Speakers
Scott Kellogg, PhD
Director, Chairwork Psychotherapy Initiative
Dr. Scott Kellogg is an ISST-certified Advanced Schema Therapist who has also received training in both Gestalt Therapy and Voice Dialogue. He created the Transformational Chairwork Psychotherapy Project in 2008 and he currently teaches this method of
psychotherapeutic dialogue to practitioners in both the United States and abroad. In 2023, he and Ms. Amanda Garcia Torres, LMHC, launched the Chairwork Psychotherapy Initiative – which is the first international Chairwork Psychotherapy Certification
Program.
Dr. Kellogg is in private practice in New York City.
Dr. Kellogg received his Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York in 1994, and he has served on the faculties of New York University, the Rockefeller University, the Yale University School of Medicine, and Teachers College/Columbia University. He is also a Past and Current President of the Division on Addictions of the New York State Psychological Association. In his writings, he has focused on such topics as Gestalt Chairwork, Humanistic Addiction Psychotherapy, and Schema Therapy. Dr. Kellogg is the author of Transformational Chairwork: Using Psychotherapeutic Dialogues in Clinical Practice (Rowman & Littlefield, 2014).
psychotherapeutic dialogue to practitioners in both the United States and abroad. In 2023, he and Ms. Amanda Garcia Torres, LMHC, launched the Chairwork Psychotherapy Initiative – which is the first international Chairwork Psychotherapy Certification
Program.
Dr. Kellogg is in private practice in New York City.
Dr. Kellogg received his Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York in 1994, and he has served on the faculties of New York University, the Rockefeller University, the Yale University School of Medicine, and Teachers College/Columbia University. He is also a Past and Current President of the Division on Addictions of the New York State Psychological Association. In his writings, he has focused on such topics as Gestalt Chairwork, Humanistic Addiction Psychotherapy, and Schema Therapy. Dr. Kellogg is the author of Transformational Chairwork: Using Psychotherapeutic Dialogues in Clinical Practice (Rowman & Littlefield, 2014).
Sessions
Amanda Garcia Torres, LMHC
Co-Director, Chairwork Psychotherapy Initiative
Amanda Garcia Torres is a certified Chairwork Psychotherapist and a Voice Dialogue Practitioner. She received her Master’s Degree in Counseling for Mental Health and Wellness from New York University in 2014. Ms. Garcia Torres began her study of Chairwork in 2013 and completed her Chairwork Psychotherapy certification in 2019. In the same year, she also formally joined The Transformational Chairwork Psychotherapy Project as a Trainer. In 2020, Ms. Garcia Torres became Co-Director of Training at TCPP. She currently teaches and shares her Chairwork Psychotherapy expertise with clinicians in the United States and abroad. In 2023, she co-founded the Chairwork Psychotherapy Initiative with Scott Kellogg, PhD. As Co-Director of CPI, she has recently co-launched the world’s first international Chairwork Psychotherapy Certification program. Her presentations and writings have addressed topics including Chairwork, trauma recovery, social justice, and identity issues. Ms. Garcia Torres is in private practice at Chairwork Therapy NYC.
