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Visiting LecturersBernard Guerney, Jr., Ph.D.
Director, National Institute of Relationship Enhancement
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
M.S., Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Guerney is Professor Emeritus of Counseling Psychology and of Human Development/Family Studies at Pennsylvania State University - where he founded and directed the Individual and Family Consultation Center - and is Adjunct Professor of Psychology and Family Studies at the University of Maryland. He founded and directs the National Institute of Relationship Enhancement in Bethesda, MD. He is approved as a therapist-supervisor by AAMFT, and is a fellow of five APA Divisions. Dr. Guerney has produced scores of articles and book chapters, four books, and numerous training manuals, audiotapes, and videotapes.
Louise Guerney, Ph.D.
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
M.S., Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Louise Guerney is a licensed psychologist with a specialty in Clinical Child Psychology. She is also a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor and past Chairman of the Board of Directors of the International Association for Play Therapy. She is a fellow of the APA and of the Maryland Psychological Association. She is a faculty member of the National Institute of Relationship Enhancement in Bethesda, MD, through which she conducts training programs for professionals in Play and Filial Therapies and Parent Education Leadership. She is an editor of the International Journal of Play Therapy, and The Family Journal. Dr. Guerney is Professor Emeritus at Pennsylvania State University, and for 23 years was head of the parent-child programs at Penn State's Individual and Family Consultation Center. She has published manuals for parents and parent educators for these programs, and has co-authored the book Helping Your Child.
Rev. Peter F. Ryan, S.J., S.T.D.
Associate Professor, Mount Saint Mary's Seminary, Emmitsburg, MD
S.T.D., Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome
M.Div., Regis College, University of Toronto
M.A./Ph.L., Gonzaga University
Fr. Ryan is an Executive Board Member of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars and Associate Professor of moral theology at Mt. Saint Mary's Seminary, where he also serves as formation advisor and spiritual director to seminarians. He has published several articles on such diverse topics as Thomas Aquinas, Grisez's natural law theory, Ignatian spirituality, the beatific vision, medical ethics, and academic freedom.