ICASSI 2017 FACULTY

Abramson Zivit, M.A., Ph.D., Psychologist. Certified therapist and supervisor of family, couple and
sex therapy. Author on sexuality and couple relations. Supervisor and teacher at the “School of
Adlerian Psychotherapy,” Adler Institute Tel Aviv.

Balla, Marion, M.S.W., M.Ed., Dipl. Adlerian Psychology (NASAP). Faculty, Adler Graduate
Professional School (Toronto). Board Member, North American Society of Adlerian Psychology.
Psychotherapist and Consultant, International Trainer and Educator. President, Adlerian
Counselling and Consulting Group, Ottawa, Canada. www.adleriancentre.com

Belangee, Susan E, Ph.D., LPC, NCC, ACS. In Private Practice in Canton, GA. Website Master
for ICASSI. Administrator of BASIS-A Inventory. Research focus on Adlerian therapy and eating
disorders.

Bettner, Betty Lou, Ph.D. Dipl. Adlerian Psychology (DNASAP). Psychotherapist, author, faculty, Holy
Family University Graduate School, Newtown, PA. Member of County Advisory Board for Children
& Youth Services. Contributing Editor for Journal of Individual Psychology. Thornton, PA. USA
www.bettyloubettner.com

Bitter, James Robert, Ed.D. Counselor Educator, Professor of Counseling and Human Services,
East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614 USA. Author: Contributions to Adlerian
Psychology. Bitterj@etsu.edu

Bluvshtein, Marina , Ph.D. Adlerian Psychologist and Marriage and Family Therapist. Cofounder of
The Heartland: The Adler Academy of MN. Educator, Supervisor, Researcher, & Developer.
New Hope, MN, USA www.adleracademy.org

Buck, Hala, M.A., Nationally Certified Counselor, Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor.
International trainer and Cross-Cultural educator. Integrative Adlerian art and sand play therapy.
Author. Reiki Master. Private Practice. Maryland, USA.

Cice, Joseph. Professor of Psychology, Lackawanna College. Ph.D. Student, Marywood University.
Assistant Baseball Coach, Lackawanna College.

Ferguson, Eva Dreikurs, Ph.D., Psychologist. Professor of Psychology, Southern Illinois University.
Author. Researcher. Edwardsville, Illinois, USA. www.siue.edu/~efergus/

Hillenbrand, Andrea. Psychologist, Licensed Psychotherapist, Coach and Trainer in private practice
in Wiesbaden (Germany). www.andrea-hillenbrand.de

Hofstra, Pauline, M.A., Psychologist in private practice ‘Centrum Animare.’ Board Member of the
Dutch Association of Individual Psychology. De Wijk, The Netherlands. gp.hofstra@gmail.com.

Holder, Jim, M.A., Licensed Professional Counselor. Master Addictions Counselor. Forty
years addiction treatment experience. In Private practice, consultant, trainer, author, Adlerian
researcher. Effingham, South Carolina, USA. www.positiveintentions.org

Hubbard, Samantha, Senior at Sewanee University, Psychology major. Former attendee of ICASSI.
Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

Irvine, Magnus. MSc, PgD, Dip. Counsellor and Psychotherapist based in South-East England.
Experienced individual therapist, and experienced in working with families where the youth are
at risk of care or custody. Chair of ASIIP, the Adlerian Society and Institute of Individual
Psychology UK.

John, Karen, Ph.D. Psychologist, Consultant, Trainer, Adlerian Psychotherapist and Supervisor/
Mentor of leaders of educational, social care and health services, Bath, United Kingdom.
karenjohn@mac.com

Joosten, Theo. Educational Consultant. Chairman of the Board of Trustees of an educational
organization. Treasurer and Board member of the Dutch Association of Individual Psychology
(NWIP). Leeuwarden, Netherlands.

Kottman, Terry, Ph.D.,. Licensed Mental Health Counselor. Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor.
Founder and Director, The Encouragement Zone. Author. Cedar Falls, IA, USA.
www.encouragementzone.com

Landscheidt, Sabine. LL.M., M.A., Political Scientist. Works in International Relations/Development
Aid. Berlin, Germany.

Landscheidt, Uti. Adlerian Counselor (DGIP), School Counselor. Adlerian workshops and
workshops in art therapy. Private practice, Aachen and Krefeld, Germany.

Millar, Anthea, M.A., Senior Registered Psychotherapist, Supervisor and Trainer. Vice-President
Adlerian Society UK. Author and Co-Editor UK Adlerian journal. Co-Director: Cambridge
Supervision Training. Cambridge UK. www.cambridgesupervisiontraining.com.

Newbauer, John F. Ed.D., Diplomate NASAP. Psychologist and Executive Director of the North
American Society of Adlerian Psychology (NASAP). Consulting Psychologist, Park Center and
Newbauer Consulting, Inc. Fort Wayne, IN.

Oldenburg, Ines. Teacher at Oak Farm Montessori School, Avilla Indiana.

Rasmussen, Paul R. Ph.D. DNSAP. Clinical Psychologist. Author, Professor, Columbia, SC, USA.

Schafer, Alyson, B.SC,. M.A. Counselling. Author, Resident expert for HuffPost Parents Canada,
The Marilyn Denis Show and CBC radio.

Shifron, Rachel, Ph.D. Counseling psychologist, Certified Family, Couple and Vocational Therapist,
and Addictions Specialist. Private practice. Senior lecturer in a post graduate three year program
in Adlerian Psychotherapy in the Adler Institute, Israel.

Shoham, Yoav, M.A., Educational Guidance and Counseling. Certified Psychotherapist, Adlerian
Family and Couple Therapist in private practice. Certified group leader for parenting. Trainer for
dealing with Self Curing of Trauma, CBT, Israel.

Sperry, Jon. Ph.D., Dipl. Adlerian Psychology (DNASAP). Assistant Professor of Psychology, Lynn
University. Counseling Specialist at Florida Atlantic University Counseling and Psychological
Services. Author. Researcher. Boca Raton, Florida, USA.

Sutherland, Judy, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LCPC. Professor emerita, Adler University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Art therapist, private practice, artist, author, Wilmette, IL, USA.

Tate, Bruce MBACP (Registered and Accredited) Counsellor, psychotherapist and training facilitator.
Co-ordinator of Adlerian Counselling Certificate and Diploma courses at Bottisham Village
College, Cambridge, UK. www.brucetate.co.uk

Walton, Frank, Ph.D. Psychologist in private practice. Consultant to schools and agencies in
North and South America, and Europe. Executive Director, South Carolina Society of Adlerian
Psychology. www.drfrankwalton.com.

Watts, Richard, Ph.D., Dipl. Adlerian Psychology (DNASAP). University Distinguished Professor and
Texas State University System Regents’ Professor. Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX. USA
Website: http//sites.google.com/site/richardwattswebsite/

Wee, Kirsten, B.A. in Sociology from Loyola University in New Orleans. Church related youth and
children’s worker in the United States, South Africa, Mexico, Jamaica, including work at a day care
center, an orphanage, with after school programs and program planning with college students
in USA.

Williams, Alison, B.A., English Literature and Secondary Education certification. 9th and 10th grade
English teacher, Carolina High School and Academy, Greenville, SC.