Michael Groat, PhD, has over 16 years of leadership experience in nationally recognized mental health and addiction treatment programs for adolescents and adults. He is the former CEO of CooperRiis, a 95-bed residential program in Asheville, NC, and has served as Chief Clinical Officer at Silver Hill Hospital and Director of Adult Services at the Menninger Clinic. Dr. Groat has launched successful programs, while driving improved patient satisfaction, staff morale, and outcomes measurement. Dr. Groat completed a postdoctoral fellowship in psychodynamic psychotherapy at the Austen Riggs Center and is an Associate Clinical Professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He has previously held academic positions at Yale School of Medicine and Baylor College of Medicine and has presented internationally on topics related to psychotherapeutic treatment of the complex patient, suicide prevention, loneliness, and mental health recovery.

Dr. Ellenhorn is trained as a sociologist, psychotherapist and social worker. He has spent the last two decades helping individuals suffering psychiatric symptoms find the psychological and social means for remaining outside institutional settings. He created the first fully-operating intensive hospital diversion and wrap-around program in Massachusetts, later creating and leading, one of the first Programs for Assertive Community Treatment teams in the Commonwealth. His book, which addresses psychiatric hospital recidivism and techniques for diverting hospital use, was published by Springer Publishing in 2007. Dr. Ellenhorn has given talks and seminars throughout the country, and has provided consultation to numerous mental health agencies and psychiatric hospitals on the subjects of hospital diversion, psychosocial rehabilitation, patient careerism and the PACT model. Dr. Ellenhorn is trained in Open Dialogue, a method for helping individuals experiencing extreme psychiatric states, and which has documented success in minimizing the need for psychotropic medications. A graduate of the UCLA School of Social Welfare, Dr. Ellenhorn is the first person to receive a joint Ph.D. from the prestigious Florence Heller School for Social Welfare Policy and Management and the Department of Sociology at Brandeis University.