Authors

Jo-Anne Baker
Jo-Anne Baker has worked in the area of sexuality since 1990 as a sex therapist, workshop leader, and sex entrepreneur. Her work is widely read, and she now focuses on writing and individual sessions dedicated to teaching people to experience more pleasure in their body.

Adam Balen
Adam, Balen, M.D. is Consultant OB/GYN Specialist in Reproductive Medicine and Surgery at Leeds General Infirmary in England.

Anita Bean
Anita Bean is a qualified fitness intructor with a degree in nutrition. She is the author of The Complete Guide to Sports Nutrition and Food for Fitness.

Bob Bedore
Bob Bedore has been in theater for the past 24 years as a stand-up comedian, host of a live Saturday morning kids program, and radio disc jockey. In 1994 he founded an improv comedy troupe, Quick Wits, with whom he still performs. Currently he teaches a free class to anyone who’ll show up every week. He lives in West Jordan, UT.

Katrina Berne
Katrina Berne earned a master's degree in counseling psychology from Arizona State University in 1979 and a doctoral degree in clinical psychology from The Union Institute in 1989. Dr. Berne has had CFS since 1985 and worked as a clinical psychologist in private practice for over twenty years, specializing in the treatment of persons with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)/Myalgic Encelphalomyelitis (M.E.), Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS), and related disorders. Although disabled, she continues to counsel on a limited basis. She has lectured widely at seminars, workshops, and support groups for people with CFS/FMS and conducted annual CFS/FMS seminars. She has taught courses at Arizona State University and Maricopa County Community Colleges. Dr. Berne's first book CFIDS Lite takes a humorous look at chronic illness. She has also written numerous articles on the syndrome for professional publications, magazines, and health newsletters including The CFIDS Chronicle, The Arizona Bar Journal, Lear's, and Today's Arizona Woman. She is on the Board of Directors of the CFIDS Association of America. Through her professional and personal experience with CFS/M.E., Dr. Berne has developed an intimate and thorough knowledge of the disorder. Katrina Berne lives in Arizona.

Danielle Bersma

Martha Baldwin Beveridge
Martha Beveridge, MSSW, has been in private practice as a psychotherapist for more than 25 years, gives therapy workshops around the country and for ten years was host of a weekly call-in radio therapy show. Ms. Beveridge has also been a guest on Sally Jesse Raphael, Donahue, Geraldo, Tom Snyder and Sonya Live. She lives in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Florence Bienenfeld
As a Senior Marriage and Family Counselor for Los Angeles County Conciliation Court, and in private practice, Florence Bienenfeld, Ph.D., has been helping divorcing families for years. Her role as a children's advocate goes back to 1968, when she graduated from UCLA with a master's degree in special education. After graduating, she received a government grant to educate severely emotionally disturbed children. She received her Ph.D. in marriage, family, and child counseling in 1972. Soon she realized the necessity of working with parents as well as children. "The family is a system," Bienenfeld believes. "Children are incredibly resilient and parents can help them through the feelings about the divorce. But if parents are too wrapped up in their own problems to understand or deal with the needs of their children, the children get pushed back."

Bienenfeld served as the Los Angeles County Conciliation Court's senior marriage, family, and child counselor for eleven years. She retired in 1985 to go into private practice. She is the recipient of several awards for outstanding service to families and children of divorce from the Association of Family Conciliation Courts, the mayor of Santa Monica, and Los Angeles Councilwoman Pat Russell. Her work has appeared in numerous professional journals, and she is also the author of My Mom and Dad are Getting a Divorce and Child Custody Mediation: Techniques for Counselors, Attorneys, and Parents. She is a much sought after lecturer and has frequently appeared on radio and television.

Jessica K. Black
Dr. Jessica Black graduated from the National College of Naturopathic Medicine where she obtained her medical training. Dr. Jessica attended Cardinal Stritch University prior to her medical studies and graduated cum laude with a bachelor of arts. In 2006, Dr. Jessica published The Anti-inflammation Diet and Recipe Book after working on perfecting her recipes and selling locally for a couple of years. Dr. Black enjoys promoting her book and giving educational lectures to the community. She was invited to Book Expo America in 2007 to present the book to many book enthusiasts. It is sold internationally and can easily be found in local bookstores. In 2010, she co-authored Living with Crohn’s and Colitis; A Comprehensive Naturopathic Guide to Health and Wellness with Dede Cummings.

Dr. Black enjoys dividing her time between her two Oregon clinic locations offering family healthcare to Multnomah, Yamhill, and surrounding counties. She specializes in women’s medicine including natural hormone balancing for menopause and childhood wellness including chronic asthma and acute and chronic illness in children. Because of her thirst for knowledge she continues to study and research vaccinations, hormones, new treatment ideas, and cutting edge techniques used to improve people’s health. She is currently working on two additional books: one covering childhood development, vaccinations, nutrition, at-home treatments and another one covering inflammation, diet and recipes, chronic illness, and disease prevention.

She enjoys spending time with her husband, Dr. Jason Black, and two beautiful spirited daughters in addition to celebrating food and drink creations with friends and family.

Barbara Blake-Krebs
Barbara Blake-Krebs has a Master's Degree in Communication from the University of Missouri. Her professional life includes international educational program specialist, writer/researcher in community studies, public relations and teaching. Besides being the originator/producer of an ongoing weekly public affairs show in 1989 on KKFI 90.1 FM, she also spent eleven years helping to develop the full powered community radio station for the greater Kansas City area and was general manager for three years. Diagnosed for Parkinson's Disease in 1984, Barbara has worked since 1996 with others to develop public awareness and support for a cure for Parkinson's. Also since 1996 she has written a column "Wit and Wisdom on the Internet" for the local Parkinson's newsletter in Kansas City. She lives with her husband in Merriam, Kansas.

Kelley Blewster
Kelley Blewster is a freelance editor and writer and lives in Springfield, Oregon.

Steve Bodansky
Steve and Vera Bodansky have been students and teachers of sensuality and relationships for a combined total of fifty years. They conduct workshops and demonstrations and have trained hundreds of men and women in the practice of extended massive orgasm. They have been married for over fifteen years.