Margaret Wehrenberg is a licensed clinical psychologist, is the author of 6 books on the treatment of anxiety and depression, including her most recent book for the general public, The 10 Best Anxiety Busters. An expert on the treatment of anxiety and depression, she also has extensive training and expertise in the neurobiology of psychological disorders. 

Reid Wilson is a licensed psychologist who directs the Anxiety Disorders Treatment Center in Chapel Hill and Durham, NC. He is also Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. He is author of the newly released Stopping the Noise in Your Head: The New Way to Overcome Anxiety and Worry and the classic self-help book Don’t Panic: Taking Control of Anxiety Attacks.

Jennifer Abel is an international speaker, author and clinical psychologist, who has specialized in the treatment of anxiety disorders for over 20 years. Before opening a private practice, she served as the Associate Director of the Stress and Anxiety Disorders Institute at Penn State under the direction of the leading expert in Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), T.D. Borkovec.

Judith Belmont has been a psychotherapist for 35 years, with a focus on practical, psycho-social and psycho-educational skills training. She is the author of PESI’s popular 3 book series, 86 TIPS, 103 Group Activities and TIPS, and 127 More Amazing TIPS & Tools for the Therapeutic Toolbox, which offers practical, action-oriented strategies to help people develop healthy life skills. She is also a national speaker on various mental health and wellness topics for a variety of populations, including mental health professionals, women’s conferences and expos and as well as workplace wellness programs.

Mary NurrieStearns has over 35 years of professional experience in mental health and maintains a counseling practice in Tulsa, OK. An advanced level yoga teacher and mindfulness student of Thich Naht Hahn, she is a long-time yoga practitioner and meditator. Mary is the author of Yoga for Anxiety, Yoga for Emotional Trauma and Yoga Mind, Peaceful Mind (2015). She teaches yoga, mindfulness, and meditation, teaches seminars across the United States and co-leads, with her husband, transformational meditation and yoga retreats. She has suffered from anxiety and emotional trauma and credits mindfulness practices for profound personal transformation. Mary has trained thousands of clinicians in the practices of yoga, meditation, mindfulness and self-acceptance.