Notes on Contributors

Gary Ahlskog, PhD, is a psychologist, psychoanalyst, certified neuro-linguistic practitioner (NLP), and master hypnotist practicing in New York City and Jamesport, N.Y. He is a former president of the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis (NPAP) Training Institute and the former director of the doctoral program in pastoral counseling at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.

Matthias Beier, MDiv, PhD, LMHC, is Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology and Mental Health Counseling, Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis, Indiana. A nationally certified and New York state-licensed psychoanalyst, Beier received his training in psychoanalysis at the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis, New York, of which he is a member. He is a Fellow in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors, and a member of the American Academy of Religion, the Society for Pastoral Theology, the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis, and the Society for Biblical Literature. Clinically, Beier works as a psychoanalyst and pastoral psychotherapist with individuals, couples, and families. He is the author of A Violent God-Image: An Introduction to the Work of Eugen Drewermann (Continuum , ) and Gott ohne Angst (Taking the Fear out of God, Patmos, ), and has published articles in The Psychoanalytic Review, Pastoral Psychology, Tikkun Magazine, and the Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion.

William M. Greenstadt, PhD, is Faculty, National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis and Contemporary Freudian Society, and Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, New York. He is a member of the Psychoanalytic Association of New York.

Carl Jacobs, DSc, LP, is in private practice in New York City specializing in treating adolescents of all ages. He is Senior Member and former Board Member of the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis (NPAP), as well as Training, Supervisory