Esther Perel Retreat

Paul Browde is a storyteller, couples’ therapist, wilderness guide, and a queer IFS-informed psychiatrist. He has been in practice for more than thirty years. As co-founder of Narativ Inc., a storytelling company and faculty in Columbia University’s Narrative Medicine program, he designed and led multiple year storytelling projects in the US, Europe, and Africa. Paul is co-author and performer of Two Men Talking, an internationally acclaimed storytelling performance, which played on stages around the world, including on the West End of London and Off Broadway in New York.

Benjamin Fry is the founder of Khiron Clinics, one of the world’s leading residential trauma treatment centres, and Televagal, an innovative mental health technology platform. An accredited psychotherapist, couples therapist, speaker, author, and entrepreneur, he has written four books, including The Invisible Lion: How to Tame your Nervous System and Heal your Trauma.

With a diverse career spanning psychology, media, and business, Benjamin read Physics and Philosophy at Oxford University and then did an MFA in Film Production at USC, directing a feature-length film distributed by HBO and Paramount. He later went on to set up various enterprises in the hospitality industry before completing an MA in Psychotherapy and Counselling at Regent’s College and an Executive MBA from Oxford University. His first book led to his role as the expert psychotherapist on the BBC series Spendaholics. Benjamin speaks at mental health conferences worldwide, raising awareness of the effectiveness of nervous system-based therapies for treating trauma. He also delivers workshops to help people optimize and heal their relationships through trauma informed practices and education.