Erika Higgins Ross is a writer, marriage and family therapist, and activist who lives in Western Massachusetts. Higgins Ross has maintained a therapy practice for many years, focusing on couples, families, teens, and adult clients, primarily sharing Narrative Therapy, DBT, and mindfulness strategies. Higgins Ross is the recipient of a Massachusetts Cultural Council grant, a Peyton Evans writing residency at the Studios of Key West, and was a Warner Brothers Fellowship finalist. She has read her work at Nuyorican Cafe, Public Theater, Rogue Machine Theater’s Rant n Rave and Schooled, and as part of the L.A. reading night No One Likes a Yappy Skirt. Her work has been published in Your Teen Magazine, Juice Magazine, Mommy Poppins, LA.com, and Stagebill. Higgins Ross was a founding member of the all-girl band Big Panty. She is currently working on a novel set in NYC in the 70s, 90s, and 2019 and teaching mindfulness and writing workshops through NEAFAST and public libraries. 

Cornelius "CJ" Harris is a Black man, husband, father, semi-pro shower singer & therapist who is also trained in trauma-focused treatment, therapeutic mindfulness and grounding techniques. Motivation to get into the field has everything to do with identifying ineffective, unproductive and/or harmful cycles/patterns, while collaboratively working toward creating new, more effective and productive patterns through healing.

If you want to learn more about AlignRelationships, we will be sharing details soon and steadily in WeAlign (wealign.alignp.com), our new online community that is growing by the day. 

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