Kirsten Lind Seal, PhD, LMFT, is adjunct associate professor of MFT Ethics at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, and ethics faculty in the doctoral program at Chaminade University in Honolulu. She presents regularly on ethical issues while maintaining a virtual private practice. She's a long-time regular contributor to Relationship Reboot, a relationship segment on WCCO (CBS) TV's Midmorning Show in the Twin Cities.
Litsa Williams, MA, LCSW-C is the co-founder of the online grief community What's Your Grief and a grief therapist with 15 years of experience specializing in sudden and traumatic loss, substance abuse, and ambiguous grief. Drawing on personal and professional experience with grief, she has been interviewed as a grief expert for the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, NPR, and New York Times.
Chris Aiken, MD, is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist whose work focuses on natural and lifestyle approaches to mood disorders. He is the director of the Mood Treatment Center, Editor-in-Chief of The Carlat Psychiatry Report, the bipolar Section Editor for Psychiatric Times, and an instructor at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. He hosts the weekly Carlat Psychiatry Podcast with Kellie Newsome, PMH-NP.
Kellie Newsome, PMH-NP, practices combined psychotherapy and medication treatment in North Carolina. She hosts The Pocket Psychiatrist, a podcast for clients, as well as The Cariat Psychiatry Podcast for mental health professionals.
Frederic G. Reamer, PhD, has chaired the national task force that wrote the National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics and served on the task force that added technology standards to the code. Dr. Reamer lectures both nationally and internationally on the subjects of professional ethics, professional malpractice and liability, and documentation. Dr. Reamer has been an expert witness and formal ethics consultant in more than 130 litigation and licensing board cases throughout the United States.
Lambers Fisher, MS, LMFT, MDiv, is a marriage and family therapist who has counseled individuals, couples, and families from a variety of cultural backgrounds, with a strong desire to help counseling professionals feel more comfortable, competent, and confident in their ability to meet the needs of whomever they have the opportunity to serve. Lambers is the author of the award-winning book, Diversity in Clinical Practice: A Practical & Shame-Free Guide to Reducing Cultural Offenses & Repairing Cross-Cultural Relationships.
Thomas Doherty, PsyD, is a clinical and environmental psychologist specializing in the connections between mental health and the national environment. Author of the paper, "The Psychological Impacts of Global Climate Change," he's the founder of one of the first environment-focused certificate programs for mental health counselors in the U.S.
