IACBT - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Representative - at - Large
John H. Riskind, Ph.D. is a specialist in cognitive-behavioral research, treatment, and theory of anxiety, mood, and related disorders. His most recent book, Cognitive Vulnerability to Emotional Disorders, with Lauren Alloy, appeared in 2006. Riskind has been the editor or associate editor of several cognitive-behavioral journals and is the editor of the International Journal of Cognitive Therapy.
Job Titles:
- Professor
- Representative - at - Large
Professor Kwon completed her B.A (Psych), and M.A (Psych) at Seoul National University, and Ph.D in clinical psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is currently a Professor in Psychology of Korea University.
Job Titles:
- Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Co - Founder of Cognitive Behavioral Consultants
- Representative - at - Large
Lata K. McGinn, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist and co-founder of Cognitive Behavioral Consultants. She is also a tenured Professor of Psychology, Director of the Doctoral Clinical Program, and Director of the University-based CBT Training Program for Anxiety and Depressive Disorders at the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University/Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Leslie Sokol, Ph.D., a licensed Psychologist, is Senior Faculty, past Director of Education and was one of the principal instructors with the internationally acclaimed Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Philadelphia.
Job Titles:
- Director of the Cognitive Behavioral / Dialectical Behavior Therapy Clinic
Lynn McFarr, Ph.D. is the Director of the Cognitive Behavioral/Dialectical Behavior Therapy Clinic, Former Interim Training Director, and former Interim Chief of Psychology at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. She is Professor of Health Sciences in the Department of Psychiatry for the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and the Founder and Executive Director of CBT California (CBTC).
Scott Waltman, PsyD, ABPP, is a clinician, trainer, and practice-based researcher who specializes in providing Case Conceptualization-Driven CBT. Dr. Waltman has published practice-based research in several reputable journals.
Job Titles:
- Clinical Psychologist
- Executive Director
PsyD, MFT is the Executive Director of IACBT. Dr. Patel is a licensed clinical psychologist, with a Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of Southern California and a Masters and Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Alliant International University. She is also the Training Coordinator with the Academy of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies.