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- Holly Counts, Psy.D.
- Marie Hartwell-Walker, Ed.D.
- Gilbert Levin, Ph.D.
- Daniel Z. Sands, M.D., MPH
- John Suler, Ph.D.
- Clay Tucker-Ladd, Ph.D.
- Bonnie Wiesner, Ed.S., Ph.D.
Dr. Holly R. Counts, is a licensed clinical psychologist in the state of Ohio. She obtained her bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in the field of psychology. Dr. Counts has been practicing in Ohio since 1996, after obtaining her Psy.D. from Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. She has worked in a variety of settings including a private psychiatric hospital, a school for SED adolescents, a community mental health center, and a psychiatry office. This ultimately led to her beginning her own private practice in 2002. She specializes in trauma and abuse, domestic violence counseling, relationship/couple's issues, women's issues, adolescence, GLBT, grief counseling and integrating holistic alternative approaches to wellness with traditional psychology. Her clinical training was eclectic in nature which fits both her personality and her approach to therapy.
Marie Hartwell-Walker, Ed.D. is licensed in Massachusetts as both a psychologist and marriage and family therapist and has been in practice for over 30 years. She has authored advice columns for parents, articles and books on classroom discipline for teachers, and various programs for human service agencies and industry. Grounded in Adlerian psychology, her focus is on helping people take more responsibility for themselves and get along better with others. Dr. Marie has been married for almost 40 years and is the mother of 4. For more examples of her advice to parents and couples, see www.parentadvisor.net.
Gilbert Levin, Ph.D. is a professor of epidemiology and social medicine and of psychiatry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He is the founder of a nationally prominent doctoral program in health psychology and the founder/director of the Cape Cod Institute, a summer-long series of continuing education courses for mental health and applied behavioral science professionals since 1980. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and of the Academy for Behavioral Medicine Research.
Dr. Levin is an author of two books which use computer simulation to analyze health and mental health policies. He was a founding editor of Health Care Management Review and an editor of Computers in Psychiatry/Psychology. In collaboration with Elizabeth Levin, he developed widely distributed educational software. Dr. Levin is co-chair of the 1996 Connected Computer Symposium and is the editor and publisher of Behavior onLine, a gathering place for mental health and applied behavioral science professionals on the World Wide Web.
Daniel Z. Sands, M.D., MPH, is an internationally recognized lecturer, consultant, and thought leader in the area of clinical computing and patient and clinician empowerment through the use of computer technology. Most recently, Dr. Sands served as the ChiefMedical Officer and VP for Clinical Strategies for Zix Corporation, where he provided clinical leadership that helped the company become a leader in e-prescribing. Prior to that, he was the Clinical Systems Integration Architect at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, where he had worked since 1991. He earned his baccalaureate at Brown University, medical degree at Ohio State University, and a masters degree at Harvard School of Public Health. He did residency training at Boston City Hospital and an informatics fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor ofMedicine at Harvard Medical School andmaintains a primary care practice in which hemakes extensive use of health information technology.
Dr. Sands is the recipient of numerous health IT awards, sits on the board of the American Medical Informatics Association, and has been elected to fellowship in both the American College of Physicians and the American College ofMedical Informatics.
Clay Tucker-Ladd, Ph.D. was born May 12, 1931 to a 16-year-old mother and a farm hand father. At age 11 he began doing farm work during the summers; worked in a factory at age 16, then painted during the summers until 18. A serious student in a small rural school, he attended Miami University on a NROTC scholarship, graduating with honors. Later, he served with the US Marines in Korea creating a social conscience. He was married at age 21, yielding four natural children plus a foster daughter. Resuming his role as a student he attended the University of Iowa, resulting in a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in 1960.
Clay got his first professional job at Indiana University Medical Center training psychiatrists, later to become the Chief Psychologist of the Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic. He went to Southern Illinois University as Director of the Counseling & Testing Center. There, in 1970, he started teaching a class in how to apply psychology to personal life. In 1973 he wrote the first draft of Psychological Self-Help. He became chair of the Psychology Department at Eastern Illinois University from 1974 (to 1980), where he developed a Paraprofessional BA degree program while continuing to improve his self-help course. Divorced and remarried, Clay gained two step-children and an adopted son. Teaching full time from 1980, he retired in 1991. During the 1990's, Clay has maintained a small private practice, run some groups, and continued expanding and improving Psychological Self-Help. The book was finished and accepted for publication by Mental Help Net in 1996 and put online in 1997. Since publication, Clay has been busy updating the book after moving it to its own website in 2005.
Dr. Clayton E. Tucker-Ladd has been licensed as a Clinical Psychologist by the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation for 34 years (License no. 071-001073). Dr. Ladd has also been registered for many years with the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology.
Bonnie Wiesner, Ed.S., Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist with graduate degrees in clinical psychology and marriage and family therapy. Dr. Wiesner is currently in private practice working with adults, adolescents, couples and families, helping them learn how to grow from life's challenges. Dr. Wiesner has warmly guided patients for over 20 years to reach their fullest potential. She also has taught psychology at the graduate level, lectured internationally and has written articles for various publications. She is currently writing a book about the psychology of the relationship.
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