affectphobia.org--the Affect Phobia training team

www.affectphobia.org

affectphobia.org, the web site for
Affect Phobia Therapy

	Leigh McCullough, PhD, is an Associate Clinical Professor at Harvard Medical School, Director of the Psychotherapy Research Program at Harvard’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and a visiting professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Trondheim, Norway). She was the 1996 Voorhees Distinguished Professor at the Menninger Clinic and received the 1996 Michael Franz Basch Award from the Silvan Tomkins Institute for her contributions to the exploration of affect in psychotherapy. Dr. McCullough is on the editorial board of the journal Psychotherapy Research and of the Journal of Brief Therapy, and conducts training seminars in the Affect Phobia model worldwide. She is the author of several books, including Changing Character: Short-Term Anxiety-Regulating Psychotherapy for Restructuring Defenses, Affects, and Attachment, and Treating Affect Phobia: A Manual for Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy.
	Nat Kuhn, MD, PhD, is a Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and an Assistant Director of Dr. McCullough’s Psychotherapy Research Program. He is co-author of Treating Affect Phobia: A Manual for Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy with Dr. McCullough, Dr. Andrews and others. Dr. Kuhn has taught the Affect Phobia model extensively both to novice therapists (e.g. psychiatric training at Harvard and Tufts Medical Schools, and post-doctoral training at Harvard Vanguard Medical Assoicates), and therapists of long experience (Cambridge Hospital, New Hampshire Psychological Association, Harvard Medical School Continuing Education, among others). He has a private psychotherapy and psychiatry practice in the Boston area. Before attending medical school he was a mathematician, and he has published on a variety of subjects.
	Stuart Andrews, PhD, is a psychotherapist in private practice in Brookline, Massachusetts, and an Assistant Director of Dr. McCullough's Psychotherapy Research Program. He has presented at international conferences and conducted training seminars on Affect Phobia Therapy. He has taught and supervised clinicians and students, and published articles on psychotherapy integration and short-term therapy. Mr. Andrews is also the Director of the Center for Families in Transition, where his program, "For the Sake of the Children," is mandated in a number of communities in Massachusetts for parents going through divorce. With Dr. McCullough, he is co-author of Treating Affect Phobia: A Manual for Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy.
	Kristin Osborn, MA, LMHC, is in private practice in the Boston area specializing in Affect Phobia Therapy with children, adolescents, and adults. For the past thirteen years her clinical and research experiences include inpatient, residential, outpatient, and school settings. She has developed and implemented affect-focused curriculum and training at various independent schools in New England. Ms. Osborn devotes herself to research, writing and teaching with Dr. McCullough's Psychotherapy Research Program. Her most recent article was selected as a chapter in the book, Clinical Strategies for Becoming a Master Psychotherapist. She has taught at the University of Vermont, Smith College, Harvard Medical School, and the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology.