affectphobia.org--the Affect Phobia training team

www.affectphobia.org

affectphobia.org, the web site for
Affect Phobia Therapy

	Leigh McCullough, PhD, was diagnosed with ALS in July 2010. For more information go to www.caringbridgeleighmcullough.com. Leigh 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.
	Stuart Andrews, Ph.D., is a psychologist in private practice in Fairfax, Virginia, and an Assistant Director of Dr. McCullough’s Psychotherapy Research Program. He is a co-author of Treating Affect Phobia: A Manual for Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy (Guilford Press), as well as numerous articles on psychotherapy and psychotherapy research. Dr. Andrews is currently working on a book with the research group titled, The Affect Phobia Model for Treating Cluster C Personality Disorders: A Research-Based Psychodynamic Approach for the Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive, Dependent, and Avoidant Personality Disorders, which will be published by Hogrefe Press. Dr. Andrews specializes in individual psychotherapy with adolescents and adults, couples therapy, psychological and psychoeducational testing, and evaluations in the areas of child custody, visitation, and related issues involving children and families in the court system. To contact Dr. Andrews: e-mail jstuartandrews@gmail.com voice mail 703-352-3822, Ext. 25
	Kristin A. R. Osborn is an APT psychotherapist, trainer, and supervisor with 15 years experience working with adults, adolescents, families and groups. She has a private practice in the Boston area and conducts training and supervision groups in North America and Europe. She has a faculty appointment at Harvard Medical School at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and is a member of the Psychotherapy Research Program, directed by Dr. Leigh McCullough, Ph.D. Recently she was elected to the Board of the International Experiential Dynamic Therapy Association (IEDTA) and is the IEDTA Executive Coordinator of Continuing Education. She co-authored a chapter in the book, Clinical Strategies to Become a Master Psychotherapist (2005) and an article is due to be published in the Psychotherapy Journal, Learning how to rate video-recorded therapy sessions: “A Practical Guide for Trainees and Advanced Clinicians, and she is co-authoring two books. In 2011, she’ll be offering trainings in Ireland, England, Spain, and Holland. You can learn more about Kristin Osborn at www.kristinosborn.com or contact her at Kristin@kristinosborn.com.
	Elke Schlager, LPC, Ph.D. Cand., is a psychotherapist with over 18 years of experience conducting therapy in both English and Spanish. For the past 10 years she has worked closely in psychotherapy research with Dr. Leigh McCullough. While in Boston, Ms. Schlager was a faculty adjunct at Herbert Benson's Mind/Body Medical Institute at Harvard Medical School, where she taught mindfulness and mind-body approaches. In her work Ms. Schlager integrates mindfulness with the Affect Phobia model. She is currently conducting a research study on personality risk factors for postpartum depression. Ms. Schlager is particularly interested in studying the effectiveness of Short-Term Dynamic Treatments (STDP) for the treatment and prevention of postpartum depression, as well as extending this treatment to multicultural populations. Ms. Schlager is currently co-authoring a book with Dr. McCullough and the Harvard Psychotherapy Research Group titled, The Affect Phobia Model for Treating Cluster C Personality Disorders: A Research-Based Psychodynamic Approach for treating Obsessive Compulsive, Dependent, and Avoidant Personality Disorders, which will be published by Hogrefe Press. Ms. Schlager is currently in private practice in Fairfax, Virginia. Elke can be reached at elkeschlager@gmail.com.
	Elisabeth Schanche can be reached at Elisabeth.Schanche@psykp.uib.no
	Pål G. Ulvenes is an EDT-STDP psychotherapist and specializes in the Affect Phobia Model developed by Leigh McCullough. Since early on in his psychology education he has been involved in training, teaching and research on Affect Phobia Treatment. He received supervision from Leigh McCullough from early in his studies. Pål Ulvenes has worked at an in-patient unit in Norway, using the Affect Phobia Model exclusively. He conducted both individual and group therapy with the model. Currently he is working on a major research project investigating the process of psychotherapy in STDP, both with in- and outpatients. The project is directed by Leigh McCullough, Ph.D., Asle Hoffart, Ph.D. and Bruce Wampold, Ph.D., at the research institute at Modum Bad, Norway. His academic affiliation is with the University of Oslo. He is used as a supervisor for the STDP unit at Modum Bad psychiatric hospital, along with Leigh McCullough and Lene Berggraf, and conducts evaluation interviews with patients admitted to the unit. Pål Ulvenes has given workshops and presentations on Affect Phobia treatment and research on the model on several occasions, for both professionals and students in Norway and internationally. You can learn more about Pål Ulvenes at http://www.modum-bad.no/forskere_/cms/295. Pål Ulves can be reached at ulvenes@gmail.com.
	Lene Berggraf has a 6 year psychologist education from university of Bergen in Norway. She started learning Affect Phobia and the therapeutic work of Leigh McCullough as a student in 2004. Lene was certified as a reliable rater of the process instrument ATOS (Achievement of Therapeutic Objective Scale) in 2005. After graduation she worked as a clinical psychologist for three years at a Norwegian outpatient clinic and used affect focused therapy in her individual clinical work, but also within group therapy setting as a group leader. In 2009 Lene was enrolled in a PhD program, which will be completed in 2012, with the project called PROCMAP (the process mapping), lead by Dr. Leigh McCullough at Modum Bad in Vikersund. PROCMAP involved training 50 psychologist students to use the ATOS and the Affect Phobia model. 1000 videotaped sessions with both CT and STDP are now analyzed with ATOS and another instrument PQS. This data enables investigation in great detail what specific mechanisms lead to patient change. This information might lead to better knowledge of how to provide effective therapy to patients. Further Lene conducts supervision for staff members at a clinical unit and teaches the model theoretically, but also practically by having therapist to sit in during sessions with patients. Lene has presented the Affect Phobia model at several conferences. Lene can be reached at lene.berggraf@gmail.com.
	Maneet Bhatia, M.A. is a doctoral candidate at McGill University (Montreal, Canada) where he is an active contributor in the McGill Psychotherapy Process Research Group (MPPRG). He has numerous publications and presentations in the area of psychotherapy process research, and training and supervision. He is the student representative for the Canadian Psychological Association’s section for Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Psychology. He has been working as a research assistant in Dr. McCullough’s Psychotherapy Research Program since 2006. Over the past 6 years Maneet has worked as a mental health professional at educational institutions, counseling centers, hospitals, outpatient community clinics, and in private practice. He is a certified trainer in Affect Phobia Therapy (APT) and is reliably trained on using the Achievement of Therapeutic Objectives Scale (ATOS). Maneet has presented research findings in APT at international conferences, and has published an article with Dr. McCullough examining change mechanisms in the early phases of APT, as well as an invited article in Psychotherapy that provides guidelines for both novice and experienced clinicians on how to rate therapy sessions using the ATOS. Additionally, Maneet has co-led an Affect Phobia Therapy Core Training Program in Boston, Massachusetts with Kristin Osborn. Recently, he was interviewed on the Jeff Sammut Show on Canada’s #1 sports radio station, Sportsnet Radio the FAN590 (Toronto, Canada) where he discussed the psychological and physical impact of maladaptive and adaptive emotional expression, and intersection between sports and expressing emotions. Maneet can be reached at maneet.bhatia@mail.mcgill.ca .
	Kristin Hansen, Ph.D., trained with Leigh McCullough in Affect Phobia Therapy during her clinical psychology internship and post- doc at Harvard Medical School (1999-2001). She continued on as part of Dr. McCullough’s research team for 5 years while in private practice in Boston. In 2006 she joined the clinical faculty at Brigham Young University’s Counseling Center in Provo, Utah. Since her son was born in 2009, she has continued to maintain a small private practice, research, and an adjunct faculty position in the Counseling Psychology and Special Education Department at BYU. She has published and presented at National Conferences in the areas of spirituality, affect and psychotherapy. In her on-going clinical, research and teaching work, Kristin applies the principles of Affect Phobia (McCullough et al, 2003) within a theistic psychotherapeutic frame (i.e., Richards and Bergin, 2005). She also has a special interest in using meditation and mindfulness to help sensitize clients to affect. Kristin can be reached at sabrahlang@yahoo.com.