Abraham Feingold, Psy.D.
Abraham Feingold, Psy.D. received his undergraduate degree from Oberlin College, conducted his doctoral studies in professional psychology at the University of Denver, and completed an internship and concurrent fellowship in clinical psychology with the Harvard Medical School. He has nearly 20 years of wide-ranging experience as a psychotherapist, supervisor, consultant, and administrator. In addition to Harvard, Dr. Feingold has held faculty appointments at the Boston University School of Medicine, the Florida Mental Health Institute at the University of South Florida, and the University of Miami School of Medicine. He is licensed as a psychologist in Massachusetts and Florida. Currently, Dr. Feingold runs an HIV-related consulting practice from Boston. He has been engaged by the University of Miami to research, write, and format a quarterly newsletter on mental health and HIV issues that will reach a mental health provider audience throughout Florida. He also serves as consultant to the Health Resources & Services Administration and the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration, two branches of the U.S. Public Health Service focusing on health, mental health, and substance abuse training and services. In addition, he serves as chair of a national-level steering committee focused on the training of mental health providers in the delivery of HIV-related services, performs site visits, and offers technical assistance.

John M. Grohol, Psy.D.
John M. Grohol, Psy.D. is a specialist in online mental health services, an author, and a leading Internet consultant. He received his graduate training in clinical psychology from Nova Southeastern University and his undergraduate degree from the University of Delaware. A pioneer in psychology online since 1991, Dr. Grohol was founder and Editor-in-Chief of Perspectives: A Mental Health Magazine, and Associate Editor of Behavior OnLine and the bimonthly newsletter PsychNews International. He is also an Associate Editor for the print journal, Journal of Technology in Human Services. Dr. Grohol was Senior Editor of Health Resources Online: A Guide for Mental Health and Addiction Specialists (Manisses, 1997) and published his first book in 1997, The Insider's Guide to Mental Health Resources Online (Guilford, 2000 edition). He co-founded, designed, developed, and for nearly four years directed Mental Help Net, one of the Web's ten most-trafficked mental health portals online. He also recently oversaw mental health content and development for drkoop.com. Dr Grohol is on the faculty of the Cape Cod Institute and has appeared on Good Morning America, CNN & Time, The Crier Report, and local broadcasts. He is also a recognized expert on online behavior and Internet addiction, and has presented his work at nearly two-dozen professional conferences over the past five years. He was one of the founding members and the first president of the International Society for Mental Health Online, a non-profit advocacy organization. Dr. Grohol is a lead volunteer editor for the Open Directory Project, an open source programmer, and maintains his own top-20 mental health presence at his personal Web site, Psych Central.

Marie Hartwell-Walker, Ed.D.
Marie Hartwell-Walker, Ed.D. is licensed in Massachusetts as a psychologist and as a marriage and family therapist. She has been working as a psychotherapist and educator for nearly 30 years. A prolific writer, she has authored advice columns and a website for parents, articles and books on classroom discipline for teachers, and programs for schools and industry that focus on helping people be more responsible for themselves and get along better with others. She has presented workshops for parents, teachers, and mental health professionals throughout the United States and Canada. Currently, she is the Clinical Director of the Adult Outpatient Services Program of a Community Mental Health Center in Western Massachusetts. Dr. Hartwell-Walker holds a master's degree in counseling psychology from the Alfred Adler Institute in Chicago and a master's degree and a doctoral degree in psychological education from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Her formal education has been greatly enhanced by a 32-year marriage, four children, and active involvement in her community.

Deborah E. Kruger
Deborah E. Kruger is the owner and founder of PsychBilling, a full-service medical billing agency specializing in services for the mental health sector since 1981. Her clients include hospitals and mental health providers throughout the U.S. Between 1975 and 1981, Ms. Kruger was an independent grantwriter and financial consultant to numerous New England-based non-profit agencies.

Gilbert Levin, Ph.D.
Gilbert Levin, Ph.D. is a professor of epidemiology and social medicine and of psychiatry, emeritus at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He is the founder of a nationally prominent doctoral program in health psychology and the founder/director of the Cape Cod Institute, a summer-long series of continuing education courses for mental health and applied behavioral science professionals since 1980. Dr. Levin is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and of the Academy for Behavioral Medicine Research, as well as an author of two books that use computer simulation to analyze health and mental health policies. He was a founding editor of Health Care Management Review and an editor of Computers in Psychiatry/Psychology. In collaboration with Elizabeth Levin, he developed widely-distributed educational software. For many years, Dr. Levin has been the editor and publisher of Behavior OnLine, a gathering place for mental health and applied behavioral science professionals on the World Wide Web.

Maressa Hecht Orzack, Ph.D.
Maressa Hecht Orzack, Ph.D. is a Massachusetts-licensed psychologist, a faculty member with the Cognitive Behavior Therapy Program at McLean Hospital, and a lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School. As a clinical behavior therapist, Dr. Orzack specializes in the treatment of addictive and impulsive behavioral problems such as gambling, substance and alcohol abuse, eating disorders, and sex addiction. In 1996, Dr. Orzack founded and continues to serve as coordinator of the Computer Addiction Service at McLean Hospital. This program offers comprehensive evaluation and treatment services for individuals suffering from computer addiction; services are also extended to those affected by their actions and behavior.

Elbert Siegel, DSW
Elbert Siegel, DSW has been providing leadership to the graduate and undergraduate social work programs at Southern Connecticut State University for the past ten years. He has been a professional social worker for over 30 years, and has been a professor of social work for the past 21 years. Currently, Dr. Siegel is chairman of the Department of Social Work at Southern Connecticut State University. Prior to his career in social work education, Dr. Siegel taught high school social studies, administered a resettlement agency for immigrants and refugees, and directed programs at two community centers and three camps. His research has centered on distance education in higher education, services to immigrants and refugees, services to the aging, and more recently, management issues in social welfare agencies. He has received 13 awards and grants in the past 15 years, and has been published in many respected professional journals. Dr. Siegel received a BA from the State University of New York at Buffalo, an MS from Canisius College, an MSW from the University of Connecticut, and a DSW from Columbia University.

Robert Stone, MSW, LCSW
Robert Stone, MSW, LCSW has been a counselor for 25 years. He is an LCSW (licensed, certified social worker) with a master's degree in social work from Smith College School of Social Work. He has been a member of the faculty at Southern Connecticut State University in the School of Social Work, and at Yale University, in the School of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry. Mr. Stone has taught various classes on relationship therapy and adolescence. He has worked at Clifford Beers Child Guidance Clinic, at a family service agency in New Haven and at Yale Behavioral Health Services, and is now engaged in a private practice. Mr. Stone graduated from Oberlin College with a degree in Economics.

John R. Suler, Ph.D.
John R. Suler, Ph.D. has been a professor of psychology at Rider University since 1982. In addition to teaching a range of undergraduate courses, Dr. Suler’s other professional activities include the practice of psychotherapy as a Pennsylvania-licensed psychologist, Web publishing, research on mental imagery and creativity, the psychology of cyberspace, and the relationship of Eastern philosophy to Western psychology. He has created and continues to expand three comprehensive Web sites: “Teaching Clinical Psychology,” a large collection of resources for teachers; “The Psychology of Cyberspace,” a hypertext book on how individuals and groups behave on the Internet; and “Zen Stories to Tell Your Neighbors,” an award-winning site. Dr. Suler is also consulting editor for Behavior Online, a member of the editorial board of CyberPsychology and Behavior, an executive member of the International Society for Mental Health Online, editor of The Contemporary Media Forum for the Journal of Applied Psychoanalysis, consulting editor for the Journal of Virtual Environments, staff writer for Cybertower’s Self-Help and Psychology Magazine, and host for the Life Online conference in Howard Rheingold's Brainstorm’s Community. His work has been reported by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the BBC, the Chicago Sun Times, CNN, MSNBC, U.S. News and World Report, NBC Nightly News, the APA Monitor, and the Chronicle of Higher Education. Dr. Suler received his BA in psychology from SUNY Stony Brook in 1977 and his doctorate in clinical psychology from SUNY Buffalo in 1982.

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