Birdie Gunyon Meyer is an RN with a Master’s Degree in Psychology and Counseling. She was the Founder of the Perinatal Mood Disorders Program at Indiana University Health in Indianapolis, Indiana. She is Certified in Perinatal Mental Health, and is an internationally known expert and speaker.

Michael Treanor, PhD is an Assistant Project Scientist with the UCLA Anxiety and Depression Research Center and staff psychologist with the UCLA Child OCD, Anxiety, and Tic Disorders Program. 

Dr. Treanor completed his doctorate at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, his APA-approved internship at the National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Behavioral Science Division, and a NIMH T32 postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA. 

Simay Inci Ipek graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in Neuroscience and Psychology. At UPenn, she worked with Dr. Melissa Hunt on testing the acceptability and efficacy of a self-help mobile app for Irritable Bowel Syndrome patients called Zemedy. This mobile app delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to IBS patients and was compared to an educational and relaxation training control app designed by the research team. She also worked in Dr.

Natasha Bailen, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist in the Center for OCD and Related Disorders (CORD) at Massachusetts General Hospital and faculty at Harvard Medical School. She also maintains a small private practice. Dr. Bailen received her PhD in clinical psychology from Washington University in St. Louis, and completed her clinical internship at University of Chicago Medicine. She completed her postdoctoral training at Boston University’s Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders (CARD).

Dr. Felicity Sapp is the Clinical Director/Founder of OCD and Anxiety Psychological Services Inc. in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Dr. Sapp and her Associates at OAPS use evidence-based specialized treatment to provide assessment and psychological intervention to children, teens and adults with OCD, anxiety, and related disorders. Dr.

Dr. Susan Wagner is a licensed psychologist in New York. She completed a Ph.D. in both Clinical and Social Psychology at Columbia University. Her fellowship was at NY Presbyterian, Westchester Division where she then joined the faculty, working on the specialized in-patient unit for eating disorders, under the direction of Katherine Halmi, M.D. While there she treated in-patients individually and in groups, supervised therapy for all PhDs, MDs, and trainees, wrote manuals for group psychotherapy, and participated in team research and publications.

Glenda Carman-Gray, MSW, RSW is a Registered Social Worker and Psychotherapist in Toronto, Canada. She is the owner of Therapy On Yonge, OCD and Anxiety Treatment. Her entire practice is devoted to the treatment of adults (18+) suffering with all subtypes of OCD, Anxiety, BFRBs, and related disorders. She also provides supervision on OCD related cases. Glenda graduated from McGill University with a Bachelor of Commerce in 1994, a Bachelor of Social Work in 1997, and a Master’s of Social Work in 1998.

Stephen M. Strakowski, MD, is the Professor and Vice Chair, Research of Psychiatry at Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM). He also serves as Professor of Psychiatry and Associate Vice President, Regional Mental Health at the Dell Medical School, University of Texas in Austin. Previously he served as Vice Dean for Research at Dell Medical School and the University of Cincinnati; at the latter, he also served as Senior Vice President of Strategy. He is the Treasurer for the National Network of Depression Centers, and Director of Strategy for the American Brain Coalition. Dr.