Anne Hilde Vassbø Hagen, cand.psychol, is a psychologist, author, mother of three, and filmmaker who produced the popular educational film series "Alfred & Shadow." She is head of the Institute of Psychological Counseling, Inc., in Norway, and the director of The Norwegian Institute of Emotion-Focused Therapy. She has written several books in Norwegian about emotions, and is co-author of the book, Emotion-Focused Skills Training for Parents: A Guide for Clinicians . She is an experienced trainer, speaker, and therapist in emotion focused therapy and emotion focused skills training for parents, and is also trained in emotion focused couples therapy. Joanne Dolhanty, PhD, CPsych, is a clinical psychologist and the mother of two young-adult sons. She has extensive training in emotion focused therapy, is a certified supervisor with the International Society for Emotion Focused Therapy, and provides trainings to individuals, parents, professionals, and organizations through her Emotion Training Institute, the Emotion Focused Therapy Clinic at York University, and through institutions in countries around the globe.

With Dr. Leslie Greenberg, Dr. Dolhanty developed the application of emotion focused therapy to eating disorders. She is the developer of an emotion focused skills training (EFST) program that brings the benefits of emotion focused therapy to the broader population in a simplified format. She is first author of Emotion-Focused Skills Training for Parents: A Guide for Clinicians .