 Jane Morrison, Programme Director, Wellspring UK. Jane has been with Wellspring since 2006, working with programs in California, Pennsylvania and Hawaii before returning home to lead Wellspring UK. Jane's passion for the outdoors started at an early age was she participated in the Duke of Edinburgh scheme achieving her bronze, silver and gold level. She served 9 years in the British Royal Navy where she earned 'sports woman of the year' and on leaving the Navy followed her passion for working with young people in the outdoors. She received her Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science from the University of Plymouth and holds her Unit Expedition Leader and is a certified instructor for Life Guard training, CPR, AED, and First Aid. Jane has been fortunate to have travelled extensively. She loves to hike, bike, ski and walk with her camp dog Devon.
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 Daniel S. Kirschenbaum, Ph.D., ABPP, is Interim President and Clinical Director of Wellspring. He was Director of the Eating Disorders Program at Northwestern University Medical School, where he is Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Kirschenbaum is a Fellow and Diplomate in Clinical Health Psychology in the American Psychological Association and former president of its Division of Exercise and Sport Psychology. Dr. Kirschenbaum has provided invited addresses at many professional conferences worldwide, received numerous grants for research, and published 10 books and 150 journal articles on weight loss, sport psychology, and related topics. His books include: the first book published for professionals on the treatment of pediatric obesity - Treatment of Childhood and Adolescent Obesity (1987); Weight Loss Through Persistence (1994); The Sierras Weight Loss Solution for Teens and Kids (2007); and, The Wellspring Weight Loss Plan (2011). Dr. Kirschenbaum’s research on sport psychology won the top prize for research on the mental game of golf from the World Scientific Congress on Golf (St. Andrews, Scotland) and Golf Magazine (2001). In 2000, the American Council on Exercise and its Board of Directors unanimously endorsed his book, The 9 Truths About Weight Loss (2000), as "the best book ever written for the public on how to lose weight and keep it off."
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