Professor Gordon Parker AO is Scientia Professor of Psychiatry at the University of NSW, Professorial Fellow at the Black Dog Institute, and a renowned researcher and expert on mood disorders. In 2018 he received the prestigious James Cook Medal from the Royal Society of New South Wales. His research has focussed on the mood disorders. He has published 23 books and over 1,000 scientific reports.
Gabriela Tavella works as a researcher investigating the causes, assessment, and treatment of mood disorders at the Black Dog Institute and UNSW. She has a Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) and is currently a PhD candidate in the UNSW School of Psychiatry. Her PhD is focused on enhancing the current understanding of burnout and its key features and causes, as well as elucidating how the condition differs from clinical depression.
Kerrie Eyers is a psychologist based at the Black Dog Institute, Sydney. Gordon Parker and Kerrie Eyers are editors of the bestselling Journeys with the Black Dog and several other books on depression.
Tanya Schneider is an actor and voice-over artist. Her recent theatre credits include The Whale (MSC), Beautiful Highness (Chapel off Chapel), Much Ado About Nothing (SLAY Theatre) and the national tour of Grace Under Pressure. Other credits include There Is No Antimemetics Division, Metrosexual, Harrow, Heist, short films Occupation and A Picture of Other People, and many audiobook titles.