Mind-Body Medicine Faculty

Dr. Achterberg received her Ph.D.in General Experimental Psychology from Texas Christian University. She is acclaimed for her work on the use of imagery in healing, psychoimmunology, behavioral strategies for the reduction of pain and anxiety, and the role of women as health consumers. Her research focuses on the psychological aspects of cancer, a comparison of biofeedback and physical therapy in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, and a test of behavioral strategies for pain and anxiety associated with orthopedic trauma.

James S. Gordon, MD, is a world-renowned expert in using mind-body medicine to heal depression, anxiety, and psychological trauma. He is the Founder and Director of The Center for Mind-Body Medicine (CMBM), Dean of the Graduate School of Mind-Body Medicine at Saybrook University, a Clinical Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Family Medicine at Georgetown Medical School, and recently served as Chairman of the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy.

Dr. Gordon has created ground-breaking programs of comprehensive mind-body healing for physicians, medical students, and other health professionals; for people with cancer, depression and other chronic illnesses; and for traumatized children and families in Bosnia, Kosovo, Israel and Gaza as well as in post-9/11 New York and post-Katrina southern Louisiana and with U.S. military returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Dr. Gordon and his colleagues have trained 3,000 health and mental health professionals in the U.S. and overseas to more effectively address the psychological trauma within their communities, as well as to deal with chronic illness. He and his CMBM colleagues have also supervised and trained local leadership teams to make the CMBM model-a fully integrated and sustainable part of the local healthcare system.

Dr. Gordon's most recent book is Unstuck: Your Guide to the Seven Stage Journey Out of Depression (Penguin). He's also the author of Comprehensive Cancer Care: Integrating Alternative, Complementary and Conventional Therapies (with Sharon Curtin) and Manifesto for a New Medicine: Your Guide to Healing Partnerships and the Wise Use of Alternative Therapies . He has published more than 150 articles and chapters in professional journals such as the American Journal of Psychiatry, Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, Journal of Traumatic Stress, Psychiatry, The American Family Physician. He also has many pieces in the lay news including The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Atlantic Monthly.

Donald Moss is Director of the Integrative Health Studies Concentration at Saybrook. He earned his Ph.D. in phenomenological and clinical psychology from Duquesne University and completed clinical training at the University of Pittsburgh Health Center. He is a partner in the Psychological Services Center in Grand Haven and Holland, Michigan.

Donald Moss is past-President of the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, chief editor for the Biofeedback magazine, associate editor for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, and consulting editor for the Journal of Neurotherapy, and the Journal of Phenomenological Psychology. Dr. Moss has published three books and over fifty articles, book chapters, and book reviews on biofeedback, anxiety disorders, the phenomenology of the body, mind-body medicine, and complementary and alternative health care. His most recent book was: The Handbook of Mind-Body Medicine for Primary Care (Sage Publications, 2003).

Donald Moss is dedicated to making the techniques of mind-body medicine available throughout the global community, and has conducted workshops for health care professionals and lay persons in the US, Canada, Mexico, Honduras, Jamaica, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. His publications on alternative health care have been made available in Chinese, Hebrew, Polish, German, and Spanish.

In his clinical practice, Dr. Moss integrates biofeedback training, cognitive-behavioral therapies, and an existential-integrative perspective on the human life cycle. He emphasizes the acquisition of voluntary control skills, and the individual's recovery of control over both physical and mental health.