LESLIE SOKOL
PresidentLeslie Sokol, Ph.D., a licensed Psychologist, is Senior Faculty, past Director of Education and was one of the principal instructors with the internationally acclaimed Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Philadelphia.
LYNN MCFARR
Past PresidentLynn McFarr, Ph.D. is the Director of the Cognitive Behavioral/Dialectical Behavior Therapy Clinic, Former Interim Training Director, and former Interim Chief of Psychology at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. She is Professor of Health Sciences in the Department of Psychiatry for the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and the Founder and Executive Director of CBT California (CBTC).
MEHMET SUNGUR
WCCBT RepresentetiveMehmet Sungur, MD is Professor of Psychiatry, Istanbul Kent University, Istanbul. President of the Turkish Association for Cognitive Behaviour Psychotherapy (TACBP). Former President of European Association of Behaviour and Cognitive Psychotherapy (EABCT). Diplomate, Founding Fellow Academy of Cognitive Therapy (ACT), ACT Certified Supervisor, Trainer and Consultant.
EDWARD SELBY
Journal EditorDr. Edward A. Selby, Ph.D. serves as the Editor-in-Chief for the International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, the official publication of IACBT. Dr. Selby is an Associate Professor and the Director of Clinical Training in the Psychology Department at Rutgers University in New Jersey, where he also directs the Emotion and Psychopathology Lab.
JOHN RISKIND
Representative-at-LargeJohn H. Riskind, Ph.D. is a specialist in cognitive-behavioral research, treatment, and theory of anxiety, mood, and related disorders. His most recent book, Cognitive Vulnerability to Emotional Disorders, with Lauren Alloy, appeared in 2006. Riskind has been the editor or associate editor of several cognitive-behavioral journals and is the editor of the International Journal of Cognitive Therapy.
ÇAĞDAŞ MERİÇ
Representative-at-LargeAssistant Professor of Psychiatry - Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi
SCOTT WALTMAN
President-ElectScott Waltman, PsyD, ABPP, is a clinician, trainer, and practice-based researcher who specializes in providing Case Conceptualization-Driven CBT. Dr. Waltman has published practice-based research in several reputable journals.
URMI PATEL
Executive DirectorPsyD, MFT is the Executive Director of IACBT. Dr. Patel is a licensed clinical psychologist, with a Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of Southern California and a Masters and Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Alliant International University. She is also the Training Coordinator with the Academy of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies.
DENNIS TIRCH
Secretary/TreasurerFounder and CEO of The Center for CFT in New York; President of The Compassionate Mind Foundation, USA; Past-President and Fellow of The Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS) and an Associate Clinical Professor at Mt. Sinai Medical Center. Dr Tirch is the author of seven books, and numerous chapters and peer reviewed articles.
LATA K. MCGINN
Representative-at-LargeLata K. McGinn, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist and co-founder of Cognitive Behavioral Consultants. She is also a tenured Professor of Psychology, Director of the Doctoral Clinical Program, and Director of the University-based CBT Training Program for Anxiety and Depressive Disorders at the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University/Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
MELANIE PEREIRA
Representative-at-LargePsychiatrist and CBT by the Beck Institute, Faculty Member of the Beck Institute ,Founder Member of Brazilian Federation of CBT and the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, private practioner.
DMITRII KOVPAK
Representative-at-LargePsychotherapist, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of the Department of Psychotherapy, Medical Psychology and Sexology of the North-Western State Medical University named after I. I. Mechnikov (Saint-Petersburg), Vice-President of the Russian Psychotherapeutic Association, President of the Association of Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy.