Stephanie Kaufman, MSW is a social worker on staff at Light on Anxiety, a mental health treatment center that specializes in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) for anxiety disord

Ashley Smith, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, speaker, author, and co-founder of Peak Mind: The Center for Psychological Strength. She began studying and treating anxiety disorders in graduate school. She earned her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2007. Since then, she has become a sought-out specialist who has worked in children's hospitals, an anxiety specialty center, and now in private practice in Kansas City, MO.

Lana Ruvolo Grasser is a second-year pre-doctoral candidate in Translational Neuroscience at Wayne State University (WSU). She is a 2017 graduate of Michigan State University with a BSc in Neuroscience and a minor in dance. Currently, she works with Drs. Arash Javanbakht and Tanja Jovanovic at the Stress, Trauma, and Anxiety Research Clinic at WSU.

Dr. Naomi Simon’s major clinical and research interests include optimizing initial and next step psychotherapy and medication treatments for anxiety and stress related disorders and understanding the presentation and the biological impact of trauma, loss and anxiety disorders.