Important: The content of this website currently describes our 2007 conference. Details for the 2008 conference will be posted in spring 2008. In the meantime, browse these pages to get a feel for our conference.

Faculty List

Cordelia Anderson, MA, consultant/trainer, Sensibilities Inc., Minneapolis, MN

Caryolyn Ball, MA, LPC, private practice, Fayetteville, AR

Mary Jo Barrett, MSW, director of training, Center for Contextual Change, Skokie and Oak Park, IL

Walter H. Bera, PhD, LP, LMFT, director, Kenwood Therapy Center, Minneapolis, MN

Brenda Blanck, MSSW, senior social worker, Dane county Department of Human Services, Madison, WI

Douglas Braun-Harvey, MFP, CGP, consultant, The Sexual Dependency Institute of San Diego, San Diego, CA

John Briere, PhD, professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California School of Medicine, University of Southern California; director, Psychological Trauma Program, LAC-USC Medical Center; co-director. MCAVIC-USC Child and Adolescent Trauma Program, National Child Traumatic Stress Network

Dawn Brubakken, ACSW, LCSW, SOPORT, Inc., Madison, WI

Kim Campbell, ACSW, LCSW, director, Family Works, Inc., Indianapolis, IN

Elizabeth Carlson, PhD, LP, Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Bob Cohen-Wichner, BA, co-founder of Healing Horsemanship™, Stoughton, WI

Nikki Cohen-Wichner, MS, staff therapist for Oasis and co-founder of Healing Horsemanship™, Stoughton, WI

Sharon Cooper, MD, Developmental and Forensic Pediatrics, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Fort Briggs, NC

Geraldine Crisci, MSW, clinical social worker, private practice, Crisci & Mayer Consultation, Counseling and Training, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Michelle Cutler, PhD, clinical psychologist, Chicago Children's Advocacy Center, Chicago, IL

Dennis M. Doren, PhD, private practice and Sand Ridge Secure Treatment Center, Madison, WI

Karen A. Duncan, MA, LSW, LMFT, The Right To Be Safe, Inc., Greenwood, IN

Laura L. Green, LCSW, assistant director, Family Works, Inc., Indianapolis, IN

Robyn Lending Halsten, MA, ADTR, DTRL, therapist, Hancock Center for Movement Arts and Therapies, Madison, WI

Rochelle F. Hanson, PhD, associate professor, University of SC, National Crime Victims Research & Treatment Center, Charleston, SC

Sandra K. Hewitt, PhD, child psychologist, private practice, St. Paul, MN

Jan L. Hindman, MS, LPC, clinical director, The Hindman Foundation, Inc., Baker City, OR

Julie Kenniston, LSW, director of Training and Education, Butler county Children Services Board, Mason, OH

Rena Kornblum, MCAT, ADTR, DTRL, executive director, Hancock Center for Movement Arts, Madison, WI

Wendy Lader, PhD, SAFE Alternatives, Linden Oaks Hospital at Edwards, Naperville, IL

Cheryle Lanktree, PhD, executive director, Miller Children's Abuse and Violence Intervention Center (MCAVIC), and project director, MCAVIC-USC Child and Adolescent Trauma Program, National Child Traumatic Stress Network, Long Beach, CA

Liana Lowenstein, MSW, RSW, CPT-S, private practice, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Nancy N. Mayer, MSW, RSW, private practice, Crisci & Mayer Consultation, Counseling and Training, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Jean McElhaney, MS, LPC, LCSW, staff therapist, Sand Ridge Secure Treatment Center, Mauston, WI

Staci McNatt, BA, president/founder, Seeds of Hope, Madison, WI

Laura Merchant, MSW, assistant director, Harborview Center for Sexual Assult and Traumatic Stress, Seattle, WA

Kari Orn, MS, forensic interviewer, Safe Harbor Child Advocacy Center, Inc., Madison, WI

Carol A. Plummer, PhD, assistant professor, School fo Social Work, Louisiana State University

David S. Prescott, LICSW, treatment assessment director, Sand Ridge Secure Treatment Center, Mauston, WI

Scott Ritchie, Phd, clinical and consulting psychologist, Madison, WI

Lorrie Roller, MSW, LCSW, director, Juvenile Assessment and Treatment Center, LLC, Madison, WI

Anna Salter, PhD, psychologist, Department of Corrections, Madison, WI

Linda T. Sanford, LICSW, private practice, Newton Highlands, MA

Lloyd Sinclair, LCSW, associate treatment director, Sand Ridge Secure Treatment, Mauston, WI

Mervin R. Smucker, PhD, associate clinical professor and director of Cognitive Behavioral Training, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Patti Toth, JD, program manager/child abuse training, WA State Criminal Justice Training Commission, Burien, WA

Olga R. Trujillo, JD, O.R.T. Solutions, Inc., St. Paul, MN

Grace Valentine, MA, ADTR, DTRL, LPC, women's program coordinator and dance therapist, Hancock Center, Madison, WI

Nancy Boyd Webb, DSW, BCD, RPT-S, distinguished professor of social work, James R. Dumpson Chair in Child Welfare Studies, Fordham University, Amesbury, MA