Dr. Deborah L. Cox:

Deborah L. Cox is a licensed psychologist and board certified specialist in Couple & Family Psychology. She specializes in trauma recovery, relationship issues, and eating disorder recovery.

Dr. Cox holds the Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Texas Woman’s University. She has been a faculty member at Missouri State University for ten years. There, her research has involved women’s anger, as well as U.S. Beauty Culture and its impact on women’s mental health and relationships.

She is co-author of two books, "Women’s anger: Clinical and Developmental Perspectives" (Brunner-Mazel, 1999) and "The Anger Advantage" (Broadway, 2003).

Dr. Cox’s research is frequently highlighted in such popular sources as Prevention Magazine, Reuter’s Health, Cosmopolitan, Redbook, Working Mother Magazine, Salon.com, and ABC News Online.

Dr. Cox is the former Vice President for Practice of the Society for Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association and the current editor of The Family Psychologist.

Dr. Joe Hulgus:

Dr. Joe Hulgus is a licensed psychologist with 30 years of experience in working with individuals, couples, and families.  Dr. Hulgus is currently an Associate Professor of Counseling at Missouri State University where he teaches students about counseling and psychotherapy.  Dr. Hulgus is the author of a wide variety of professional articles and book chapters dealing with everything from family functioning to philosophy of science issues.  He currently specializes in working with couples and families, men's issues, elders, and working with those with severe and persistent mental illness.


Ms. Rita Westermann:
Ms. Westermann is a Licensed Professional Counselor.  She has worked in a wide variety of settings and enjoys working with individual adults and children.  Ms. Westermann has worked with Dr. Cox on a variety of national-level presentations and papers in the area of emotional development and beauty culture.