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DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS

DIRECTOR OF TRAINING

Hannah Emery, PhD, is a licensed psychologist in private practice in the St. Louis, Missouri area, and is also an assistant clinical professor at the Southern Illinois University in the Edwardsville School of Dental Medicine.  She is a certified advanced practitioner of Coherence Therapy and utilizes that approach as her main modality in counseling.  Hannah is also a certified trainer of Coherence Therapy and thoroughly enjoys coaching clinicians through the learning process.  Her research interests include LGBTQ+, gender identity, trauma, and applied clinical research, with a particular focus on the design of research methodology and statistical analysis.

DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL EDUCATION AND PARTNERSHIPS

Michał Jasiński, PhD is a licensed psychotherapist, cross-cultural psychologist, cinema expert, philologist, and guest lecturer at the SWPS University (Poland) and the University of Barcelona (Spain).  He has a private therapeutic practice in Barcelona and specializes in constructivist psychotherapies, his main approach being Coherence Therapy.  He is a certified trainer of the Coherence Psychology Institute, on behalf of which he conducts workshops in Europe (frequently in Poland, where he introduced Coherence Therapy in 2013) and online.  He is also trained in Personal Construct Psychotherapy, AEDP, Brief Strategic Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and IFS, all of which he integrates with Coherence Therapy in his work.  He is also a consultant for the Polish Psychedelic Society and works as a psychedelic integration specialist in the Hermanosis Association in Spain.  He works in English, Spanish, Polish, and Swedish.

DIRECTOR OF PARADIGM DEVELOPMENT AND INSTRUCTION

Laurel Hulley, MA, is a co-originator of Coherence Therapy, co-founder of the Julia Morgan Middle School for Girls in Oakland, California, and co-author of the volumes Unlocking the Emotional Brain: Memory Reconsolidation and the Psychotherapy of Transformational Change; the Coherence Therapy Practice Manual & Training Guide; Depth Oriented Brief Therapy: How To Be Brief When You Were Trained To Be Deep and Vice Versa; and the training manual that accompanies each session video in the Coherence Therapy and Memory Reconsolidation Video Demonstration and Training Series on this website.

ASSISTANT DIRECTORS

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF TRAINING FOR COHERENCE COACHING
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

Elise Kushner, HP Psychotherapy (Germany) lives and works in Cologne, Germany, as a certified advanced practitioner of Coherence Therapy, certified trainer of Coherence Therapy and Coherence Coaching, systemic coach, and trainer in the areas of interpersonal communication, coaching competencies for leaders, and gender awareness. She has been a guest lecturer at the Furtwangen University. Elise has served as consultant for multiple authors in her areas of expertise. She is also a composer and choral director, with an academic degree in music.

CERTIFIED TRAINERS

Laura Bastianelli, Doctor of Psychology (Italy) is a Teaching and Supervising Transaction-
al Analyst.  She is a clinical trainer at Salesian University in Rome, Italy, and at Istituto di Formazione e Ricerca per Educatori e Psicoterapeuti (IFREP, the Institute of Training and Research for Educators and Psychotherapists).  She is a a clinical researcher with the Salesian University and the Intrapsychic and Relational Processes Research Institute (IRPIR).  She initiated the creation of the Italian edition of Unlocking the Emotional Brain, and her research includes psychotherapy effectiveness and the delivery of health practices to areas of extreme poverty.  She is a founding member of the Institute for the Prevention of Minors Distress and has been the chair and is now a co-opted member of the theory development and research committee of the European Association for Transactional Analysis (EATA).

Sophie Côté, PhD, is a psychologist in private practice in Quebec City, Canada.  She is the president and co-founder of Momentum Psychology Inc., a clinic that teaches and provides neuroscience-oriented services (neurofeedback and Coherence Therapy).  She defended the first doctoral thesis in Canada on cybertherapy (cognitive mechanisms in the efficacy of in vivo and in virtuo exposure).  She is also the first francophone to be a certified advanced practitioner of Coherence Therapy, and is the translator of the French editions of the Coherence Therapy Practice Manual and the Routledge volume Unlocking the Emotional Brain (1st edition).  Her special interests include: anxiety conditions, self-worth issues, adaptation to medical conditions, and fertility issues.  Sophie presents workshops on the therapeutic reconsolidation process and conducts Coherence Therapy clinical activities in French and in English.

Hannah Emery, PhD, is a licensed psychologist in private practice in the St. Louis, Missouri area, and is also an assistant clinical professor at the Southern Illinois University in the Edwardsville School of Dental Medicine.  She is a certified advanced practitioner of Coherence Therapy and utilizes that approach as her main modality in counseling.  Hannah is also a certified trainer of Coherence Therapy and thoroughly enjoys coaching clinicians through the learning process.  Her research interests include LGBTQ+, gender identity, trauma, and applied clinical research, with a particular focus on the design of research methodology and statistical analysis.

Michał Jasiński, PhD is a licensed psychotherapist, cross-cultural psychologist, cinema expert, philologist, and guest lecturer at the SWPS University (Poland) and the University of Barcelona (Spain).  He has a private therapeutic practice in Barcelona and specializes in constructivist psychotherapies, his main approach being Coherence Therapy.  He is a certified trainer of the Coherence Psychology Institute, on behalf of which he conducts workshops in Europe (frequently in Poland, where he introduced Coherence Therapy in 2013) and online.  He is also trained in Personal Construct Psychotherapy, AEDP, Brief Strategic Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and IFS, all of which he integrates with Coherence Therapy in his work.  He is also a consultant for the Polish Psychedelic Society and works as a psychedelic integration specialist in the Hermanosis Association in Spain.  He works in English, Spanish, Polish, and Swedish.

Josh Killam, LPC, is a Licensed Professional Counselor in private practice in Austin, Texas.  He has an integrative, experiential approach to psychotherapy and is a certified trainer and practitioner of Coherence Therapy.  Josh has extensive experience working with people in various life stages.  His goal is to accompany and guide individuals through their journey of self-discovery to wholeness and fulfillment, particularly those grappling with finding meaning and purpose due to adverse life experiences.

Faith Curtin Koch, MA, MA, LPCC, NCC is a psychotherapist in private practice in the Denver area of Colorado.  She is a certified practitioner of Coherence Therapy and develops tools for therapists training in Coherence Therapy, such as her guide to use of the overt statement.  How we learn, how we structure knowledge, and therefore how we can best teach are among her areas of expertise.  Faith's particular therapeutic and teaching interests include the impacts of trauma across the life span and the myriad roles of memory reconsolidation neuroscience in psychotherapy.  More information about Faith is available here.

Elise Kushner, HP Psychotherapy (Germany) lives and works in Cologne, Germany, as a certified advanced practitioner of Coherence Therapy, certified trainer of Coherence Therapy and Coherence Coaching, systemic coach, and trainer in the areas of interpersonal communication, coaching competencies for leaders, and gender awareness. She has been a guest lecturer at the Furtwangen University. Elise has served as consultant for multiple authors in her areas of expertise. She is also a composer and choral director, with an academic degree in music.

Mehdi Liratni, PhD, is a psychologist and the first certified advanced practitioner of Coherence Therapy and CPI's first certified trainer residing in France (Montpellier).  In his private practice he works with children, teenagers, and adults, and his special interests are giftedness, autism, ADHD, anxiety/depression, and diverse gender identities.  His clinical approach is a synthesis of memory reconsolidation via Coherence Therapy, developmental cognitive psychology, aspects of CBT (especially acceptance and commitment therapy), and Buddhist philosophy.  He teaches and supervises in those areas for professionals and institutions, and has published papers and books about several of the areas mentioned.  For more information about Mehdi: drmehdiliratni.com

Sam Robinson, MSW, LCSW, is a psychotherapist and clinical supervisor in Austin, Texas, where he leads a small group practice in experiential psychotherapy.  Born and raised in the UK, he travelled across the pond in 2016 to pursue careers as both psychotherapist and musician.  After coming across Coherence Therapy in 2019, Sam was awarded a training fellowship from the Coherence Psychology Institute in 2021.  Since then, he continues to be immersed in deliberate practice as it pertains to Coherence Therapy and now, as a certified trainer, also offers workshops in Coherence Therapy, both in-person in Austin and online.  There is more about Sam here.

RESEARCH ASSOCIATES

Laura Bastianelli, Doctor of Psychology (Italy) is a Teaching and Supervising Transaction-
al Analyst.  She is a clinical trainer at Salesian University in Rome, Italy, and at Istituto di Formazione e Ricerca per Educatori e Psicoterapeuti (IFREP, the Institute of Training and Research for Educators and Psychotherapists).  She is a a clinical researcher with the Salesian University and the Intrapsychic and Relational Processes Research Institute (IRPIR).  She initiated the creation of the Italian edition of Unlocking the Emotional Brain, and her research includes psychotherapy effectiveness and the delivery of health practices to areas of extreme poverty.  She is a founding member of the Institute for the Prevention of Minors Distress and has been the chair and is now a co-opted member of the theory development and research committee of the European Association for Transactional Analysis (EATA).

Hannah Emery, PhD, is a licensed psychologist in private practice in the St. Louis, Missouri area, and is also an assistant clinical professor at the Southern Illinois University in the Edwardsville School of Dental Medicine.  She is a certified practitioner of Coherence Therapy and utilizes that approach as her main modality in counseling.  Hannah is also a certified trainer of Coherence Therapy and thoroughly enjoys coaching clinicians through the learning process.  Her research interests include LGBTQ+, gender identity, trauma, and applied clinical research, with a particular focus on the design of research methodology and statistical analysis.

Pablo Herrera, PhD (Heidelberg University), is a clinical psychologist, teacher and psychotherapy researcher at Universidad de Chile in Santiago, Chile.  He is the research director of the Gestalt Institute of Santiago.  His main research topics are self-sabotage, change mechanisms in humanistic-experiential therapy, and resistance to change.  He leads an international project to study efficacy and change mechanisms in Gestalt Therapy and has published articles and book chapters on Gestalt Therapy, patients' non-adherence to treatment, and polarities and difficulties in the therapeutic process.

Alexandre Vaz, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, teacher and psychotherapy researcher at ISPA-University Institute in Lisbon, Portugal.  He is director of the webinar series of the Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR) and a member of SPR's Communications Committee; a member of the Research and Membership Committees for the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration (SEPI); editor of SEPI's The Integrative Therapist newsletter; and program assistant for SEPI's International Conferences.  He is founder and host of Psychotherapy Expert Talks, a series of in-depth interviews with distinguished clinicians and researchers, sponsored by SEPI and SPR, and is co-author of a chapter in the Handbook of Psychotherapy Integration (Oxford Press, 3rd edition), edited by John C. Norcross and Marvin Goldfried.  Alex serves as a consultant to the CPI research group.

ASSOCIATE INSTRUCTORS

Associate Instructors are independent regional proponents of Coherence Therapy
and/or memory reconsolidation who maintain a collaborative partnership
with the Coherence Psychology Institute.

Gregory D. Carson, LCSW, is Chair of The National Institute for the Psychotherapies' Clinical Affiliate Program, Co-Founder of their Trauma Group Therapy component, and serves on their Executive Committee. He is a Certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, an EMDRIA Certified Consultant in EMDR, a Certified Presence Psychotherapy Consultant & Trainer, and is trained in Coherence Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Group Psychotherapy, and IFS for couples (IFIO).  He has served as faculty at The Training Institute for Mental Health, the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy, and at The National Institute for the Psychotherapies.  Recent peer-reviewed, co-authored journal articles are "Integrative Trauma Treatment: Expanding the Psychoanalytic Frame" (2022) and "Presence Psychotherapy: A Novel Trauma Treatment Model for Thorough Memory Reconsolidation" (2021). His 2020 book chapter is "Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts: The Value of Co-Led Trauma Group Psychotherapy".  Gregory maintains private practices in NY, NJ, and FL, offering individual, couple, and group psychotherapy as well as clinical consultation.

Sophie Côté, PhD, is a psychologist in private practice in Quebec City, Canada.  She is the president and co-founder of Momentum Psychology Inc., a clinic that teaches and provides neuroscience-oriented services (neurofeedback and Coherence Therapy).  She defended the first doctoral thesis in Canada on cybertherapy (cognitive mechanisms in the efficacy of in vivo and in virtuo exposure).  She is also the first francophone to be a certified advanced practitioner of Coherence Therapy, and is the translator of the French editions of the Coherence Therapy Practice Manual and the Routledge volume Unlocking the Emotional Brain (1st edition).  Her special interests include: anxiety conditions, self-worth issues, adaptation to medical conditions, and fertility issues.  Sophie presents workshops on the therapeutic reconsolidation process and conducts Coherence Therapy clinical activities in French and in English.

 
Pierre Cousineau, PhD, is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Montreal, Canada, and has been practicing psychotherapy for over 40 years.  An advanced practitioner of schema therapy, he conducts workshops and supervises in Canada, France, Norway and Morocco, and he has integrated mindfulness and ACT as a means of regulating schemas.  He views the Therapeutic Reconsolidation Process as a major breakthrough in defining a core process for significantly modifying schemas and in his long quest for understanding how deep change of emotional memory takes place.

Vanessa Kredler, MA, is a Sydney-based psychotherapist registered with the Australian Counselling Association and certified as a food addiction counsellor.  She takes a compassionate and curious approach, with a focus on food addiction, complex trauma, and intergenerational trauma, areas with which she has lived experience.  Her approach is trauma-informed, person-centred, and informed by the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model.  Based on her own personal transformative experience with IFS, Vanessa is fascinated by memory reconsolidation and how it produces transformational change, and has published a peer-reviewed case study of an IFS session to demonstrate how IFS brings about memory reconsolidation.  For more about Vanessa:  www.vanessakredler.com.

Mehdi Liratni, PhD, is a psychologist and the first certified advanced practitioner of Coherence Therapy and CPI's first certified trainer residing in France (Montpellier).  In his private practice he works with children, teenagers, and adults, and his special interests are giftedness, autism, ADHD, anxiety/depression, and diverse gender identities.  His clinical approach is a synthesis of memory reconsolidation via Coherence Therapy, developmental cognitive psychology, aspects of CBT (especially acceptance and commitment therapy), and Buddhist philosophy.  He teaches and supervises in those areas for professionals and institutions, and has published papers and books about several of the areas mentioned.  For more information about Mehdi: drmehdiliratni.com

Roger Marcaurelle, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and a certified practitioner of Coherence Therapy in private practice in Montréal, Canada, and Adjunct Professor of psychology at the Université du Québec à Montréal.  He offers workshops on Coherence Therapy and memory reconsolidation in French for mental health professionals and workshops for the professional teaching of mindfulness meditation, the latter grounded in his Ph.D. in Indology.  His synthetic model of self-schemas and his formulation of multimodal couple therapy are other workshop training topics, guided as well by the principles of memory reconsolidation.  Roger also offers supervision in these areas and is preparing a book of therapeutic tools for each of them.  He has published many scientific papers and five books, including a collection of original psycho-educative thoughts entitled 365 Pensées du jour.  For more about Roger:  www.rogermarcaurelle.com and www.plenisources.com.

Gail Noppe-Brandon, LCSW, MPA, MA, is a clinician in New York City who also works inter-
nationally via Skype as a Narrative Coach.  She practices Coherent Narrative Therapy, which marries a narratological approach to a coherence-based one and utilizes her skills as a Certified Advanced Practitioner of Coherence Therapy and her training in writing, Focusing, mindfulness, and EMDR.  Gail also teaches Coherent Narrative Therapy to clinicians as a certified CEU provider in New York State.  Formerly an NYU dean and professor of writing, Gail is a three-time Carnegie Foundation award winner for excellence in teaching, has assisted Bruce Ecker in training psychotherapists in NYC, and regularly gives talks on Creating Coherent Narratives at institutes, conferences, and in her courses for the National Association of Social Workers. Her publications include several books; articles in The Neuropsychotherapist that show Coherence Therapy as a core of her Coherent Narrative work; a book chapter co-authored with Robin Ticic that introduced Coherence Therapy to German-speaking clinicians using one of Gail's cases; and Coherent Parenting contributions to this website.  Gail is deeply committed to bringing writing easily into regular use in talk therapy, for its effectiveness with memory retrieval and trauma reduction.  More: www.gailnoppebrandon.com

Tori Olds, PhD, is cofounder of Deep Eddy Psychotherapy, a training and therapy center in Austin, Texas that houses over 70 clinicians.  She currently teaches five weekly international training groups focused on integrating Coherence Therapy with other experiential approaches using the Therapeutic Reconsolidation Process as the overarching framework for change.  She has also developed several online training courses focused on incorporating mindfulness and therapeutic presence into clinical work, and through her YouTube channel she translates psychological concepts for the general public.  Tori serves as faculty at the Academy of Therapy Wisdom, and she is experienced in a range of spiritual practices that are helpful for reaching into the interior world of the human mind and heart.  More info on Tori can be found here.

Simon d'Orsogna, Clinical MA Systemic Family Therapy, is a facilitator and therapist in Melbourne, with individual and organizational clients across Australia and Asia and services that include process consultancy and executive coaching. He facilitates Coherence Therapy peer-learning workshops in Australia and co-developed the four-part online training, "Theory and Practice of Coherence Therapy." Simon is a member of the original teaching staff for the Immunity to Change model in the HarvardX Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), and a member of the development team for the web-based Self-Therapy Journey, providing Internal Family Systems-based self help. More information about Simon is available here.

Juliane Taylor Shore, LMFT, LPC, SEP (Jules) is a clinician and teacher of Interpersonal Neurobiology practicing in Austin, Texas.  She has trained therapists internationally in clinical applications of neuroscience with an emphasis on how the research in memory reconsolidation makes deep and rapid transformation of the implicit memory system possible in clinical settings.  She teaches therapists trained in many modalities to perceive and utilize the Therapeutic Reconsolidation Process in all the work they do.  Jules is trained in Internal Family Systems, Interpersonal Neurobiology, EMDR, Sandtray, Somatic Experiencing, Coherence Therapy, and Relational Life Therapy.  She is the president of the Relational Life Foundation and a regular training partner with Austin IN Connection.  She offers intensive therapy to individuals and couples and therapeutic consultations.  For more about Jules:  www.cleariskind.com/about.

 
Kina Wolfenstein, LCSW, specializes in psychotherapy for complex attachment trauma.  Her approach is grounded in the science of memory reconsolidation.  She utilizes coherence therapy, parts work via internal family systems therapy, and somatic methods to facilitate trauma processing.  Kina also provides training and consultation to therapists, teaching clinicians how to treat complex attachment trauma through the lenses of memory reconsolidation and interpersonal neurobiology.  More information about Kina is available here.