Nancy K. Morrison, MD, is associate professor of psychiatry at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, where she serves as director of both residency training and psychotherapy training. Currently in private practice, she focuses on issues of attunement and shame. She has spoken widely on these issues and psychopathology, particularly in the area of post-traumatic stress disorder. Dr. Morrison is also an ordained priest in the Evangelical Anglican Church in America.

Sally K. Severino, MD, is professor emeritus of psychiatry at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center. Dr. Severino is certified by the American Psychoanalytic Association and served as the first woman president of the American College of Psychoanalysts. She is also a Felician Associate of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Province in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. Together with Dr. Nancy Morrison, she leads retreats and workshops based on their collaborative work.