Paula Ravitz, MD, FRCPC, is a Professor of Psychiatry at University of Toronto, a Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute Senior Clinician-Scientist, and Researcher at the Wilson Centre for Research in Education. An award-winning educator, she received the 2002 John Ruedy Award for Innovation in Medical Education from the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada, and the Canadian Psychiatric Association’s Paul Patterson Award for Leadership and Innovation in Education. Her research, clinical work and teaching focus on evidence-supported psychotherapies including Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), Behavioral Activation for Perinatal Depression and therapeutic repair of alliance ruptures. Her Psychotherapy Essentials to Go, 6-book/video skills-teaching curricular series on evidence-supported psychotherapy principles (WW Norton; www.psychotherapy.net) has been used in capacity-building projects with the Canadian Psychotherapy Practice Research Network (PPRNet) and adapted for an IPT scale up project in Ethiopia with the Toronto Addis Ababa Academic Collaboration.

Zenita Alidina, MD, FRCPC, is a Lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, and the IPT modality lead on the Psychotherapy Training Subcommittee of the University of Toronto Psychiatry Residency Program. She is a staff psychiatrist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and the University of Toronto Health and Wellness Centre (HWC) for students. She has been supervising psychiatry residents and teaching workshops in IPT for several years, as well as supporting research endeavours related to IPT.

Luis E. Flores Jr., PhD, is an assistant professor of psychology at Rutgers University – New Brunswick in New Jersey, USA. He was previously an assistant professor of psychology at Queen’s University (Kingston, On, Canada). He is the director of the READY Lab (Relationships, Emotions and Depression in Youth Lab), where his team is investigating the roles of close relationships and interpersonal functioning in emotion and in the development and clinical course of depression. He is an ISIPT-certified therapist, co-directed a training workshop at the 2021 ISIPT conference, and has published research on IPT and social support networks.

Edward McAnanama, OT, PhD is a psychotherapist in private practice and an IPT expert, supervisor and trainer. He trained and was supervised in IPT through the Western Psychiatric Clinic in Pittsburgh in 1993 and co-founded the first IPT Clinic at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Canada. Dr. McAnanama has participated as a research study-therapist in numerous different IPT research studies and has extensively taught IPT including in post-graduate psychiatry training programs at the University of Toronto (Canada) and Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia) along with at trainers’ training workshops with the International Society of IPT (ISIPT).

Danielle M. Novick, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and provides Interpersonal Psychotherapy Services and professional training in IPT/IPSRT. Dr. Novick is an International Society of Interpersonal Psychotherapy (ISIPT) certified trainer, supervisor, and therapist with added qualifications in IPSRT. She is a member of ISIPT’s executive board and currently co-leads the ISIPT special interest group for IPSRT. Dr. Novick is a member of the International Society of Bipolar Disorders Psychological Interventions Task Force. She is the author or co-author of multiple peer reviewed and invited publications, including many about IPT and IPSRT.

Holly A. Swartz, M.D. is professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Swartz’s research focuses on understanding and optimizing treatments for mood disorders. She is well known for her studies evaluating Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) and Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy (IPSRT) as treatments for depression and bipolar disorder. She has trained thousands of IPT and IPSRT therapists across the globe. Dr. Swartz has held elected leadership positions for national and international professional organizations, including currently serving as President of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD; 2024-2026). She is the 2018 recipient of the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) Gerald L. Klerman Senior Investigator Award in recognition of outstanding research contributing to the understanding, causes, diagnosis, and treatment of mood disorders. At the University of Pittsburgh, she was the 2024 recipient of the Western Psychiatric Hospital Outstanding Adult Teaching Faculty Award. She is the author of over 150 publications, including two books. She currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Psychotherapy and as a member of the Scientific Advisory Boards of DBSA and the International Bipolar Foundation.