Sofia Georgiadou, Ph.D., LPC-S, LMFT-S, NCC
Dr. Georgiadou is an Assistant Professor of Family Therapy at the University of Houston at Clear Lake. She is a culturally-attuned curriculum developer and supervisor of mental health providers with research experience in qualitative/mixed methods and survey design. With her research, she seeks to improve education outcomes of diverse groups, including international students, immigrants, and individuals from marginalized communities, by better understanding their lived experiences.
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Steven M. Harris, PhD, LMFT, received his master’s and doctoral degrees in Marriage and Family Therapy from Syracuse University. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Family Social Science at the University of Minnesota. Prior to living in Minnesota he was on faculty at Texas Tech University for 13 years. While in Texas Dr. Harris chaired the Research Advisory Group for the Texas Healthy Marriage Initiative and was recognized for Outstanding Service from the Texas Health and Human Service Commission (2008). He has been practicing as a family therapist for over 30 years. He currently serves as the Editor for the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. Dr. Harris is the author of over 90 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, has written four books, and has contributed a variety of other publications to the field throughout his career. Dr. Harris also serves as the Associate Director of the Minnesota Couples on the Brink Project. He and his co-author, Dr. William J. Doherty, released the first textbook on Discernment Counseling in April 2017. 
Tiara Fennell (she/her) is an Assistant Professor of Couple and Family Therapy in the Department of Family Science in University of Maryland’s School of Public Health and the Clinic Director for the Center for Healthy Families. She is a PhD candidate in the Human Development and Family Science: Marriage and Family Therapy from Virginia Tech, and has received her master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy from Northwestern University. As a scholar, Tiara is engaged in research focusing on the experiences of burnout for community mental health clinicians and developing clinical trainings to support African American families in therapy. More specifically, Tiara’s research aims to apply a systemic focus to these different clinical areas in order to develop interventions that can better support clinicians and improve the quality of mental health care for all. Tiara Fennell is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and an AAMFT-approved clinical supervisor candidate.
Violeta Kadieva, Ph. D., LMFT-S, AAMFT Approved Supervisor is originally from Plovdiv, Bulgaria. She received her doctoral degree from Texas Tech University. She has worked as a marriage and family therapist for 13 years and supervisor for 8 years. She is currently an Associate Professor at Texas Wesleyan University. She has published articles at the American Journal of Family Therapy, and presented workshops and posters on the topic of supervision dynamics at numerous conferences, including WAMFT, AAMFT, APA, TAMFT and International Family Therapy World Conference. Her most recent article at the American Journal of Family Therapy titled, Finding the Supervision Key of Therapist Progress was published in Dec.2022.
Zamzam (Zam) Dini is a doctoral candidate in the Couple and Family Therapy Program in the Department of Family Social Science at the University of Minnesota. Zam’s clinical work focuses on treating chronic PTSD and complex trauma. She is working on becoming a trainer in Narrative Exposure Therapy, an evidence-based intervention used to treat post-traumatic stress. Zam is passionate about increasing the representation of providers in the field of MFT and growing the number of MFTs providing culturally-appropriate clinical work. Zam is an AAMFT-approved supervisor-candidate and received her MA in Marriage and Family Therapy at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota.