Catrina Luca, MD earned her Bachelor’s of Science at the University of Miami and her Medical Doctorate from the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine. She completed her Adult Psychiatry residency and a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry fellowship at the University of Florida. She is board-certified in both specialties. Additionally, with a keen interest in a holistic, integrative approach to psychiatry, Dr. Luca earned an additional board certification in Integrative Medicine and a certification in Pastoral Counseling. She believes that healing involves the mind, body, and spirit. Over the last seven years, Dr. Luca has had the opportunity to train and work in several different arenas including Job Corps, forensic settings, community mental health settings, as well as private clinics, thus affording exposure to a wide range of clinical opportunities and creating a foundation of broad clinical experience.

Vesna Pirec, MD, PhD, has been a psychiatrist in Chicago for 20 years. After completing medical school at University of Belgrade, (former) Yugoslavia, Dr. Pirec obtained her PhD degree at the Department of Neuropharmacology at University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), and then completed her residency training at the Psychiatry Department at University of Illinois at Chicago. She is currently leading Pirec Psychiatric Services, an outpatient psychiatric clinic, predominantly treating women during various phases of their reproductive cycle. Additionally, Dr. Pirec is an academic liaison for Eating Recovery Center/Pathlight and was the CEM for Mood and Anxiety programs at Pathlight throughout the country. In 2009-2010 Dr. Pirec was the Director of Women’s Mental Health Program at UIC.  Dr. Pirec’s area of expertise is treating women through all reproductive stages, addressing their neuroendocrine and hormonal health, along with providing psychopharmacological and therapeutic needs, incorporating integrative principles in her psychiatric treatment approach.

Trudy Scott, CN is a food mood expert, nutritionist, speaker, and author of The Antianxiety Food Solution: How the Foods You Eat Can Help You Calm Your Anxious Mind, Improve Your Mood & End Cravings (June 2011, New Harbinger). Trudy has a nutrition practice with a focus on food, mood, and women’s health. She educates people about the amazing healing powers of food and nutrients and helps them find natural solutions for anxiety, stress and depression. Trudy is president of the National Association of Nutrition Professionals and is a member of the Alliance for Addiction Solutions and Anxiety Disorders Association of America. She publishes an electronic newsletter entitled Food, Mood and gal Stuff, available at www.everywomanover29.com and www.antianxietyfoodsolution.com.

Marianne Brandon, PhD is a clinical psychologist and Diplomat in sex therapy. She writes a popular Psychology Today blog, “The Future of Intimacy,” is the author of Monogamy: The Untold Story; and Unlocking the Sexy in Surrender: Using the Neuroscience of Power to Recharge Your Sex Life. She co-authored of Reclaiming Desire: 4 Keys to Finding Your Lost Libido, co-hosted a talk radio show, is a past Board member of The International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health, and regularly writes for professional publications and lay audiences. For more information see www.drbrandon.net. Dr Brandon is in private practice in Sarasota, FL.

Peter Bongiorno, ND, LAc is a naturopathic doctor and acupuncturist and serves as co-medical director of InnerSource Natural Health and Acupuncture, a thriving practice with two clinics in New York (New York City and Long Island). He specializes in using integrative care to heal mood disorder. Dr. Bongiorno researched as a pre-doctoral fellow at the National Institutes of Health, at the National Institute of Mental Health’s department of Clinical Neuroendocrinology, where he first studied the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis response to stress. He also researched at Yale University in the department of pharmacology before training at Bastyr University in naturopathic medicine and acupuncture. He has spoken at the Integrative Medicine for Mental Health conference, for general session at A4M, at the Integrative Healthcare Symposium, the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians, and the American Academy of Environmental Medicine. For more information, please visit www.DrPeterBongiorno.com.

Setting the swimming world ablaze at the young age of fifteen with two world records in one day propelled Anita into the fast lane of success. After swimming for the cycle (gold, silver, & bronze) in the 1992 Olympic Summer Games in Barcelona, many health challenges hampered her attempts at returning to an Olympic level. Challenged by a series of “mystery illnesses” that lasted a decade after the Olympics, Anita rediscovered health through food and functional medicine. Anita is a Certified Holistic Nutrition Specialist & Educator, Certified Life & Essential Oils Coach, and an accomplished motivational speaker. She completed three NFL seasons as Nutrition & Wellness Consultant for the Jacksonville Jaguars NFL Football Team and works with various elite professional athletes including UFC fighters, boxers, and world-class swimmers around the world. Anita’s current work is to help teen athletes understand the importance of maximizing both their physical and mental well-being and the role they both play in high-level performance.