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​Certified PCIT Global Trainers


Global Trainers are approved to conduct the training and consultation of professional or graduate-level clinicians in national and international mental health service delivery systems. Global Trainers are also vetted to train Within Agency and Regional Trainers on a national and international scope. ​

If you have questions regarding trainings and costs, we encourage you to contact a Global Trainer in your area, or with your desired interests or needed expertise, from the list below. Please also see a list of current trainings.

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John Paul Abner, Ph.D.
​Global Trainer
P. O. Box 681
​Milligan College, TN 37682

Email: JPAbner@milligan.edu

PCIT Specializations: Trauma Informed, Autism, Rural

​Will provide PCIT training at your location and scheduled to fit your needs
Types of Trainings Available:
  • Initial Therapist Training (40-hour)
  • Therapist Continuation Training (Consultation)
  • Certification Preparation Workshop
  • Within Agency Trainer Course (8 hours)
  • Within Agency Trainer Consultation
  • Other:  PCIT and autism coaching ​

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Dan Bagner, Ph.D.
Global Trainer

11200 S.W. 8th Street
Miami, FL 33199
Email: dbagner@fiu.edu
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PCIT Specializations:  Developmental disabilities, infant mental health/infancy, Internet-delivered PCIT

​Will provide PCIT training at your location and scheduled to fit your needs
​Types of Trainings Available:
  • Initial Therapist Training (40-hour)
  • Therapist Continuation Training (Consultation)

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Wolfgang Briegel
Global Trainer

Klinik für Kinder-und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie
Leopoldina-Krankenhaus der Stadt Schweinfurt

Gustav-Adolf-Str. 4
97422 Schweinfurt, Germany
Email: wbriegel@leopoldina.de

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Elizabeth Brestan-Knight, Ph.D.
​Global Trainer

101 Cary Hall

Auburn University, AL 36849
Phone: (334) 844-6486
​Email: 
brestev@auburn.edu

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Dr. Brestan-Knight will provide PCIT training at your location and scheduled to fit your needs.  Please email for information.

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Regina Bussing, M.D., M.S.H.S.
​Global Trainer

1600 South West Archer Road

Room HD-G-20
Gainesville, FL 32610
Phone: (352) 273-7550
Email: rbussing@phhp.ufl.edu

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Rhea Chase, Ph.D.
Global Trainer

Judge Baker Children’s Center
53 Parker Hill Avenue
Boston, MA 02120

Phone: 617-232-4295
Email: rchase@jbcc.harvard.edu
Dr. Chase will provide PCIT training at your location and scheduled to fit your needs. 

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​​Types of Trainings Available:
  • Initial Therapist Training (40-hour)
  • Therapist Continuation Training (Consultation)
  • Certification Preparation Workshop
  • Within Agency Trainer Course (8 hours)
  • Within Agency Trainer Consultation

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Frederique Coelman
Global Trainer

The Bascule
​Meibergdreef 5

1105 AZ Amsterdam
Email: F.coelman@debascule.com

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Reesa Donnelly, Ph.D.
​Global Trainer

Fundamental Therapy Solutions
250 NW 76th Dr.
Gainesville, FL. 32607

Email: donnellyr@gmail.com
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Will provide PCIT training at your location and scheduled to fit your needs.​
Types of Trainings Available:
  • Initial Therapist Training (40-hour)
  • Therapist Continuation Training (Consultation)
  • Certification Preparation Workshop
  • Within Agency Trainer Course (8 hours)
  • Within Agency Trainer Consultation

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Sheila Eyberg, Ph.D.
​Global Trainer

PCIT International
6814 NW 81 Blvd
Gainesville, FL 32653
Email: sheilaeyberg@gmail.com
Website

PCIT Specializations: International Training: Disruptive Behavior; ADHD; Autism
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Will provide PCIT training at your location and scheduled to fit your needs
Types of Trainings Available:
  • Therapist Continuation Training (Consultation)
  • Within Agency Trainer Consultation
  • Other:  Regional Trainer Consultation (not required for certification)
  • ​Other:  PCIT Research Consultation

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Melanie Fernandez, Ph.D.
Global Trainer

Melanie Fernandez Psychology Practice, PLLC
57 W 57th Street, Suite 1207 
New York, NY 10019
Phone: (646) 397-9601

Email: mfernandezphd@gmail.com 
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1 North Broadway, Suite 704
White Plains, NY 10601

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PCIT Specializations: Standard PCIT, TCIT

Will provide PCIT training at your location and scheduled to fit your needs

Types of Trainings Available
  • Initial Therapist Training (40-hour)
  • Therapist Continuation Training (Consultation)
  • Within Agency Trainer Course (8 hours)
  • Within Agency Trainer Consultation
  • Other: Within Agency  training for agencies/groups

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Beverly Funderburk, Ph.D.
Global Trainer

President, PCIT International, Inc
Professor of Research
OU Health Sciences Center

1100 NE 13th Street, CSC122
Oklahoma City, OK 73117
Website: https://www.pcitok.org/

Dr. Funderburk and the 
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences PCIT Training Group provide PCIT training on-site in Oklahoma City,  at your location (for groups of 6 or more) and online. All in person trainings are dependent on COVID safety guidelines. Training includes a year of weekly consultation calls and review of select recorded sessions.

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Please email training coordinator Andrew Mellon (Andrew-Mellon@ouhsc.edu) for information about basic PCIT training, advanced trainings, and training for within-agency trainers.

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Emma Girard, Psy.D.
Global Trainer

Riverside University Health System – Behavioral Health & University of California Riverside School of Medicine

Emma Girard, PsyD (private practice); Preschool 0-5 Programs: 
6809 Indiana Ave, Ste 130
Riverside, CA 92506
Phone: (951) 231-1510

Email: DrEmmaGirard@gmail.com
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Will provide PCIT training at your location and scheduled to fit your needs.
Types of Trainings Available:
  • Initial Therapist Training (40-hour)
  • Therapist Continuation Training (Consultation)
  • Certification Preparation Workshop
  • Within Agency Trainer Course (8 hours)
  • Within Agency Trainer Consultation
  • Other: PCIT-Toddlers (PCAT)
  • Other: Grand Rounds / Clinical Presentations 

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Robin H. Gurwitch, Ph.D.
Global Trainer

Duke University Medical Center
Center for Child and Family Health
1121 W Chapel Hill St., Suite 100
Durham, NC 27701
Phone: (919) 385-0707
Email: Robin.Gurwitch@Duke.edu

PCIT Specializations:
Trauma-informed, Military​

Will provide PCIT training at your location and scheduled to fit your needs. ​
Types of Trainings Available:
  • Initial Therapist Training (40-hour)
  • Therapist Continuation Training (Consultation)
  • Certification Preparation Workshop
  • Within Agency Trainer Course (8 hours)
  • Within Agency Trainer Consultation
  • Other: Advanced Training in PCIT
  • Other: Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement (CARE) and CARE in the Classroom
  • Other: Grand Rounds/Clinical and Conference Presentations

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Amy D. Herschell, Ph.D.
Global Trainer

The Early Childhood Innovations Center
Pittsburgh, PA
Phone: (412) 680-5474
Email: Amy.Herschell@ECInnovations.org
Website - Homepage - Early Childhood Innovations (ecinnovations.org)

​PCIT Specializations:  Large-scale implementation, system change, in-home


​Will provide PCIT training at your location and scheduled to fit your needs. ​
Types of Trainings Available:
  • Initial Therapist Training (40-hour)
  • Therapist Continuation Training (Consultation)
  • Certification Preparation Workshop
  • Within Agency Trainer Course (8 hours)
  • Within Agency Trainer Consultation
  • Other: Grand Rounds, Research and Keynote Presentations

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Toshiko Kamo, MD, Ph.D.
Global Trainer
Japan PCIT Training Center, Wakamatsu-cho Mental and Skin Clinic
MH Bldg. 1F Wakamatsu-cho 9-4
Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Phone: 81-3-3356-3796
Email: t-kamo@ka2.so-net.ne.jp
PCIT-Japan: http://pcit-japan.com/
Japan PCIT Training Center: http://pcittc-japan.com/

PCIT Specializations: Trauma Informed, Traumatized Parents, Mother and Child traumatized by intimate partner violence

Will provide PCIT training at your location and scheduled to fit your needs. 

Types of Trainings Available:
  • Initial Therapist Training (40-hour)
  • Therapist Continuation Training (Consultation)
  • Certification Preparation Workshop
  • Within Agency Trainer Course (8 hours)
  • Within Agency Trainer Consultation
  • Other: Advanced Training in PCIT
  • Other: Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement (CARE)

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Steven Kurtz, Ph.D., ABPP
Global Trainer
Kurtz Psychology Consulting PC,
57 W 57 (#1007)
New York, NY 10019

T: 212.658.0110, ext. 121
F: 646.219.4619
E: skurtz@kurtzpsychology.com

​Dr. Kurtz provides PCIT individual and agency training both at his site and at agency sites, designed to fit your scheduling needs. Please check his website for the onsite training calendar at KPCPC in New York City. Dr. Kurtz and his team also work with schools and day treatment programs using Teacher-Child Interaction Training (TCIT).

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Types of Trainings Available:
  • Initial Therapist Training (40-hour) with required case consultation
    • Onsite in NY each June
    • At your agency’s site
  • Within Agency Trainer Course (8 hours) with ongoing consultation
    • Remote
    • Onsite
  • PCIT Adapted for Anxiety Disorders
    • Remote or onsite training
  • PCIT-SM: PCIT Adapted for Selective Mutism
    • Remote training
    • Onsite 1-day training
    • Onsite 1-day training with ongoing case consultation to proficiency
  • Internet PCIT & Telehealth
  • Grand Rounds and Keynote Presentations

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Joshua Masse, Ph.D.
Global Trainer
Boston Child Study Center/ University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 
729 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116 
Email: JMasse@bostonchildstudycenter.com
Phone: (617) 398-0383
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PCIT Specializations:  PCIT with Children on the Autism Spectrum, Home-Based PCIT, and Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement (CARE)

Will provide PCIT training at your location and scheduled to fit your needs.
Types of Trainings Available:
  • Initial Therapist Training (40-hour)
  • Therapist Continuation Training (Consultation)
  • Certification Preparation Workshop
  • Within Agency Trainer Course (8 hours)
  • Within Agency Trainer Consultation
  • Other: PCIT with Children on the Autism Spectrum,
  • Other: Home-Based PCIT 
  • Other: Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement (CARE)

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Cheryl McNeil, Ph.D.
Global Trainer
Department of Psychiatry
University of Florida
4197 NW 86th Terrace
Gainesville, FL 32606
Email: cheryl.mcneil@ufl.edu
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/wvupcitlab
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Department of Psychology
​West Virginia University
53 Campus Drive
Morgantown, WV 26508
Email: cmcneil@wvu.edu
Website: https://psychology.wvu.edu/about/quin-curtis-center

PCIT Specializations:  Autism, TCIT, PCIT-Toddlers (PCAT)

Will provide PCIT training at your location and scheduled to fit your needs. 
Types of Trainings Available:
  • Initial Therapist Training (40-hour)
  • Therapist Continuation Training (Consultation)
  • Certification Preparation Workshop
  • Within Agency Trainer Course (8 hours)
  • Within Agency Trainer Consultation
  • Other:  Keynotes and Grand Rounds Presentations   on PCIT Research
  • Other: TCIT and Home-Based PCIT
  • Other:  PCIT with Children on the Autism Spectrum 

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Melanie Nelson, Ph.D.
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Global Trainer
Department of Psychiatry
University of Florida Health
8491 NW 39th Avenue
Gainesville, FL 32606

Phone: (352) 265-8868
Email: nelsonm@ufl.edu 
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PCIT Specializations:  Community-agencies, state-wide implementation, autism

Will provide PCIT training at your location and scheduled to fit your needs​
Types of Trainings Available:
  • Initial Therapist Training (40-hour)
  • Therapist Continuation Training (Consultation)
  • Certification Preparation Workshop
  • Within Agency Trainer Course (8 hours)
  • Within Agency Trainer Consultation
  • Other: DPICS Training
  • Other:  Web-assisted Initial Therapist Training
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Larissa Niec, Ph.D.
Global Trainer
Psychological Training and Consultation Center
Sloan Hall 204
Mount Pleasant, MI 48859
Phone: (989) 774-6471
Email: niec1l@cmich.edu
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Dr. Niec will provide PCIT training at your location and scheduled to fit your needs.

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Christina M. Warner-Metzger, Ph.D.
Global Trainer
Evidence-based Practices & International Consulting (EPIC), LLC
Chicago, IL 60605
Email: warner.metzger@gmail.com
Website: www.epicdoinggood.org

​PCIT Specializations: ASD/DD, Trauma-Informed, Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement (CARE)

Will provide PCIT training at your location and scheduled to fit your needs​

Types of Trainings Available:
  • Initial Therapist Training (40-hour)
  • Therapist Continuation Training (Consultation)
  • Within Agency Trainer Course (8 hours)
  • Within Agency Trainer Consultation
  • Regional Trainer Development & Consultation
  • Other: Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement (CARE)
  • Other: Trauma-Directed Interaction (TDI)
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