Elise Kushner Author

Robin Ticic, BA, HP Psychotherapy (Germany), is in private practice near Cologne, Germany, specializing intrauma therapy and for many years served as a psychologist for the Psychotraumatology Institute of the University of Cologne. She is the director of development and training for the Coherence Psychology Institute and a certified trainer of coherence therapy. She is coauthor of Unlocking the Emotional Brain: Eliminating Symptoms at Their Roots Using Memory Reconsolidation and author of the parenting guide How to Connect with Your Child. She has extensive experience in counseling parents, conducting courses and presentations, and has been honored for community service.

Elise Kushner, BA, HP Psychotherapy (Germany),lives and works in Cologne, Germany, as practitioner of coherence therapy, certified trainer of coherence coaching, systemic coach, and as trainer in the areas of interpersonal communication, coaching competencies for leaders, and gender awareness. She has been a guest lecturer at the Furtwangen University. Elise has served as consultant for multiple authors in her areas of expertise. She is also a composer and choral director, with an academic degree in music.

Bruce Ecker, MA, LMFT, is co-director of the Coherence Psychology Institute, co-originator of coherence therapy, and coauthor of Unlocking the Emotional Brain: Eliminating Symptoms at Their Roots Using Memory Reconsolidation; the Coherence Therapy Practice Manual and Training Guide; and Depth Oriented Brief Therapy: How to Be Brief When You Were Trained to Be Deep and Vice Versa. Clarifying how transformational therapeutic change takes place is the central theme of Bruce Ecker's clinical career, and he has contributed many innovations in concepts and methods of experiential psychotherapy. Since 2006 he has led the development of the clinical application of the neuroscience of memory reconsolidation, driving major advancements in the effectiveness and unification of psychotherapy and identifying its most potent underlying mechanism of change. He lives in New York City, is a frequent presenter at conferences and workshops internationally, and leads the institute's team of researchers.