Tracy Alderman, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist and author of The Scarred Soul: Understanding and Ending Self-Inflicted Violence (New Harbinger Publications, 1997) and co-author of Amongst Ourselves: A Self-Help Guide for Living with Dissociative Identity Disorder (New Harbinger Publications, 1998).  Dr. Alderman is a leading expert in the field of self-injury and has provided numerous trainings and workshops for agencies, educators, clinicians, hospitals, counselors, parents, and consumers internationally and nationwide.  Dr. Alderman has made several media appearances and has been interviewed by national and international publications.  In addition to her work in the field of self-injury, Dr. Alderman is an instructor at Chapman University in San Diego, a supervising psychologist at the Springall Academy, and is a clinician with the San Diego Police Department’s Psychiatric Emergency Response Team.  Tracy can be reached through Alderman and Marshall, Inc. by telephone at (619) 840-6061 or by email at drtracya@cox.net.

Karen Marshall, LCSW is a licensed clinical social worker and co-author of Amongst Ourselves: A Self-Help Guide for Living with Dissociative Identity Disorder (New Harbinger Publications, 1998).  Ms. Marshall has been specializing in the fields of self-injury and dissociation for nearly a decade.  She frequently offers trainings and consults on these areas.  Currently Ms. Marshall is in private practice in San Diego, CA, and is a certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner.  Karen can be reached through her private practice by telephone at (619) 405-1119 or by email at ladykarenm@aol.com.