Jon Hershfield (Author)
Jon Hershfield, MFT, is the director of The OCD and Anxiety Center of Greater Baltimore in Hunt Valley, MD. He specializes in the mindfulness-based and cognitive behavioral treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder and is licensed in the states of Maryland, Virginia, and California. Jon is coauthor of The Mindfulness Workbook for OCD and author of When a Family Member Has OCD. He is a frequent presenter at the annual conferences of both the International OCD Foundation and the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, and a professional contributor to multiple online OCD-related support groups and blogs.

Shala Nicely (Author)
Shala Nicely, LPC, is a CBT therapist in metro Atlanta, GA, specializing in the treatment of OCD and related disorders and anxiety disorders. She was the keynote speaker for the 2013 IOCDF conference with the story of her triumph over OCD, \u201cIs Fred in the Refrigerator?\u201d Shala promotes the power of turning personal challenges into service to others as an Advocate for The Adversity 2 Advocacy Alliance. She is cofounder with Jeff Bell of Beyond the Doubt, an initiative dedicated to helping people learn to thrive through uncertainty and the fear and doubt it creates.