Dr. Atwood holds a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology, A Master's Degree in Psychology, A Master's Degree in Sociology and a Doctorate in Social Psychology from SUNY at Stony Brook. In addition, she holds a Master's Degree in Social Work. She has published over 90 journal articles and 7 books in the field of Marriage and Family Therapy. Her clinical work was with Clinical Psychologist, John Neale and Cognitive Psychologist, Marvin Goldfried (Department of Psychology, SUNY Stony Brook); her academic work was with Social Psychologists, John Gagnon and Eugene Weinstein (Department of Psychology/Sociology, SUNY Stony Brook; her clinical family study was with Judy Schweid (Adelphi University); clinical family therapy was with Salvador Minuchin and clinical couple's therapy with Imago Therapist, Harville Hendrix. She also studied Sex Therapy and Research with Richard Green (Department of Psychiatry, SUNY Stony Brook), William Masters and Virginia Johnson (NY Advanced Training Workshops) and James Geer and Julia Heiman (Department of Psychology, SUNY Stony Brook). Her background was influenced by workshops with Peggy Papp, Jay Haley (extended advanced training), Ben Furman, Harry Aponte, Carl Whitaker, The Eriksonians, Michael Durrant, and Ben Furman, Lynn Hoffman, Kenneth Gergen, and Michael White.

Dr. Atwood is the past President of the New York State Association for Marriage and Family Therapists and was awarded the Long Island Family Therapist of the Year award for outstanding contributions to the field. She is a Clinical Member and Approved Supervisor of AAMFT; she serves on the Editorial Board of many journals in the field; holds Diplomate Status and is a Clinical Supervisor on the American Board of Sexology; has been elected to the National Academy of Social Workers; is a Certified Imago Therapist; and has served on President Clinton's Commission for Domestic Policy. She teaches courses in Couples Therapy, Family Therapy, Gender Issues in Marriage and Family Therapy, Sexual Issues in Marriage and Family Therapy, Families in Transition, Social Construction Theory and Therapy, Supervision and Advanced Supervision.

Dr. Atwood is also a co-developer of the P.E.A.C.E. Program (Parent Education and Custody Effectiveness), a court based educational program for parents obtaining a divorce and the L.I.F.E. Program (Looking Into Feelings and Emotions), a school-based K-12 curriculum which helps children learn to express feelings and emotions. Dr. Atwood has made numerous TV appearances and Radio and Newspaper interviews. She is in private practice in Rockville Centre, New York, specializing in Individual, Marriage and Family Therapy.

Her current interests include: Social Construction Theory and its Application, Couples Research, The Nature of Therapeutic Change, Single Parent Households, and Identity Transitions.

Audrey Freshman is currently enrolled in the Doctoral Program in Clinical Social Work at NYU. She holds a Masters in Social Work from Columbia University, which she received in 1979. In 1975, she received her BA cum laude in Psychology at NYU. In 1985 she became a credentialled alcoholism counselor (CAC) and in 1994 she also received her credential in substance abuse (CSAC). Ms. Freshman lived in Mexico between 1975-1977. During that time, she taught developmentally disabled students and became bilingual in Spanish.

Ms. Freshman is the Program Director at Tempo Group, Inc., an OASAS licensed outpatient non-profit substance abuse agency located in Nassau County. Ms. Freshman joined Tempo in 1989 as the Coordinator of Family Services; a program that she designed, implemented and continues to coordinate. The family program offers assessment, education and treatment services to chemically dependent clients and their families.

Her responsibilities include the clinical and administrative program development and management of all clinical components of the State licensed multi-phased, medically supervised agency. Of particular note, Ms. Freshman has developed a computer program on Microsoft Access to integrate and track the clinical, fiscal and scheduling aspects of the agency operation. In 1995, Ms. Freshman arranged for Tempo Group to become a "Provider Institution" for OASAS Academy of Addictive Studies. She coordinates the staff development program that offers credentialling credits to staff and other professionals in the field of alcoholism and substance abuse.

In 1985-1989, Ms. Freshman directed the Family Orientation Program at Lowell Institute. Lowell Institute utilized a structural family model in the treatment of chemical dependency, under the directorship of Jonathan Lampert, M.D. who was trained by Salvadore Minuchin, MD. From 1979-1985, Ms. Freshman was a psychiatric social worker at the NYS Psychiatric Institute.

Ms. Freshman currently is the assistant editor for the Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions. Ms. Freshman has published several book chapters and articles in the field of Substance Abuse and Families. Ms. Freshman maintains a private practice located in Rockville Centre.

Dr. Genovese received his A.B. (1967) and his M.A. (1969) in psychology from Columbia University, a Professional Diploma (1975) in School Psychology and Ph.D. (1979) in child psychology from St. John's University. In addition, he holds a Professional Diploma (1990) in Marriage and Family Therapy from Hofstra University. He has published several articles and book chapters dealing with bereavement processes and with adolescence. He is the co-author of a Therapy the Single Parent (1993). His clinical training was under the supervision of Howard Eisman, Ph.D. in clinical psychology (Coney Island Hospital), George Krupp, M.D. in psychoanalysis and psychodynamic therapy and Joan Atwood, Ph.D. in marriage and family therapy (Hofstra University Marital and Family Clinic). His academic training at St. John's was done under the direction of John Carboy, Ph.D. in child psychology; James Curley, Ph.D. in school psychology; and William Theis, Ph.D. in neuropsychology and cognitive behavioral psychology; Joan D. Atwood, Ph.D. in systemic theory and practice; and George Krupp, M.D. in Freudian and ego psychology.

His current interests are in research aimed at adolescence and in systemic and individual reactions to losses, along with inquiry into the experiences of single parent families. He has started an investigation into the possibly synergistic effect of unifying systemic and child psychological theory and therapy.

Dr. Mince holds a Bachelor's Degree from SUNY Stony Brook, a Master's Degree from Long Island University and a Doctoral Degree in Therapy from St. John's University. He has published a number of articles in regional and state professional Newsletters as well as a chapter on the paradigmatic shift from systemic exploration to narrative description in a family therapy text edited by Dr. Atwood (1992). His early training was in Gestalt Therapy, psychodrama and creative group methods at Group relations ongoing workshops in New York City. His post-doctoral training included a one-year externship in structural/strategic family therapy with Stanley Seigel of the Family Studies Center and Ackerman Institute. Following this, he trained with Dr. Philip Hill of Boston in the Utilization Approach to Hypnosis following the Eriksonian model, then with Dr. John Haynes in Family Mediation. His most recent training has been through a series of workshops and institutes (1986-1991) given by Dr. Luigi Boscolo of Milan. All of these have been interspersed with workshops by Peggy Papp, Carlos Sluzki, Heinz vonFoerster, Gianfranco Ceccin, Mony Elkaim, Lynn Hoffman, and Ben Furman.

His interests include: evolutionary theory related to Family Theory, applications of fractal geometry and cellular automata to emergence of new orders of meaning in human systems, and the antecedents, correlates and perceptions of change.