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.

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 quarter and mid-life transitions and enjoys helping clients learn how to assertively communicate, let go of people-pleasing tendencies and confidently set and follow through with boundaries. 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 who still lives deep in the Bible Belt, 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.

David Teachout is a licensed mental health therapist who has been practicing in the field of psychology for over 15 years as a therapist, supervisor, social worker, advocate, and subject matter expert. David has worked with diverse populations, including children in foster care, the elderly, adults and couples, incarcerated adults, and veterans. David has a Master's in both mental health counseling and forensic psychology, and works from the perspective of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy/Training (ACT), considering emotions as mental signposts pointing in the direction of what you care about, your Values. We then build on those Values with narratives about how we believe the world is or should be and then react based on those framings. David grew up as a Christian fundamentalist, attending a bible college and receiving a bachelor’s in theology and psychology. During his studies there, David deconverted and has been exploring the creation of meaning and purpose ever since.