Kristina Muenzenmaier is associate clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA. Her clinical and research interests focus on public psychiatry and childhood trauma in people with serious mental illness and psychosis.

Mara Conan was asistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA (2003-2014). She has worked for over 30 years as a psychologist in public psychiatry with individuals who were diagnosed with psychotic disorders.

Gillian Stephens Langdon is an adjunct professor and internship supervisor in the Music Therapy Department at New York University, USA. A pioneer of music therapy, she has worked for over 40 years with people experiencing psychosis and trauma.

Toshiko Kobayashi is an onsite supervisor and guest speaker at New York University. She worked for many years as an art therapist both in the United States and internationally. She developed Expressive Origami Therapy® and is president of the Origami Therapy Association. Currently, her focuses are intergenerational trauma and self-care.

Andres R. Schneeberger is an associate clinical professor at the University of California San Diego, Department of Psychiatry, USA. His main clinical and research interest focus is on mental health care delivery, measurement-based care, aggression, coercion and complex traumatisation in minority populations and people with serious mental illness.