Sandra C. Paivio, PhD, CPsych, is currently a consultant at the York University Psychology Clinic, where she provides individual psychotherapy, graduate training, and supervision. She is professor emeritus in the psychology department at the University of Windsor, and has more than 2 years of clinical experience. She is one of the developers of emotion-focused therapy, particularly applied to complex trauma (EFTT), and has conducted clinical trials evaluating efficacy and processes of change in EFTT. Dr. Paivio is the author of numerous publications on trauma and psychotherapy, including Working With Emotions in Psychotherapy (with Leslie S. Greenberg), Emotion-Focused Therapy for Complex Trauma: An Integrative Approach (with Antonio Pascual-Leone), and she is featured in two APA videos illustrating EFTT. Dr. Paivio has presented numerous workshops nationally and internationally and provided intensive graduate student and professional training in EFT and EFT specifically for trauma. She also is an invited member of the APA Division 5 (Trauma Psychology) working group developing best practice guidelines for complex trauma and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Trauma Section of the Canadian Psychological Association (2 4). Dr. Paivio maintains a part-time private practice in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Lynne E. Angus, PhD, CPsych, is a professor of psychology at York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and a clinical supervisor and therapist at the York University Psychology Clinic. Dr. Angus practices, supervises, and conducts psychotherapy research addressing the contributions of narrative and emotion processes for clinically significant change, particularly in the context of emotion-focused therapy. Over the past 25 years, she has published more than 9 publications addressing the unique contributions of metaphor, narrative, emotion, and meaning-making processes to productive client change, and has conducted numerous training workshops addressing implications for effective therapy practice. She coauthored Working With Narrative in Emotion-Focused Therapy: Changing Stories, Healing Lives (with Leslie S. Greenberg), and was featured in an APA therapy DVD with Sandra C. Paivio, Narrative Processes in Emotion-Focused Therapy for Trauma. Dr. Angus was the senior coeditor of The Handbook of Narrative and Psychotherapy: Practice, Theory, and Research and was also coeditor of Bringing Psychotherapy Research to Life: Understanding Change Through the Work of Leading Clinical Researchers. She is a past president of both the International Society for Psychotherapy Research and the North American Chapter, Society for Psychotherapy Research.
