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Joseph A. Himle, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the University of
Michigan, School of Social Work and the Department of Psychiatry. He
is also the Associate Director of the University of Michigan, Anxiety Disorders
Program. He completed his doctorate in social work and psychology
at the University of Michigan in August of 1995. Dr. Himle is an
active clinician, teacher, and researcher in the area of mental health disorders
and interventions.
Cedar R. Koons received her MSW from the University of North Carolina.
She was on staff at the Women Veterans Comprehensive Health
Center at the Durham VA Medical Center and was an adjunct clinical
faculty at Duke University Medical Center. At Duke she founded the
dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) program, taught and supervised psychiatry
residents, and conducted research on the efficacy of DBT as
compared to treatment as usual for women veterans with borderline personality
disorder. She founded Santa Fe DBT Consultation, a group of
practitioners providing comprehensive DBT treatment to adults and adolescents
and was the first president of Marie Institute, a nonprofit organization
formed to increase access to evidence-based clinical services for
severe, multidisordered, difficult-to-treat clients.
Craig Winston LeCroy, PhD, earned his BSW from San Jose State University,
his MSW from Western Michigan University, and his PhD from
the University of Wisconsin. He is professor of social work at Arizona
State University.
Catherine M. Lemieux, MSW, PhD, received her MSW from Barry University
and her PhD from Florida International University. She currently
serves as the Margaret Champagne Womack Associate Professor in Addictive
Disorders in the School of Social Work at Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She has extensive practice experience with
individuals and families affected by substance abuse. Her publications are
in the area of substance abuse education, prevention, and treatment.
Catherine MacLaren, MSW, is a certified Fellow and Supervisor in Rational
Emotive Behavior Therapy, Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
and Certified Employee Assistance Professional (CEAP). Formerly a staff
therapist and training faculty member at the Albert Ellis Institute in New
York, she coauthored Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy: A Therapist’s
Guide with Albert Ellis in 1998. Catherine is currently working with
Community Counseling Center in Portland, Maine.
Ruth Malkinson, PhD, teaches at the Bob Shapell School of Social Work,
Tel Aviv University. She is a past-president of the Israeli Association for