Abby Hurley, PsyD
Dr. Abby Hurley is a licensed Clinical Psychologist who received her PsyD in Clinical Psychology from Wheaton College in 2012. She has worked in both inpatient and outpatient settings and currently serves as practice partner and clinical psychologist at a group practice in the western suburbs of Chicago, IL, United States.  She has advanced training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) as well as training in complex trauma. Further, she has training and supervision in Havening Touch and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. Her clinical work focuses on providing both individual and group care for clients with complex needs, most especially those with developmental trauma and resulting diagnoses of Borderline Personality, cPTSD, and DID.  She also works extensively with those in the LGBTQIA+ community and those navigating the effects of religious trauma.  Dr. Hurley also provides trainings around these clinical interests both within her organization as well as for the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS) of which she has been a member for the past fifteen years with involvement presently as past president for the Chicago Chapter.  While new to ISSTD, Dr. Hurley is eager to learn from others in the community and contribute to the ongoing advancement of best practices for working with trauma and dissociation.

Michal Kocum, MA
Michal received his MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Wheaton College in 2020. Prior to that he received training in hypnosis, systemic, strategic and solution oriented approaches under the Hermes Institute iIn Prague, Czech Republic. He began his career in the United States as a therapist working with clients with complex needs within high levels of care, such a residential treatment center for female clients and a day program for individuals with substance use, eating and mood disorders. There he received training and supervision in both depth-oriented and behavioral contextual approaches as well as harm reduction and 12 step support. He is currently working in a private practice in Wheaton, IL, providing long term individual therapy through the use of relational analysis, DBT and MBT, as well as creating, implementing and leading groups, such as Dialectical Behavior Therapy for adolescents, MBT-I, MBT-G, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy group for adults.