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Nina Josefowitz, PhD, is a psychologist in private practice and has taught a graduate-­level course on
cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for over fifteen years in the Counselling and Clinical Psychology
Program at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto.
Josefowitz has offered workshops in CBT throughout Ontario and internationally. She has appeared in
court numerous times as an expert witness in cases involving interpersonal violence. Josefowitz was on
the Council of the College of Psychologists of Ontario for nine years, and president of the college from
2001–­2003. She has published in the areas of trauma, women’s issues, ethics, the therapeutic relation-
ship, and a variety of issues related to CBT. Her most recent interests include incorporating imagery
into CBT.
David Myran, MD, (1949–­2016) was a geriatric psychiatrist and assistant professor in the department
of psychiatry at the University of Toronto. For many years, he was director of the Geriatric Psychiatry
Outreach Team at Baycrest Health Sciences—­a University of Toronto-­affiliated hospital, where he
served as a staff psychiatrist. Myran was also a CBT supervisor for psychiatry residents at the University
of Toronto. Myran published and presented at professional conferences on a wide number of topics,
including psychological treatment for irritable bowel syndrome, a range of topics within geriatric psy-
chiatry, the therapeutic relationship, and depression. His interests also included using telehealth to
provide psychiatric services to older adults who are housebound.
Foreword writer Zindel V. Segal, PhD, is professor of psychology at the University of Toronto
Scarborough. He is coauthor of Mindfulness-­Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression and The Mindful
Way through Depression.