Meet the experts

Dr. Yvonne Eaton-Stull is an Associate Professor of Social Work and Program Director of the BSSW Program at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania. Dr. Eaton-Stull is a licensed clinical social worker who specializes in animal-assisted social work, crisis intervention, and forensic social work.  She has two therapy dogs and actively provides animal-assisted interventions in many human service agencies.  She is a canine handler with HOPE Animal-Assisted Crisis Response where she has provided comfort and support following crises and disasters throughout the United States for over 15 years.  Her recent research has included implementing animal-assisted interventions in state prisons to address stress and anxiety, self-harm, and grief and loss.  

Dr. Gans is a clinical psychologist and researcher specializing in the psychological
impact of tinnitus and deafness on well-being. She holds a Masters in Deaf
Education from Gallaudet University and received a doctorate in psychology from
Georgia School of Professional Psychology. She is the CEO/Founder of MindfulTinnitusRelief.com, the first-ever self-administered 8-week online skill-
building course of its kind for learning how to live comfortably with tinnitus. Dr. Gans presents globally to the medical community on how to work with and
communicate to patients about tinnitus, a critical pieces of the tinnitus
management puzzle. In her private practice in San Francisco, CA, Dr. Gans treats clients with tinnitus and other hearing-related difficulties. She completed research at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) on Mindfulness-Based Tinnitus Stress Reduction (MBTSR), with promising results and is presenting recent research on the efficacy of the MindfulTinnitusRelief.com online course.

Chelsea Richardson is the Assistant Director of Continuing Education Administrator for Continued. She received her Master's degree in Social Work from the University of Denver with an emphasis in Interpersonal Trauma Studies and Family Therapy. Chelsea is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and a Licensed Addiction Counselor (LAC) in the state of Colorado, she also holds Certification in DBT (C-DBT). Chelsea is the owner of Bliss Counseling, LLC a private practice located in Colorado. Chelsea has worked in a variety of settings, including hospitals, child welfare, mental health, substance abuse, private practice, and administration. As a therapist, she specializes in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), EMDR, anxiety, depression, and couples and family therapy.