About the Developers

This dynamic husband and wife team, Drs. Eric and Romney Ryan, are both licensed clinical psychologists with specialties in helping individuals with anxiety related problems. They are dedicated to educating the general public about anxiety disorders and the different ways of helping people overcome these types of problems through self help based and psychotherapeutic approaches. They were currently awarded two research grants to study anxiety disorders and effective treatments for these types of problems. Drs. Eric and Romney Ryan reside in Sonoma County, California.

Dr. Eric Ryan is a licensed clinical psychologist with a specialty in the treatment of anxiety disorders in adults. He is a staff psychologist at Kaiser Permanente Adult Psychiatry in Santa Rosa, California where he created and currently runs programs for individuals with Panic Disorder, Specific Phobias, and Social Anxiety Disorder. He is a member of Kaiser Permanente’s Northern California Best Practices Committee for the treatment of Anxiety Disorders. Dr. Eric Ryan was recently awarded two community benefits grants (for 2006 and 2007) as the principal investigator to study the long term effects of group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for patients with Panic Disorder using a protocol similar to the one offered at cureyourpanic.com. His current research shows significant reductions in core anxiety symptoms both after treatment and at long term follow up. Dr. Eric Ryan also runs a private practice in Santa Rosa California. He is a member in good standing of the American Psychological Association.

Dr. Romney Ryan is a licensed clinical psychologist with a specialty in the treatment of anxiety disorders in children. She is a staff psychologist at Kaiser Permanente Child and Family Psychiatry Services in Santa Rosa, California and has created a program for anxious children. She is also a member of Kaiser Permanente’s Northern California Best Practices Committee for the treatment of Anxiety Disorders. Dr. Romney Ryan is the co-investigator on the above studies. She also specializes in Psychological Testing for children with emotional difficulties and is a consultant at a local psychiatric hospital. She is a member in good standing of the American Psychological Association.

Chris Latko, web developer, has a wealth of experience in a wide array of technologies, such as php, cold fusion, java/jsp, asp, lasso, xml/xslt, perl, python and ruby for Web programming; advanced apache configurations (mod_proxy, mod_rewrite, mod_dav), tomcat/jakarta, BIND, sendmail, postfix and procmail for systems; and MySQL, Oracle, Postgres, and MSSQL Server for data. It goes without saying that he also has extensive experience with UNIX, including OS X, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, and A/UX, and uses OS X as his primary OS.