Course Directors:

• Dr. Wesley Sanders is a Staff Psychologist at Home Base and specializes in the treatment of PTSD and readjustment issues, including family and parenting difficulties. He provides both individual and group therapy services at Home Base. He is trained in Prolonged Exposure Therapy and is a VA certified provider of Cognitive Processing Therapy for the treatment of PTSD. He received his M.A. from the College of William & Mary and his Ph.D. from the University of Vermont. Dr. Sanders completed his internship at the VA Boston Healthcare System and his post-doctoral fellowship in the Women’s Health Sciences Division of the National Center for PTSD. He also served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve for 8 years, receiving an honorable discharge at the rank of Sergeant. His research interests focus on supporting military/veteran families, particularly during transition to civilian life.

   

  Ms. Nealon is the Director of the Families of the Fallen and Family Outreach at Home Base.  She is a clinical social worker with extensive community organizing experience assisting survivors of trauma and grief, and she provides group therapy services for Families of the Fallen.  During her twenty-year professional career, Ms. Nealon has been privileged to organize community services and critical mental health support for survivors of clergy abuse, for families of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and for post-9/11 bereaved military families.  Ms. Nealon has served as the Executive Director of the Massachusetts 9/11 Fund and the Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund, where she helped develop Massachusetts’ nationally recognized Memorial Day Flag Garden on Boston Common.   Ms. Nealon holds an undergraduate degree from Northeastern University, a graduate degree in clinical social work from Boston College and is trained in Prolonged Grief Disorder. 

  Course Planners: 

• Jane Pimental, MPH 
• David Rubin, MD

          Content Reviewers:

• Susan Sprich, PhD 
• Susan Kim, MD
• Elizabeth Cox, RN
• Sharon Fawcett, LICSW

Financial Relationships:

The following planners, speakers, content reviewers, and others in control of educational content have reported financial relationships with ineligible companies over the past 24 months: 

Susan Sprich, PhD (Psychologist Reviewer)
Royalties: Oxford University Press; Springer
Honorarium for associate editor of a journal: Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies