Meet the Team
From the Drs. Beck to our licensed therapists and faculty to our office staff, our team knows CBT inside and out.
Leadership
Beck Institute was founded in 1994 in Philadelphia by Dr. Aaron T. Beck and his daughter, Dr. Judith Beck, who continue to lead the organization as its president emeritus and president, respectively. Lisa Pote serves as Beck Institute’s executive director.
Therapists
Cognitive behavior therapy focuses on helping clients solve current problems and get better as quickly as possible. We strive to foster highly supportive, compassionate, and collaborative relationships with clients and to tailor treatment to their particular difficulties and preferences.
Staff
Our staff works as an extraordinary team. They’re experienced, knowledgeable, caring individuals with expertise in many diverse areas.
Faculty
Our faculty members are experts in CBT. They’re licensed clinical psychologists, associate university professors, and recognized content leaders in their field.

Daniel Beck, LICSW
Director of the CBT and Social Work Training Initiative (CASTI) at the Boston University School of Social Work

Young Hee Choi, PhD, MD
Director, Mettaa Institute of Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Schema Therapy, Seoul Clinical

Daniella Cortez Cavenagh PhD, ABPP
Clinical Psychologist, Corporal Michael J. Crescent VA Medical Center

Amy Cunningham, PsyD
Aaron T. Beck Psychotherapy Research Center at the University of Pennsylvania; Private Practice.

Randy Fingerhut, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of the PsyD program at La Salle University in Philadelphia.

Robert D. Friedberg, PhD
Director and Research Group Advisor at the Center for the Study and Treatment of Anxious Youth.

Dara Friedman-Wheeler, PhD
Licensed clinical psychologist and Professor of Psychology at Goucher College.

Omar Gudiño, PhD, ABPP
Associate Professor & Associate Director, Clinical Child Psychology Program, University of Kansas

Marjan Holloway, PhD
Associate Professor - Department of Medical & Clinical Psychology; Psychiatry at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.

Nikolaos Kazantzis, PhD
Professor of Clinical Psychology and Director of Clinical Programs, Institute of Social Neuroscience, Australia

Stefanie T. LoSavio, PhD, ABPP
Clinical Associate, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center

Cory Newman, PhD ABPP
Director of the Center for Cognitive Therapy, Professor of Psychology, in Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.

Robert Reiser, PhD
Clinical Psychologist, Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF Department of Psychiatry

Jesus Salas, PsyD
Director of the Center for Integrative Psychotherapy PC, in Allentown, PA and Clinical Assistant Professor of psychology

Rosanna Sposato, PsyD
Adjunct professor in La Salle University’s PsyD program in clinical psychology.

Donna Sudak, MD
Professor of Psychiatry, Vice Chair for Education, Drexel University College of Medicine

Michael A. Tompkins, PhD
Co-director of the San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy, and Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of California, Berkeley.

Amy Wenzel, PhD, ABPP
Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, Private Practice.