James Finley

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James Finley lived as a monk at the cloistered Trappist monastery of the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky, where he studied under the Christian monk and author Thomas Merton. He leads silent, contemplation focused retreats throughout the United States and in Canada and Europe. He is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Santa Monica, California, and is presently writing … Read More

Diana Fosha

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Diana Fosha, Ph.D. is the innovator of AEDP (Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy). Her work has centered around transformational processes in experiential psychotherapy and their connection to the discoveries of neuroscience, leading her to develop the methods of dyadic affect regulation and metaprocessing that are embodied in AEDP. The author of numerous articles and chapters on transformation and trauma, she is … Read More

Ross Ungerleider

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Ross Ungerleider, M.D., M.B.A., is known for his innovations and his expertise as a pediatric heart surgeon, changing many lives with his healing hands and compassionate manner. He has created nationally renowned pediatric cardiothoracic surgery programs, and is now doing so at Brenner Children’s Hospital at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, as chief of the pediatric cardiovascular surgery team … Read More

Eugene V. Beresin

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Eugene V. Beresin, M.D. is an internationally known psychiatry educator and clinician, and the Director of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Training Program at the Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital consolidated residency training program. He is the director the patient-doctor program that introduces reflective practice to medical students just setting out on their journey toward becoming healers. Dr. Beresin has been a … Read More

Diane Ackerman

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Diane Ackerman shares her sense of wonder and skills as a researcher, creating absorbing and lyrical journeys into the natural world. An internationally renowned and award winning author, her acclaimed nonfiction works include A Natural History of the Senses; An Alchemy of Mind; Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden; The Zookeeper’s Wife: A War Story; and Deep Play. … Read More

Jaak Panksepp

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(In Memoriam) Jaak Panksepp holds the Baily Endowed Chair of Animal Well-Being Science in the Neuroscience Program of Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine and is Emeritus Distinguished Research Professor of the Department of Psychology at Bowling Green State University. His research has pioneered the neuroscientific study of primary-process emotions in mammals. He coined the term “affective neuroscience” as … Read More

John O’Donohue

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(In Memoriam) Poet, philosopher, scholar, and spiritually awake human being, John O’Donohue passed away peacefully and unexpectedly in his sleep on January 3, 2008. After retiring from the priesthood in 2000, John spent years as a full-time writer, an international speaker and advocate for social justice, and an inspiration to many. His presence on the advisory board of GAINS kept … Read More