Jonathan Cleveland, Ph.D.
Jonathan M. Cleveland, Ph.D. is the director of adult psychology and director of training at a group practice in Southwestern Ohio. He is also a member of the clinical faculty at Wright State University’s School of Professional Psychology. Over the past decade, he has developed a clinical training program where doctoral students and postdoctoral residents learn to work with complex trauma and dissociation. Jon’s published research has focused on the relationship between hypnosis and dissociation, as well as the impact of childhood disclosure of sexual abuse on adult functioning. More recently, he has initiated a research project investigating the role of early adversity, trauma and dissociation in the etiology and maintenance of hallucinogen-persisting perception disorder (HPPD). He has presented on these topics at national and international conferences over the past few years. Jon is past editor of Trauma Psychology News. His clinical approach is psychodynamic, incorporating hypnosis, ego state therapy, havening, and EMDR. Over the course of treatment, he collaborates with his clients to boost insight, self-esteem, resiliency, flexibility, the ability to trust, as well as the capacity for humor and creative expression. Having served on the ISSTD board of directors since 2022, Jon is the current vice president of the organization (2025-2027). He is co-chair of the annual awards committee, chair of the research special interest group, and chair of the Midwest regional online community. He also serves on the science and membership committees. In his leisure time, Jon finds himself cooking, reading, and tinkering with synthesizers. He also enjoys playing golf and traveling to new places to ski & scuba dive with friends.

Norman Alessi, M.D., DLFAPA, LFAACAP
Norman Alessi is a Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, whose earlier academic interests focused on the identification of mood disorders in children and adolescents and their treatment using psychopharmacological agents. Later areas have included ASD, juvenile offenders, aggression and most recently the use of ketamine in the treatment of psychiatric conditions and how it affects clinical symptoms of several conditions. Conditions of interest include dissociative disorders, dissociative identity disorder, and complex childhood trauma. He has developed a clinic that allows him to administer ketamine via a number of different routes including infusion and be present throughout the procedure. Participating in over 150 sessions, he has come to better understand the medication and what really happens rather than just seeing patients hours after the administration of the medication. Dr. Alessi is board certified in general psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry with 40 years of active clinical practice. He has authored 85 peer reviewed articles; 18 book chapters; 61 scientific abstracts; and, 179 presentations, posters, and panel discussions. He also has extensive administrative experience in departmental, institutional, state and national committees. He is founder and CEO of the Alessi Psychiatry and Life Center, located in Ann Arbor, MI.

CJ Healy, M.A. (they/them/theirs)
CJ Healy, M.A. is a fourth-year doctoral student in the Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program at the New School for Social Research in New York. They are a member of the Trauma and Affective Psychophysiology Lab under the mentorship of Wendy D'Andrea, Ph.D. Their research focuses on elaborating the psychological, behavioral, and physiological mechanisms of therapeutic action of psychedelics when used in naturalistic, ceremonial, or clinical settings, particularly with respect to their potential utility in the treatment of developmental trauma. They draw on the theoretical frameworks of contemporary psychoanalysis and interpersonal neurobiology in order to approach an integrative understanding of symptom reduction and character change associated with psychedelic experiences. They are a member of the Trainee Editorial Board of Psychedelic Medicine under co-editors-in-chief Peter Hendricks, Ph.D. and Charles Nichols, Ph.D. and the student coordinator of the Sándor Ferenczi Center under co-directors Adrienne Harris, Ph.D. and Miriam Steele, Ph.D. They were a 2022 recipient of a Source Award from the Source Research Foundation. They were also a recipient of a Fellowship from the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research in 2021-2022 and of a Scholars Award from the Sexualities and Gender Identities Committee of the Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology (APA Division 39) in 2023-2024. They have an M.A. in General Psychology from the New School for Social Research and a B.A. in Plan II Honors, African and African Diaspora Studies, and History from the University of Texas at Austin, where they were a member of the inaugural class of the Texas Exes Forty Acres Scholars Program, the university's premier full-ride, merit-based scholarship.