Dr. Terry B. Northcut is the Lucien and Carol Welch Matusak Professor in Social Work at Loyola University Chicago, teaching in both the MSW and PhD programs. She received her MSW from the University of Tennessee and her Ph.D. from Smith College School for Social Work. Dr. Northcut has also taught at the University of Tennessee, the University of Southern California, Smith College, and Gondar University in Ethiopia. She has published extensively on teaching, religion, spirituality, integrating psychodynamic and CBT, and social work in Ethiopia. Dr. Northcut continues to practice, supervise, and consult as a licensed clinical social worker in Chicago.

Dr. Shveta Kumaria is an Assistant Professor at the Smith College School for Social Work and a practicing clinician. She completed her Ph.D. in clinical social work at Loyola University Chicago and her post-doctorate at The Family Institute at Northwestern University. Shveta has an M. Phil. in Clinical Psychology from the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), India, and an M.A. in Clinical Psychology from Delhi University, India. Shveta's research interests lie in psychotherapy integration, therapist factors in psychotherapy, and research on couples.