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Jeff Conway, LCSW
Jeff Conway, MS, LCSW, is the previous President of the International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST). He is a founding member of the ISST and has served in several roles for the ISST since its foundation. His previous Executive Board positions were Vice President and Training Coordinator. He has many years of experience as a Schema Therapy Trainer and Supervisor. He has served as the Chair of the Supervisor Skills Development Committee and the Case Conceptualization Committee. Jeff is also a founding member of The NY Center for Emotion Focused Therapy and has extensive training in Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT), an innovative couple’s therapy model, based on Attachment Theory. He is also a Certified Couples Schema Therapy Trainer and Supervisor. Other areas of training and experience include the treatment of early childhood trauma, Object Relations Theory, and Group Therapy Models. He runs a private practice in New York City, serving individuals, couples, and groups.
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Sara Trace, PhD
Sara earned her B.S. in Neuroscience from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. She completed her M.S. and Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, where she concentrated in health psychology. Her graduate research and clinical training focused on eating disorders, psychological assessment, the genetic epidemiology of psychiatric illness, and obesity treatment and prevention.
She completed her predoctoral clinical internship at Yale University in the Department of Psychiatry, specializing in neuropsychology and assessment, followed by a three-year postdoctoral fellowship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Department of Psychiatry’s Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders. There, she developed advanced expertise in treating complex psychopathology and integrating cognitive-behavioral, interpersonal, and schema-based approaches to promote long-term recovery.
Sara is particularly interested in how early maladaptive schemas shape self-concept, body image, and interpersonal functioning—core factors in eating disorders and related conditions. Her work reflects a schema-informed understanding of emotion, identity, and attachment in the therapeutic process.
She is an active member of the American Psychological Association, the Academy for Eating Disorders, and the American Academy of Psychotherapists.
Jeff Conway, LCSW
Jeff Conway, MS, LCSW, is the previous President of the International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST). He is a founding member of the ISST and has served in several roles for the ISST since its foundation. His previous Executive Board positions were Vice President and Training Coordinator. He has many years of experience as a Schema Therapy Trainer and Supervisor. He has served as the Chair of the Supervisor Skills Development Committee and the Case Conceptualization Committee. Jeff is also a founding member of The NY Center for Emotion Focused Therapy and has extensive training in Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT), an innovative couple’s therapy model, based on Attachment Theory. He is also a Certified Couples Schema Therapy Trainer and Supervisor. Other areas of training and experience include the treatment of early childhood trauma, Object Relations Theory, and Group Therapy Models. He runs a private practice in New York City, serving individuals, couples, and groups.
Robin Spiro, LCSW
Robin Spiro, LCSW, is a psychotherapist and international trainer based in Springfield, New Jersey. She has over 27 years of clinical experience specializing in Complex Trauma, Dissociative Disorders, and Schema Therapy. She is an Advanced Certified Schema Therapist and a Certified Individual Schema Trainer/Supervisor. Robin’s clinical work focuses on integrating schema therapy with other trauma treatment models, including EMDR, somatic therapies, and Internal Family Systems. She has presented at ISST international conferences and has lectured internationally on complex trauma and dissociative disorders within the schema therapy framework. Robin is chair of the Supervisory Skills Development Committee within the International Society of Schema Therapy. She leads online supervision groups for clinicians working with complex trauma and dissociation, providing advanced training and clinical guidance in these specialized areas. Robin’s training initiatives span multiple countries, where she shares her expertise in adapting schema therapy for clients presenting with trauma-related disorders and dissociative symptoms.
Jeff Conway, LCSW
Jeff Conway, MS, LCSW, is the previous President of the International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST). He is a founding member of the ISST and has served in several roles for the ISST since its foundation. His previous Executive Board positions were Vice President and Training Coordinator. He has many years of experience as a Schema Therapy Trainer and Supervisor. He has served as the Chair of the Supervisor Skills Development Committee and the Case Conceptualization Committee. Jeff is also a founding member of The NY Center for Emotion Focused Therapy and has extensive training in Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT), an innovative couple’s therapy model, based on Attachment Theory. He is also a Certified Couples Schema Therapy Trainer and Supervisor. Other areas of training and experience include the treatment of early childhood trauma, Object Relations Theory, and Group Therapy Models. He runs a private practice in New York City, serving individuals, couples, and groups.