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.
Aaron T. Beck, MD
President Emeritus
Judith S. Beck, PhD
President
Lisa Pote, MSW
Executive Director
Allen R. Miller, PhD, MBA
CBT Program 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.
Norman Cotterell, PhD
Clinical Coordinator
Francine Broder, PsyD
Clinical Psychologist
Robert Hindman, PhD
Clinical Psychologist
Deborah Beck Busis, LCSW
Director, Beck Diet Programs
Staff
Our staff works as an extraordinary team. They’re experienced, knowledgeable, caring individuals with expertise in many diverse areas.
Quethelyn Blake
Finance Manager
David Cavanaugh
Project Coordinator
Nate Dawson
Organizational Training Assistant
Donna Epright
Accounting Associate
Sarah Fleming
Executive Assistant to the President
Morgan Hagner
Administrative Assistant
Maritza Lawson, MS
Training Program Coordinator
Sarah Licata
Communications Coordinator
Bonnie V. Nicolari, MS
Program Director
Alex Shortall
Intake Coordinator
Alicia Warner
Operations Coordinator
Melissa Massey
Digital Marketing Specalist
Julie Snow Regan
Operations Director
Faculty
Our faculty members are experts in CBT. They’re licensed clinical psychologists, associate university professors, and recognized content leaders in their field.
Judith S. Beck, PhD
President
Allen R. Miller, PhD, MBA
CBT Program Director
Norman Cotterell, PhD
Clinical Coordinator
Francine Broder, PsyD
Clinical Psychologist
Robert Hindman, PhD
Clinical Psychologist
Deborah Beck Busis, LCSW
Director, Beck Diet Programs
Daniella Cortez Cavenagh Ph.D., ABPP
Clinical Psychologist, Corporal Michael J. Crescent VA Medical Center
Ellen Inverso, Psy.D.
Director of Clinical Training and Education, Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy Programs
Daniel Beck, LICSW
Director of the CBT and Social Work Training Initiative (CASTI) at the Boston University School of Social Work
Aaron Brinen, PsyD
Key instructor in The Beck Initiative at the Aaron T. Beck Psychopathology Research Center at the University of Pennsylvania; Private Practice
Supara Chaopricha, MD
Assistant Professor in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University and Director of Bangkok CBT Center
Young Hee Choi, PhD, MD
Director, Mettaa Institute of Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Schema Therapy, Seoul Clinical
Amy Cunningham, PsyD
Aaron T. Beck Psychotherapy Research Center at the University of Pennsylvania; Private Practice.
Torrey Creed, PhD
Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Aaron T. Beck Psychopathology Research Center.
Marci Fox, PhD
Private practice.
Randy Fingerhut, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of the PsyD program at La Salle University in Philadelphia.
Dara Friedman-Wheeler, PhD
Licensed clinical psychologist and Associate Professor of Psychology at Goucher College.
Robert D. Friedberg, PhD
Director and Research Group Advisor at the Center for the Study and Treatment of Anxious Youth.
Marjan Holloway, PhD
Associate Professor - Department of Medical & Clinical Psychology; Psychiatry at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
Teerakiat Jareonsettasin, MD
Kevin Kuhlwein, PsyD
Private Practice.
Elisa Nebolsine, LCSW
Private Practice, Adjunct Faculty
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.
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, Senior Associate Training Director and Director of Psychotherapy Training in the Department of Psychiatry at the 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.
Nicola Wright, Phd, C.Psych
Clinical psychologist on The Schizophrenia Program of the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group (ROHCG) in Canada, and a clinical professor with the school of psychology at the University of Ottawa.
Annie Yip, MSc, RMN
Senior Clinical Associate at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HKPU).