundation. She was a Multi-cultural Education Strategy Advisor for the Toronto Board of Education, a member of the Native Children's Program Board of Directors and a member of the Anduhyun Women's Shelter Board of Directors.

Irene Keroglidis
	Irene Keroglidis is currently serving as First Vice-President of the Hellenic Home for the Aged in Toronto. After obtaining qualifications in accounting at Ryerson and in training management and leadership at the University of Toronto, Irene has extended her experience by working with public bodies at both the federal and provincial levels since the 1970s, including the Film Board of Ontario, the Workers Compensation Board and the Board of Referees. She has also worked as Special Advisor to the Honourable David Collenette, M.P.

Philip McKenna
	Philip McKenna was a member of the Dominican Order and has served as a priest in pastoral ministry in his native Australia and in Canada until 1968. Philip obtained his Ph.D. in Philosophy (religious language) at the University of Toronto, where he served variously as lecturer, Advisory Bureau counsellor and instructor till 1981. He began practicing individual and group psychotherapy in 1970. He has been a faculty member of the Centre for Training in Psychotherapy in Toronto (CTP) since its beginning in 1986. He participated in the foundation of the Canadian Association for Psychodynamic Therapy (CAPT) and the Alliance of Psychotherapy Training Institutions (APTI).

Julius Benjamin Nathoo
	Julius Benjamin Nathoo, who was born in British Guiana, holds a B.A. from the University of London, England, a post-graduate diploma in Education from Guyana and a Master of Arts from the University of Western Ontario. Julius was a high-school principal in Guyana and has also taught in London and in Canada where he taught Canadian Law for 14 years at the Regina Mundi College until his retirement in 1994. From 1998 - 2007 Julius served as Chair of the Board of Referees, the federal appellate tribunal, which administers the Employment Insurance Act. Julius holds a Barrister-at-Law degree from the Council of Legal Education, London, England and is a member of Gray's Inn.

Thomas O'Connor
	Thomas St. James O'Connor, Th.D, is Professor, Delton Glebe Chair in Pastoral Counselling, Waterloo Lutheran Seminary at Wilfrid Laurier University and Associate Clinical Professor, Family Medicine, McMaster University. He is a supervisor in both the Ontario Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (OAMFT) and the Canadian Association for Pastoral Practice and Education (CAPPE). Dr. O'Connor educates and supervises pastoral counsellors and family therapists at the Mountain Site, St. Joseph's Health Care, Hamilton and chaplains in the Owen Sound Hospital. Jack has authored three books and numerous articles in academic journals. His research includes spiritual care, narrative family therapy, spirituality in connection with health and spiritual and theological reflection.

Kevin VanDerZwet Stafford
	Kevin VanDerZwet Stafford, M.Sc., is a Registered Marriage and Family Therapist, educator, and consultant. He has been in private practice since 1997, and an external consultant to the Homewood Health Centre since 2006. He also served as a sessional instructor at the University of Guelph from 1997 - 2010. Kevin was the Executive Director of the Ontario Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and Advocacy Chair for the Ontario Coalition of Mental Health Professionals.

Thomas Wall
	Thomas Wall, Hons. B.A., B.Ed., M.Ed., has been on educator with the Durham District School Board for 25 years and has completed a Masters degree from Queen’s University. He has taught in both the elementary and secondary panels, including young offenders. Thomas has an extensive background in social and humanitarian causes working with families that have suffered abuse and, most recently, bringing sustainable development and literacy programs to Africa. He has been involved in collective bargaining and has enjoyed coaching a variety of sports in the Durham region.

Joyce Rowlands
	Joyce Rowlandshas worked in the area of professional regulation since the mid-1990s. Prior to becoming Registrar with the transitional Council, College of Registered Psychotherapists and Registered Mental Health Therapists of Ontario (CRPRMHTO), she was a Consultant and Project Manager for government agencies and regulatory bodies. In 2005-2006, Joyce served as Senior Project Manager with the Health Professions Regulatory Advisory Council (HPRAC), examining whether psychotherapists should become a regulated profession in Ontario. Earlier, she worked as Senior Project Manager for Professional Engineers Ontario, the regulatory body for 65,000 licensed engineers, and for the Ontario Ministry of Health as a Research Analyst, Program Manager and Legislative Assistant to the Minister of Health. Earlier in her career, Joyce was on occupational health nurse. She is a graduate of Queen’s University and Nightingale School of Nursing.