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the Minneapolis VA Medical Center, Minnesota for nearly 30 years and
is a clinical associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the
University of Minnesota. He provides rehabilitation counseling to combat
veterans of all wars and to active duty soldiers of the Iraq war. He is cur-
rently the principle investigator in a project using magnetoencephalog-
raphy (MEG) to examine brain function alterations in people suffering
from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). His other research examines
the health and adjustment of former prisoners of war (POWs) and other
combat veterans. He has published and presented his findings to national
and international audiences of trauma survivors, their families, and pro-
fessionals who work with them.

Daniel Gensler, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist in private prac-
tice doing psychotherapy, supervision, and psychoeducational evalua-
tions testing in Manhattan and Great Neck, working with adults, families,
couples, adolescents, and children. He has worked in hospital, school,
corporate, and clinic settings and has made many professional presenta-
tions over the years. Currently, he is director of training, Child Adolescent
Psychotherapy Training Program, William Alanson White Institute,
New York; supervising analyst and instructor at White; and supervisor
and instructor at Adelphi University. He is coauthor of Relational Child
Psychotherapy (Other Press, 2002) and has also published several articles
and chapters in the professional literature. Dr. Gensler received his doc-
torate degree in psychology from Ferkauf Graduate School of Yeshiva
University in 1980 and his certificate in psychoanalysis from the William
Alanson White Institute in 1987.

J. Irene Harris, Ph.D., has been a counseling psychologist at the
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center for 5 years, practicing pri-
marily in psychiatric rehabilitation. She maintains a research program on
spirituality and trauma and is presently testing the effectiveness of prayer
skills training for survivors of trauma. Dr. Harris has a record of publi-
cations as well as presentations to national audiences on spirituality and
mental health.

Anastasia Holmes, M.P.A., is a specialist in the management of not-for-
profit organizations based in New York City. She has played leadership
roles at the local and national level in integrating psychiatry into the
development of mental health disaster responses. She served as the exec-
utive director of Disaster Psychiatry Outreach from 2001 through 2007