Leon Pyle, PhD, Licensed CA Psychologist, OR Licensed Professional Counselor, Private Practitioner, Addictions Researcher, and the Originator of Tandemjourney.org.

Leon is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Northern California Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology, Oregon Psychoanalytic Center, the Oregon Counseling Association, and the Oregon Counselors of Children and Adolescents. Leon has worked in schools, community and urban mental health centers, in organizations specializing in the treatment of male spousal abusers, with male and female prison populations, and has maintained a private therapy practice for adults and adolescents.

Leon’s empathy with parents is grounded in the both wonderful and humbling experience of having parented 6 children of his own.

You may contact Leon by the following means:
by email at tandemjourney@charter.net
by  mail  sent to Leon Pyle, PhD, 460 Sunshine Circle, Ashland, OR 97520
or by phone, at 541 482-0491
Due to Dr Pyle's travel schedule, email is often the best means of insuring a quick response.

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Kaaren Borsting, PCI Certified Parent Coach, Certified Family Mediator, Parent Education Advisor, and former elementary school teacher.
Kaaren is a dedicated parent advocate with more than 20 years experience working as an education advisor. She has helped thousands of parents, adolescents, and families learn to communicate in more effective and more loving ways. She is an expert on the issues of family communication, boundary setting, effective disciplining, and family negotiations. Kaaren has also worked with grandparents and foster parents who find themselves in the role of raising children.

Kaaren facilitates small and large group parenting skills sessions in High Schools and other venues in OR and around the country. She may be contacted through www.SageParenting.com ,
(541) 261-3729, or through tandemjourney@charter.net

Gayle Peterson, MSSW, LCSW, PhD.
Dr. Peterson specializes in prenatal and family development. She trains professionals in prenatal counseling and is the author of An Easier Childbirth, Birthing Normally and Making Healthy Families. Her articles on family relationships appear in professional journals and she is an oft-quoted expert in popular magazines such as Woman's Day, Mothering, Fit Pregnancy, and Parenting. She is a clinical member of The Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and a Diplomate with the National Association of Social Work. She also serves on the advisory board for Fit Pregnancy magazine.

Dr. Peterson serves as expert advisor on numerous parenting websites and she has also hosted a live Internet radio show, Ask Dr. Gayle, answering questions on family relationships and parenting. Dr. Peterson has appeared on numerous radio and television interviews programs, including The Today Show, and on CBC as a family and communications expert in the documentary Baby's Best Chance. She is former clinical director of the Holistic Health Program at John F. Kennedy University and has served as adjunct faculty at the California Institute for Integral Studies in San Francisco.

Dr. Peterson is available for phone and e-mail consultation. She may be contacted at the following addresses, but you for ease of return, you may want to bookmark this website first:
www.askdrgayle.com
gp@askdrgayle.com

Larry J. Wells, AS, Licensed Substance Abuse Counselor (LSAC), Certified Addictions Counselor (CAC).
As a result of his own and his family’s struggle with alcohol and drugs, Larry has dedicated his life to helping individuals and families who suffer from addictions. In 1971, he and Darrol Gardner, District Supervisor for the Utah Department of Adult Corrections, created Expedition Outreach, Inc., a non-profit wilderness-based substance abuse treatment program. As Director, Larry designed and conducted programs under contract with various agencies in the Western states. In 1988, he founded Wilderness ConQuest, which subsequently became Wilderness Quest in 1966.

Larry wrote the Personal Success Workbook for his adolescent and young adult clients, and, because he understood the contribution of faulty family communications in both the creation and maintenance of addictions, he wrote Bringing Love Home, a workbook for parents. He has also written numerous magazine and newspaper articles about addictions and improving communications.

Larry is nationally recognized as a leader in the field of addictions and recovery. Perhaps most importantly, he is a man of great courage and conviction, who has dedicated his life to helping individuals and families restore love and trust to their lives. Larry may be contacted through tandemjourney@charter.net