Joel Gavriele-Gold, Ph.D., has been a psychoanalyst and psychologist in private practice in New York City for the past 25 years. He is Executive Director of The Institute for Expressive Analysis, and has served on the Board of Directors of The National Psychological Association for Psychotherapy. He has published articles on dogs used in psychotherapy with children and adults, and is a co-founder of Pet Talk, a pet problems support group in New York City. He lives in NYC with his dogs, Fergus, Charlotte and Brouge, who frequently sit in on therapy sessions.