Over multiple days you'll experience mainstage sessions, breakouts, and optional 1:1 practitioner offerings covering:

LeNaya Smith Crawford, LMFT, E-RYT 500

LeNaya Smith Crawford, The Holistic Therapist™, is a Licensed Therapist, Holistic Mental Health Educator, Business Mentor, International Teacher, and Wellness CEO. With over a decade of experience, she supports therapists, healers, and leaders in reclaiming wholeness, integrating holistic practices into their work, and building sustainable, aligned practices rooted in care and purpose.

She is a graduate of Spelman College and holds a Master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy with a specialization in trauma and spiritual integration. She is also an advanced certified yoga, breathwork, and meditation teacher and sound healer.

Her work is grounded in her own healing journey and centers the five layers of self as a pathway to transformation. She is the creator of The Holistic Therapist™ Academy, founder of LSC Wellness, and co-founder of Seviin Yoga Studio and Yoga School in Atlanta. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Essence, The Huffington Post, Healthline, and Bravo.

Lori B. LIpten, M.A. Clinical & Humanistic Psychology

Lori is a psychotherapist, shamanic medium, author, and integrative teacher blending clinical, humanistic and transpersonal psychology with intuitive development. She holds a master’s degree in Clinical and Humanistic Psychology and is the founder of the Sacred Balance Academy of Intuitive Arts and creator of "The Intuitive Practitioner Certification Program™ and The Inspired Heart Method™ -- both integrative frameworks supporting mind-body-spirit alignment in practice.

Through international workshops, retreats, and mentorship, Lori empowers helping professionals to access intuition as a therapeutic resource while maintaining evidence-based integrity. Her work bridges neuroscience, compassion-focused practice, and spiritual attunement to foster healing, resilience, and authentic connection for both client and clinician.

Amita Ghosh, M.S., M.Ed., LPCC

Amita Ghosh is a psychotherapist with over 32 years of experience, known for her deeply integrated approach that extends beyond traditional talk therapy. Her work bridges somatic psychology, yoga, meditation, mindfulness, and breathwork, allowing her to address the full human experience—mind, body, and nervous system. She specializes in guiding individuals from intellectual insight into embodied awareness, where meaningful and lasting transformation can take place.

As a yoga and meditation teacher and retreat leader, Amita creates immersive, experiential environments—particularly for psychotherapists—designed to support reconnection, reduce burnout, and facilitate deeper healing. Rooted in both clinical expertise and lived practice, her work honors the psychological, emotional, physical, and spiritual dimensions of well-being, offering a grounded and profoundly transformative path to self-discovery.

Walter Williams, MS, LPC

Walter Williams, LPC, is a licensed therapist, speaker, and founder of Think & Grow, LLC, a mental health practice serving clients across Wisconsin and Alabama. His work focuses on helping individuals and professionals move beyond insight into intentional, embodied change—bridging clinical expertise with lived experience, accountability, and real-world application.

Walter specializes in group facilitation, behavior change, and the development of structured, transformative programming. He is the creator of a 16-week anti-violence intervention program for court-referred clients and is currently expanding this work into a digital format to increase accessibility and impact. His clinical background includes domestic violence intervention and Comprehensive Community Services (CCS), and he serves as a clinical supervisor, mentoring emerging clinicians in integrating theory with authentic practice.

As a national workshop facilitator, Walter creates experiential learning environments that challenge professionals to examine their own patterns, reconnect with their values, and develop sustainable ways of showing up in both their work and personal lives. His work often explores burnout, self-awareness, and the internal narratives that shape how we lead, serve, and build.

Grounded in evidence-based practices and guided by a four-pillar wellness framework—Mind, Body, Spirit, and Finances—Walter’s approach invites clinicians to move beyond traditional models and into deeper, more aligned, and impactful ways of practicing.

Emilee J. Kern Yoga Therapist, Author, Oracle Card Creator

Emilee Kern is a yoga therapist in training, RYT-500, and retreat facilitator specializing in somatic awareness, nervous system regulation, and integration practices. She has led transformational retreats and supports clients through embodied approaches to healing, bridging clinical yoga therapy with real-world application. Her work is informed by both formal training and personal experience in plant medicine and integration.

Teri Thompson, LCSW, MAC, CCTP

In the social work field either through work or volunteer work for the past 40 years and in private practice for the past 14 years specializing in trauma, addiction, anxiety and mood disorders. Work primarily with first responders and their family members. Past volunteer work with Hospice/death and dying for many years.

I am a licensed therapist in private practice for about 15 years and many of my clients report sleep issues which affect their mental health. One of the areas I specialize in is trauma and I work with many local, state and federal law enforcement who frequently struggle with sleep issues. I suffered with insomnia and sleep disturbance for many years and have recently become very familiar with the literature in the sleep field. I wanted to move beyond the typical responses to sleep disturbances with my clients and myself to really broaden my understanding and expand my abilities to help my clients and myself. It took me a long time to see the value in doing the work on myself as I was building a practice and raising a family.

In addition, I have done several public speaking events and facilitated many groups including substance abuse groups and cancer support groups and enjoy it. 

Cassidy DuHadway, LCSW

Cassidy DuHadway, LCSW, is an EMDRIA Approved EMDR Trainer, author of Becoming Me: Unraveling and Healing the Sacred Wounds of Religious Trauma, and founder and CEO of Purple Sky Counseling, a multi-location Utah group practice with over 40 clinicians. She specializes in trauma, EMDR, religious trauma, and the intersection of neurodivergence and complex trauma. A lifelong percussionist with a Bachelor’s in Music Performance, Cassidy has facilitated drum circles in mental health organizations, schools, and corporations for over a decade, and consults with therapists on integrating rhythm and cultural healing practices into clinical work. She trains and speaks nationally.

Susan J Razavi LCSWR

Susan J. Razavi, LCSWR, is a veteran psychotherapist and Clinical Hypnotherapist whose integrative approach to mental health bridges science, mindfulness, and spirituality. With over three decades of experience, she combines traditional therapies, cognitive and dialectical behavioral techniques, mindfulness, and body-based practices to promote deep emotional healing. She developed and refined TrancePlan Hypnotherapy—an approach uniting Western psychology with Eastern philosophy—to facilitate lasting transformation. Her journey from early fascination with the mind, studying Freud and Jung at age ten, to earning a Master's in Social Work while balancing motherhood, reflects her lifelong dedication to human conscious growth. Her studies in India and Peru, immersed in Hindu philosophy, continue to influence her groundbreaking model, Conscious Integrative Therapy

Saloomeh (Sally) Nazari, MSW, PsyD

Dr. Sally Nazari is a licensed integrative holistic psychologist, educator, author, speaker, and founder of the Chrysalis Resonance and Resilience Method. Her work bridges psychotherapy, contemplative practice, somatic awareness, symbolic meaning-making, multicultural humility, and the spiritual dimensions of healing.

She has taught graduate counseling students for nearly a decade, presented at professional conferences for mental health clinicians, held conference leadership roles, served as a GoodTherapy.org Topic Expert for Trauma and PTSD, and hosted two summits focused on integrative, contemplative, and spiritually informed healing. She also has continuing education courses forthcoming with the National Register of Health Service Psychologists and TPN.health.

Through her clinical work, teaching, writing, and speaking, Dr. Nazari supports therapists, wellness professionals, and heart-centered leaders in restoring depth, coherence, cultural humility, and sacred meaning to mental health practice.

Dr. Arthalia Weekes PhD, LSCSW

Arthalia Weekes is a Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker in Kansas and Missouri. Arthalia also holds a PhD in Social Work. Arthalia serves as an Adjunct Professor at Our Lady of the Lake University. Arthalia has created psychotherapy focused groups related to military trauma, sexual trauma, BIPOC issues, and women empowerment. She has worked in the Social Work Field for over 16 years specializing in Trauma related disorders and working with individuals who are diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder, Bipolar Disorders, Anxiety, and Depressive disorders. 

In addition, Arthalia published in Resilient Warriors: Stories of the Perseverance of Women in the Military” as one of the authors and has also published several research studies surrounding young adults and spirituality in social work. Arthalia embodies somatic practices in therapy regularly with clients served. She has been certified as a Cognitive Processing Therapy therapist, trained in EMDR, Brain Spotting, EFT, Prolonged Exposure Therapy, DBT, Motivational Interviewing, ACT, and CBT-I. Arthalia currently owns her private practice Kavanah Life Counseling Services and serves as a Regional Manager for a Certified Community Behavorial Health Clinic. 

In addition Arthalia asserted as. Practicum Supervisor for Social work students as well as a supervisor for LMSW attaining clinical licensure. Arthalia’s research interests focus on mental health, race disparities in mental health, sexuality and religion, trauma, and evidence-based practices effectiveness with complex issues and diverse populations.

Dr. Mirjam Quinn

Dr. Mirjam Quinn is a licensed clinical psychologist with over 20 years of experience working with children, adolescents, families, and the helping professionals who serve them. She earned her PhD in clinical psychology in 2007, and has spent her career at the intersection of clinical practice, organizational leadership, and the training of the next generation of mental health professionals. 

She is the founder and CEO of Mirjam Quinn & Associates, a 40-clinician group therapy practice on the South Side of Chicago that has grown from one office to two locations and $4M in projected 2026 revenue, all predicated on the premise that building connected, caring communities will build individual happiness, stronger families, and more peaceful communities. Dr. Quinn trained in Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) through the Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development and integrates attachment science, polyvagal theory, and organizational psychology into both her clinical supervision and her leadership practice. 

She is a 2026 Gold Bell Seal recipient from Mental Health America, a NAWBO National Woman Business Owner of the Year Top 3 Finalist, a Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses alumna, an International Women Entrepreneurship Challenge winner, and a member of the Women Presidents' Organization. She is a sought-after speaker on nervous system regulation, organizational belonging, and sustainable practice building, with confirmed 2026-2027 engagements including the Teen Therapist Conference and the Visionary Therapist Retreat in South Africa.

Kanjana Hartshorne, LCSW, C-IAYT, Reiki Master

Kanjana takes therapy beyond the couch and into the world through nature, movement, art, ritual, and energy work in her roles as a licensed psychotherapist, IAYT certified yoga therapist, and Reiki Master.

She helps clients and clinicians alike recognize that while insight and the therapeutic relationship can be deeply healing, many people also find transformation through the body, breath, and creative or spiritual practices that align with their beliefs and values.

As founder of Healing Hearts Wellness, Kanjana leads a team of somatic and yoga therapists redefining what modern healing can look like, grounded in science, infused with spirit. She is also the founder of Wanderhome Retreats, a continuing education and retreat brand for therapists and wellness professionals built around immersive, experiential learning through nature, animals, art, adventure, and travel.

Kanjana has direct experience conducting ESA assessments and writing ESA letters in a specialized clinical setting, and brings that hands-on expertise directly into this training. She is also a curator of animal-assisted experiences for clinicians, organizing resonant equine encounters for therapist self-care and her wild dolphin swim retreat for healers, a 15-CE program approved in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The retreat returns in fall 2027 with 20 spots available, offering clinicians an immersive week of dolphin-assisted experiential and transformative learning in open ocean. Interest is currently being gathered at Wanderhome Retreats.

She is the co-creator of the annual Body Compassion Project Retreat, has researched yoga for mental health at Temple University, led therapist retreats across the country, and presented at universities, healthcare organizations, law firms, and mental health summits. Known for her quirky, experiential teaching style, Kanjana invites participants to show up exactly as they are and explore healing as both a science and an art, evidence-based, embodied, and even a little bit magical.

Josie Rosario, LMSW, MSEd, RYT

Josie Rosario, LMSW, MSEd, RYT is a descendant of healers in the 21 Divisiones tradition, certified couples and family therapist, and the founder of Venus+Legacy, a spiritually-integrated therapy practice focused on relationships of two or more. She's the writer behind Josie with the Gems on Substack, and mentors fellow spiritually-integrated therapists and entrepreneurs navigating identity thresholds. Her work sits at the intersection of spirituality as lived practice, clinical and relational depth, and the legacies carried through relationships. 

Jill Williams, LCSW

Jill Williams, LCSW: After nearly 2 decades working in a combination of direct residential care, community mental health, hospital settings, and schools, Jill is now a group practice owner, Clinical Supervisor, and educator. She loves supporting fellow clinicians and especially enjoys working with Neurodivergent and LGBTQIA+ folx. Jill lives in the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina and when she's not at work you'll likely find her in the woods, at a concert, or eating tacos on a patio. 

Jessica Decker, LPCC

Jessica Decker is a licensed psychotherapist (CA, MA, UT) and founder of Integrate Health Therapy with over 12 years of experience specializing in chronic stress and nervous system regulation. Based in the heart of the Silicon Valley tech corridor, she integrates Internal Family Systems (IFS), Polyvagal Theory, and Yoga Psychology to move clients beyond intellectualizing stress toward true somatic healing.

A former adjunct professor and current member of the CALPCC Board of Directors, Jessica is a nadvocate for "Human-First" clinical integrity. She challenges the industry push toward high-volume, AI-automated care, focusing instead on protecting the therapist as the primary clinical instrument. Her vision ensures that as technology accelerates, the therapeutic encounter remains a sacred, uncomputable space of human resonance and co-regulation.

Jenn Bovee, LCSW, CRADC, CCTP II, CCHt, EMDRIA Certified Therapist & EMDRIA Approved Consultant

My work at the intersection of chronic illness, nervous system dysregulation, and practitioner sustainability is not borrowed from a textbook. It is built from two decades of clinical practice, personal embodied experience, and a deliberate refusal to accept the standard burnout narrative that treats struggling clinicians as a compliance problem to be solved with a wellness app and better time management.

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselor, Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (Level II), Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, and EMDRIA Certified Therapist and Approved Consultant. I am the owner and CEO of The Mental Wellness Center, PC, a group therapy practice in Normal, Illinois, and My Mental Wellness Company, a continuing education and consulting platform for therapists and practice owners. I am an NBCC- and ASWB-approved CE provider, a three-time author, and a clinician who has been practicing in complex trauma and nervous system-based treatment for over twenty years.

My clinical specialty is complex trauma, dissociation, shame, and somatic regulation. I work extensively with EMDR, parts-based approaches, and body-centered interventions, not as add-ons to traditional talk therapy, but as the foundation of the work itself. That same framework is what I bring to practitioner wellbeing. I do not teach clinicians to manage burnout. I teach them to understand what is actually happening in their bodies and their practices, and to build something structurally different.

What distinguishes this training from others in the practitioner wellness space is threefold.

First, this training takes chronic illness seriously as a clinical and occupational reality, not a personal obstacle to be overcome. Most practitioner wellbeing content assumes a relatively healthy nervous system as the baseline. This training starts somewhere different: with the clinician who is managing a chronic condition, invisible disability, or persistent physiological dysregulation while simultaneously holding the weight of other people's trauma. That population is underrepresented in continuing education, and the existing frameworks were not built with them in mind.

Second, the content is somatic and experiential, not psychoeducational, with a token breathing exercise tacked on at the end. Participants will spend time in their bodies during this session. The regulation tools taught are the same tools I use in my clinical practice with trauma survivors, adapted and translated for the clinician's specific context, grounded in polyvagal-informed and trauma-sensitive frameworks, and immediately applicable to the workweek ahead.

Third, this training challenges the productivity-culture assumptions that most practitioner sustainability content quietly upholds. The dominant message in our field is still that clinicians need to do more to take care of themselves. This training reframes the question: not what more can you do, but what needs to be structurally different in how your practice is built. That is a meaningfully different conversation, and one that forward-thinking clinicians are ready to have.

Dr. Sandi Logan-McKibben (LPC, CSC, NCC, NCSC, BC-TMH, ACS)

Dr. Sandi Logan-McKibben is a professor of counseling, yoga teacher, and sound healing practitioner who supports helping professionals in preventing burnout and building sustainable, embodied practices. Her work blends clinical insight with somatic and experiential approaches, helping practitioners (and those in training) expand beyond traditional models of care into more aligned, accessible, and impactful offerings.

Christina Russell, M.A., LPC

Christina Russell, MA, is a Licensed Professional Counselor, yoga teacher, and integrative somatic therapist who helps highly sensitive people, perfectionists, and helping professionals move from burnout, overwhelm, and chronic self-abandonment into self-trust, nervous system healing, and authentic living. As a highly sensitive person herself, Christina is passionate about creating spaces where depth, rest, authenticity, and healing are not treated as luxuries, but as essential parts of well-being.

Grounded in trauma-informed psychotherapy, mindfulness, and Eastern psychology, Christina’s work integrates somatic and experiential approaches with the belief that healing happens not only through insight, but through reconnecting with the body, nervous system, and deeper inner awareness. Practicing in rural Georgia for more than two decades, she is passionate about making experiential and nontraditional approaches to healing feel grounded, accessible, and clinically meaningful in real-world therapy settings.

In addition to her clinical work, Christina offers consultation and coaching for therapists seeking to build aligned, sustainable practices, work through money and visibility blocks, and create businesses that support both their nervous systems and their authentic way of helping rather than reinforcing burnout and overfunctioning.

Carla Felts, LCSW, CCTP, EMDR II

Carla is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, and combat veteran who served in the United States Army, before obtaining her MSW at the University of Southern California. Carla brings over 20 years of specialized experience in trauma and addiction recovery to clinical work and to the audianece. Before establishing her private practice, Mindshift Counseling and Consulting, LLC, she served with local law enforcement and CPS as a forensic interviewer, a trauma clinician within the Veterans Administration, and a trauma and addiction specialist for non-profit, residential treatment facilities. An eclectic career arc which took her into some of the most demanding environments in the field.

She holds advanced training in EMDR and psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. In her private practice she uses an eclectic approach which currently serving first responders, veterans, national touring professionals and touring artists in music industry. Carla is an engaging speaker/ trainer and a passionate advocate/ lobyist for military veterans. She brings the rare combination of lived experience, clinical rigor, and genuine passion for innovation that makes this presentation not only informative — but inspiring.

Brandi Morgan Matthews, LMFT-S, Attorney at Law

Brandi Morgan Matthews is a licensed marriage and family therapist, attorney, and business strategist who helps therapists build innovative, legally sound, and sustainable businesses. After more than a decade as founder and CEO of a multi-location group therapy practice, she transitioned to consulting, where she now supports therapists with continuing education and programs designed to help build legally-sound, innovative, sustainable, and profitable businesses. She previously served as COO of a fully remote national nonprofit, overseeing compliance, HR, and organizational operations. Her combination of clinical, legal, and business expertise informs her unique approach to helping therapists build impactful businesses beyond the traditional model without compromising their license, their clients, or their integrity.

Alexis Nguyen, MBA, MSW, LCSW, ACM

Alexis Nguyen, MBA, MSW, LCSW, ACM, is a licensed clinical social worker and private practice owner dedicated to supporting clinician sustainability and ethical, effective care delivery. With a background that integrates clinical training and business leadership, Alexis specializes in helping therapists design workflows and treatment structures that reduce burnout while maintaining high-quality client outcomes. Her work focuses on nervous system–informed practice design, therapist and client well-being, and sustainable clinical models. She is passionate about equipping clinicians and clients with practical tools that support both professional longevity and client healing.

Haruna Nail, LMHC, EMDRIA Consultant-in-Training

I am a neurospicy Licensed Mental Health Counselor and EMDR Consultant-in-Training specializing in trauma-informed, integrative care. My work blends EMDR, somatic and play-based approaches, and rhythm and music-informed practices to support nervous system regulation and deeper processing. Grounded in neuroscience and developmental theory, I also honor the body’s innate capacity for healing through sensory, relational, and nonverbal pathways. My background includes training in Reiki and shamanic-informed practices, which I integrate in a way that remains client-centered and ethically grounded. I also enjoy supporting other clinicians in developing trust in their clinical intuition and expanding their awareness of how presence, attunement, and subtle cues can inform therapeutic work.