Our team
Leading the Evolution of Therapy
Benjamin Fry
Chief Executive Officer
He studied Physics and Philosophy at Oxford, has an EMBA from Oxford Said Business School and a MA in Psychotherapy and Counselling. He is also a published author and experienced television presenter. He has had a rich and varied career, combining his interests in psychology, the media and business. In his twenties he founded two small businesses before starting a family, training as a psychotherapist and writing his first book which led to presenting a television series for the BBC.
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Dr Stephen Porges
Chief Scientific Advisor
He is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina, and Professor Emeritus at both the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Maryland. He served as president of the Society for Psychophysiological Research and the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences and is a former recipient of a National Institute of Mental Health Research Scientist Development Award. He has published approximately 400 peer reviewed scientific papers across several disciplines including anesthesiology, biomedical engineering, critical care medicine, ergonomics, exercise physiology, gerontology, neurology, neuroscience, obstetrics, pediatrics, psychiatry, psychology, psychometrics, space medicine, and substance abuse. His research has been cited in more than 40,000 peer review publications. He holds several patents involved in monitoring and regulating autonomic state and originated the Polyvagal Theory, which emphasizes the importance of physiological state in the expression of behavioral, mental, and health problems related to traumatic experiences. He is the creator of a music-based intervention, the Safe and Sound Protocol ™ and the author of The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-Regulation, The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory: The Transformative Power of Feeling Safe, and Polyvagal Safety, as well as co-editor of Clinical Applications of the Polyvagal Theory: The Emergence of Polyvagal-Informed Therapies.
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Deb Dana
Chief Development Advisor
She is the leading translator of Dr. Stephen Porges’ Polyvagal Theory for both clinical and general audiences, and the best-selling author of Polyvagal Practices, Polyvagal Card Deck, The Polyvagal Flip Chart, Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection, The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy, and co-editor with Dr. Stephen Porges of Clinical Applications of The Polyvagal Theory. She trains therapists around the world in how to bring a Polyvagal approach into their clinical practice, and also works with agencies and larger systems to explore how to incorporate a Polyvagal perspective. She is founding member of The Polyvagal Institute, a consultant to Khiron Clinics, and an advisor to Unyte.
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Aidan Whelan
Chief Technical Officer
for human EEG data and contributes to projects merging brain-computer interface technologies with kinetic, living sculpture. Whelan has experience in computer vision as a research assistant in the Indiana University Computer Vision Lab and previously served as Project Coordinator in the Indiana University Socioneural Physiology Lab, where he led a team of researchers using contact (wearable) and non-contact (imaging) sensors to examine trust in artificial intelligence. Whelan holds a B.S. and M.S. in Intelligent Systems Engineering from Indiana University, where he was mentored by Dr. Gregory Lewis
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Greg Lewis
Chief Academic Advisor
His academic work focuses on leveraging cutting-edge advances in signal processing, both developing new sensors and extracting new information from existing sensors, in order to increase access to biomedical research to new populations. He has pioneered new methods in noncontact sensing of physiological signals and led empirical studies to validate these new methods. He regularly supports a diverse set of research projects that use wearable or noncontact sensors to investigate cognitive processing, medical intervention impacts, human performance, and developmental trajectories. He received his PhD in Bioengineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he was mentored by Dr. Stephen W. Porges, and his bachelors in psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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PhysioCam is in beta testing, and we’re inviting 100 practitioners to help refine this groundbreaking technology.
As an Early Access participant, you’ll receive:
Licenses can be extended by request
- 10 licenses to share with your clients
- Monthly supervision with Deb Dana
- Enhanced personal IT and product support
- Opportunity to influence the development of PhysioCam