Dana Hampson is a licensed professional counselor and co-owner of The Balanced Life, a counseling, training and practice building business located in North Alabama. Dana has been a therapist for over 20 years and works with adults dealing with mood disorders, life transitions, and pregnancy loss, infertility, and perinatal mood disorders. She has a special interest in helping those who are questioning their faith, deconverting from religion and/ or recovering from religious trauma. As a former conservative Christian, Dana understands the pain and confusion often associated with leaving an ingrained belief system and is honored to walk on that journey with her clients. In her free time, Dana teaches and practices yoga, loves reading and relaxing by the pool and enjoys spending time with her family.

Jonathan Leitch is a licensed clinical social worker in private practice in New York City. After working in preventive services for several years and training at the Ackerman Institute for the Family, he completed a doctorate in couple and family therapy at Antioch University New England. His dissertation research explored the therapy experiences of nonreligious people estranged from their families over religious differences. Jonathan advocates loving the believer, not the belief, and finds the tensions between science and religion endlessly fascinating and endlessly frustrating.

Travis McKie-Voerste is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Dalton State College, where he teaches clinically focused courses to undergraduate Psychology students. He also serves as a faculty advisor to the Secular Student Alliance at Dalton State. He completed his Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision at the University of Georgia, where his dissertation focused on the experience of Atheists receiving Counseling in the Bible Belt of the United States. His research in this area continues and focuses on how religion impacts the counseling relationship. Travis also owns a private practice specializing in working with secular clients, as well as providing clinical counseling supervision.

Joel Schmidt is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Qualified Supervisor for registered counselor interns in the state of Florida. He has owned and operated a Group Counseling Practice in Tampa, Florida called "Float on Counseling" for 5 years. Joel specializes in anxiety disorders, harm reduction approaches for alcohol use, and solution-focused strategies for helping people get "unstuck" - whether related to their career, fitness struggles, lacking motivation, unhappy relationships, or life direction in general. Joel is a Navy Veteran originally from Nebraska and has been a therapist for 10 years. He especially enjoys working with people who are struggling to navigate complex issues surrounding religious deconversion or "losing faith". He was raised as a Christian and understands the challenges associated with religious doubts, coming out as a non-believer, and finding purpose outside of religion. He does, however, love working with individuals from a broad range of cultural and religious backgrounds - believers and non-believers, alike. Joel is passionate about world-travel, learning new things, music, entrepreneurship, and College Football.