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Dr. Mary Deitch has over a decade of experience working with problematic sexual behaviors and impaired physicians. She is the former director of the Keystone Center Extended Care Unit, an internationally recognized facility for the treatment of sexual compulsivity, addiction, and trauma. She has treated over a thousand patients and conducted hundreds of assessments for sexual offending, disruptive physicians, boundary violations and cognitive and personality functioning. Dr. Deitch has presented nationally and internationally on assessing and treating sexual addiction, vicarious trauma, sexual offending, child pornography usage and assessment of physicians. Dr. Deitch is both a licensed psychologist and attorney in the state of Pennsylvania and a graduate from Widener University. Currently, besides private practice, she is on the Board for the Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health, recently co-chairing the National Conference and is the President.

Recognized internationally as an educator, theorist, author, columnist and psychotherapist, Marilyn Murray is regarded as a pioneer regarding the treatment of trauma and has taught her Murray Method theory and treatment modalities since 1983. She is the originator of “The Trauma Egg”, a well-known therapeutic instrument regularly used in treatment centers throughout the United States and internationally.
She created and taught a specialty program using the Murray Method for Ottawa University graduate students in Phoenix, Arizona for seven years entitled, “The Treatment of Trauma, Abuse and Deprivation”. She also has taught her method for an international university in Hawaii, Ukraine and the Netherlands, and has students from 40 nations. Her column, “Time to Live”, was a regular feature in Russia’s only English language daily newspaper, The Moscow Times. She also is the author of “Prisoner of Another War” (1991, 2021) which chronicles her personal healing journey, and The Murray Method…Creating Wholeness Beyond Trauma, Abuse, Neglect and Addiction (2012, 2021) – both available in English and in Russian.

Dr. Hargons (formerly Crowell) earned her PhD from the University of Georgia in 2015. She directs the RISE^2 Research Team (Relationships, Intimacy, and Sexual Enrichment | Race, Intersectionality, and Social justice Engagement), where they study sex, social justice, and leadership – all with a love ethic. Recent projects have included the Healing Racial Trauma project and studying sexual narrative of Black students. Her work has been featured in various media, including the New York Times, Huffington Post, and Therapy for Black Girls.
Dr. Hargons teaches Diagnosis/Psychopathology, Ethics, Social Justice Consultation, and Practicum. She is a licensed psychologist specializing in sex therapy and healing racial trauma. She has served as a leader in the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students, the Kentucky Psychological Association, and the Society of Counseling Psychology. Dr. Hargons is an APA Minority Fellow.

Stefani Goerlich is an award-winning author of “The Leather Couch: Clinical Practice with Kinky Clients” and its forthcoming sequel, “Kink-Affirming Practice: Culturally Competent Therapy from The Leather Chair.”
She’s an expert in working with Gender, Relationship, and Sexuality Differences, as well as with those from minority religious traditions. Stefani is a Certified Sex Therapist, a Board-Certified Diplomate of Sexology, and an expert voice for: Cosmopolitan, The New Yorker, The New York Post, Shape, Women's Health, Marie Claire, The American Spectator, among many others.