Andra Medea is a specialist in conflict management who has taught for Northwestern University and the University of Chicago.  Her model, the Conflict Continuum, forms the basis of her book, Conflict Unraveled: Fixing Problems at Work and in Families. Her work is a valuable tool for administrators, HR professionals, educators, parents, mediators and others who cope with conflict.  Her latest book is Going Home without Going Crazy: How to Get Along With Your Parents & Family (Even When They Push Your Buttons) Visit Andra's website.

Dr. Lawrence H. Diller M.D. is a behavioral/developmental pediatrician in Walnut Creek, CA and on the clinical faculty of the University of California, San Francisco. 

Dr. Diller is the author of many professional articles and the books,  Should I Medicate My Child? Sane Solutions for Troubled Kids with and without Psychiatric Drugs and Running on Ritalian: A Physician Reflects on Children , Society and Performance in a Pill.

He has offered testimony to a House Congressional Subcommittee and was an expert witness to the President's Council on Bioethics.  Dr. Diller has appeared on every major talk show several times and is called reguarly to speak on TV and radio whenever children's psychiatric medication is in the news. Visit his website.

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb

The Sweet Spot

Receiving Love: Transform Your Relationship by Letting Yourself Be Loved

Harville Hendrix is a clinical pastoral counselor who holds a Ph.D. in Psychology and Theology from the University of Chicago and is a former professor at Southern Methodist University. He is known internationally as the co-founder of Imago Relationship Therapy, a coupleâs therapy which he co-developed with his wife, Helen LaKelly Hunt, Ph.D. With her and other Imago therapists, he co-founded Imago Relationships International, an international non-profit organization that offers training, support and promotion of the work of 2,000 Imago therapists in 28 countries.

Harville is the author of Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples and Keeping the Love You Find: a Personal Guide, both New York Times best sellers. With Helen he co-authored Giving the Love That Heals: A Guide for Parents, also a best seller, and Receiving Love: Transform Your Relationship by Letting Yourself Be Loved plus three meditation books, two study guides and a video for couples seen on more than 300 public television stations. Their books are published in more than 57 languages.

He has appeared on many national television shows including 16 guest appearances on the Oprah Winfrey show. One of his appearances won her an Emmy award for the âmost socially redemptiveâ daytime talk show and was included by Ms. Winfrey in her top twenty shows.

In addition to many radio and television shows, his work has been written about in numerous newspapers and magazines internationally. He is a member of the Redbook Marriage Institute, serving on the magazineâs team of marriage experts. Harville has received an honorary doctorate and two distinguished service awards.

Harville lives with Helen in New Jersey and New Mexico; they have six children and three grandchildren. For more information, visit www.imagorelationships.org or www.harvillehendrix.net

Harville Hendrix is a clinical pastoral counselor who holds a Ph.D. in Psychology and Theology from the University of Chicago and is a former professor at Southern Methodist University. He is known internationally as the co-founder of Imago Relationship Therapy, a coupleâs therapy which he co-developed with his wife, Helen LaKelly Hunt, Ph.D. With her and other Imago therapists, he co-founded Imago Relationships International, an international non-profit organization that offers training, support and promotion of the work of 2,000 Imago therapists in 28 countries.

Harville is the author of Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples and Keeping the Love You Find: a Personal Guide, both New York Times best sellers. With Helen he co-authored Giving the Love That Heals: A Guide for Parents, also a best seller, and Receiving Love: Transform Your Relationship by Letting Yourself Be Loved plus three meditation books, two study guides and a video for couples seen on more than 300 public television stations. Their books are published in more than 57 languages.

He has appeared on many national television shows including 16 guest appearances on the Oprah Winfrey show. One of his appearances won her an Emmy award for the âmost socially redemptiveâ daytime talk show and was included by Ms. Winfrey in her top twenty shows.

In addition to many radio and television shows, his work has been written about in numerous newspapers and magazines internationally. He is a member of the Redbook Marriage Institute, serving on the magazineâs team of marriage experts. Harville has received an honorary doctorate and two distinguished service awards.

Harville lives with Helen in New Jersey and New Mexico; they have six children and three grandchildren. For more information, visit www.imagorelationships.org or www.harvillehendrix.net

Tanya Biank is a Fulbright scholar and graduate of Penn State University. She holds a bachelorâs degree in journalism and was a member of the University Scholarâs program.

Tanya comes from a family of combat veterans and active-duty service members. During her fatherâs thirty-year career in the Army, she grew up on military posts throughout the world and considers the Army home. As an Army brat and Army wife,Tanya understands, appreciates and respects military families. She is frequently interviewed about military family life issues and speaks regularly to both military and civilian groups about the military.

  As a journalist specializing in the military, Tanya writes about the military lifestyle and has traveled around the world with troops. She has appeared on several national television and radio shows discussing military issues. Her coverage of the 2002 Fort Bragg Army wife murders led to Congressional inquiries and changes in Army programs and policy,

Her book, Army Wives: The Unwritten Code of Military Marriage (St. Martinâs Griffin, May 2007) is the basis for the Lifetime Television series drama, ARMY WIVES starring Emmy winner Kim Delaney (NYPD Blue) and Catherine Bell (JAGappears Sunday nights at 10 PM on Lifetime and is produced by Touchstone Television and the producers of Greyâs Anatomy, The Mark Gordon Company. Tanya serves as a show consultant.  

Tanyaâs book âArmy Wivesâ was originally published in hardcover as Under the Sabers: The Unwritten Code of Army Wives (St. Martinâs Press, Feb. 2006).Tanya is a columnist for Military.com and LifetimeTV.com. She is a regular contributor to several military-related publications including Military Spouse Magazine, Military Officer Magazine, CinCHouse.com and the Better Business Bureauâs Military Line.

She currently lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband Michael, who is a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army assigned to the Pentagon. The couple has an infant son. Visit her website.

R. Keith Sawyer is one of the country's leading experts on the science of creativity. He studies creativity, everyday conversation, children's play and everyday social life. He is particularly interested in group dynamics and collaboration. He is the author of numerous books including Pretend Play as Improvisation (1997), Creating Conversations (2001) and Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation (2006). His topics of research include business innovation, organizational dynamics in work teams, children's play and preschool, artistic and scientific creativity and language and conversation research.  Visit his website.

Zimbardo has been a Stanford University professor since 1968 (now an Emeritus Professor), having taught previously at Yale, NYU, and Columbia University. He has been given numerous awards and honors as an educator, researcher, writer, and service to the profession. Recently, he was awarded the Havel Foundation Prize for his lifetime of research on the human condition. Among his more than 300 professional publications and 50 books is the. His current research interests continue in the domain of social psychology, with a broad spread of interests from shyness to time perspective, madness, cults, vandalism, political psychology, torture, terrorism, and evil.

Zimbardo has served also as the Chair of the Council of Scientific Society Presidents (CSSP) representing 63 scientific, math and technical associations (with 1.5 million members), and now is Chair of the Western Psychological Foundation. He heads a philanthropic foundation in his name to promote student education in his ancestral Sicilian towns. Zimbardo adds to his retirement list activities: serving as the new executive director of a Stanford center on terrorism -- the Center for Interdisciplinary Policy, Education, and Research on Terrorism (CIPERT). He was an expert witness for one of the soldiers in the Abu Ghraib Prison abuses, and has studied the interrogation procedures used by the military in that and other prisons as well as by Greek and Brazilian police torturers.

Noted for his personal and professional efforts to actually 'give psychology away to the public', Zimbardo has also been a social-political activist, challenging the U.S. Government's wars in Vietnam and Iraq, as well as the American Correctional System.  Visit his websites  Philip Zimbardo.com and  The Lucifer Effect.org

Cora Daniels is an author and award-winning journalist. Her work has appeared in Fortune, the New York Times, Essence, O: The Oprah Magazine, USA Today, Heart & Soul, FSB: Fortune Small Business, and Savoy. She has been a staff writer at Fortune and an editor at Working Mother magazine and is currently a contributing writer for Essence. A sought after expert on diversity and business issues she has served as a commentator on ABC News, CNN, CNBC, BET, NPR, and the Charlie Rose Show. In 2002 she spearheaded Fortune's first ever search for the 50 most powerful Black executives in America. In 2005 her much acclaimed Fortune cover story The Bravest Generation, about the original Black corporate pioneers, created national attention for this overlooked part of civil rights history.

As an author Cora has been called "dynamic", and "perceptive" and "a powerful voice from the younger generation." Her first book, Black Power Inc., was dubbed "thought provoking" by the Washington Post and a "must read" by Black Issues Book Review. Her much anticipated second book, Ghettonation: A Journey Into the Land of Bling and Home of the Shameless (Doubleday) will be released March of 2007.

Cora is a native New Yorker and lives in Brooklyn, NY. She is a graduate of Yale University with a BA in history and has a masters degree in Journalism from Columbia University.   Visit her website .

David J. Linden, Ph.D. is a professor in the Department of Neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His laboratory has worked for many years on the cellular substrates of memory storage in the brain. You can see a list of some of his labâs recent scientific papers here.

He lives in Baltimore, Maryland with his wife and two children. Visit his website.

Stephen Murdoch has been working as a journalist and writer since 1999. He has written on a wide range of subjectsâfrom legal policy and psychology, to travel and topical commentary. In 2006, Murdoch was a weekly columnist for the Santa Barbara News-Press. He has also contributed to Newsweek, Marketplace (a radio show carried by many NPR stations), The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, The Washington Lawyer, The Boston Globe and other publications.

In the 1990s, before becoming a writer, Murdoch was a human rights lawyer in Cambodia and practiced civil litigation in Washington. Murdoch currently lives in Santa Barbara, California with his wife and three daughters. Visit his website.

LARINA KASE, PsyD, MBA, is a psychologist and the President of Performance and Success Coaching LLC, a national career and small business coaching company. She has helped executives from companies such as Verizon, Intel, and Ernst & Young. With expertise in marketing, she has helped dozens of professionals to build their practices or businesses. For more information visit her websites Performance and Success Coaching LLC and The Confident Speaker

Jennifer is the co-founder of Brain, Child: The Magazine for Thinking Mothers in 2000. Her work has been featured in The Nation, on National Public Radio's Morning Edition, on Alternet, and other places. PRACTICALLY PERFECT IN EVERY WAY, published by Putnam, is her first book. She lives with her husband, son, and dogs in Charlottesville, Virginia. Visit her website.

Martha Lasley, MBA is a founder of Leadership that Works, a firm that develops dynamic leaders at all levels. She is one of the founding faculty at CoachingthatWorks.com. Martha's passion is training and developing Leadership Coaches using nonviolent communication. She has presented several programs at the annual conference for International Association of Facilitators. She facilitates action learning teams and founded Leader Networks for Executive Directors of Nonprofits. Since 2002 she has been on the faculty for Capella University where she has taught more than 60 MBA courses on coaching and leadership. Visit her website.

]]> Life Planning Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:58:00 GMT http://psychjourneybookclub.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=233947# deborah@psychjourney.com 00:22:59 life coaching, career coaching, life planning, martha lalsey, psychjourney, personal coach Psychjourney Clean http://psychjourneybookclub.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=233819# Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Anatasia Goodstein author of Totally Wired: What Teens and Tweens Are Really Doing Online published by St. Martin's Griffin.

Anatasia Goodstein is an award-winning blogger and often-quoted expert on American tweens, teens and early twentysomthings. Ypulse.com reaches a highly influential audience of agency, brand and media executives as well as social marketers trying to reach youth.  The blog has been featured in several leading publications including USA Today, BusinessWeek, Forbes and Fast Company.

Ms. Goodstein was one of the first graduates of the Medill School of Journalism's new media program at Northwestern University where she earned an MSJ in 1999. Visit her websites YPulse and Totally Wired Book.

Nordine Zouareg is an International Celebrity Fitness Coach who works with clients from around the world. Nordine has come a long way from being born in the back of a truck in the Sahara desert and contracting Rickets to becoming an acclaimed fitness expert worldwide. His unique philosophy, which is based on his personal experience as well as the knowledge he has gathered during his 25 years working in the field, addresses the true reasons why people are constantly failing to reach their health and fitness goals. In Mind Over Body he provides all the information and encouragement that have helped his clients to release stress, increase energy, lose fat, and develop muscle tone quickly, effectively, and forever. Visit his website.

Mathew Boggs and Jason Miller have been best friends since their childhood outside of Portland, Oregon. Mat attended the University of San Diego and earned a Pre-Med degree with cum-laude distinction, while Jason was a football star at the University of Montana, graduating magna-cum-laude with degrees in Business and Communications. After college, Mat earned his Masters Degree in Education from the University of Oregon, and Jason headed to Los Angeles to act in national commercials for companies such as Pepsi, UPS, and Edge Shave Gel. In 2003, they joined forces for Project Everlasting. Both authors live in Portland, Oregon. Visit their website

Visit Jason and Mathew on My Space.

Laurence M. Westreich, M.D. is a board-certified psychiatrist who specializes in the treatment of patients with addictions to alcohol and drugs of abuse, and those dually diagnosed with addictions and mental disorders.

In addition to his private practice and academic responsibilities, Dr. Westreich has served since 1992 on the faculty of the Division of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, Department of Psychiatry, New York University of Medicine. His responsibilities there include teaching psychiatry residents, fellows in addiction psychiatry, and attending psychiatrists on the Bellevue Wards.

Dr. Westreich is also the author of numerous articles and book chapters on the treatment of addiction, presents regularly to professional groups, and is board certified by the American Board on Psychiatry and Neurology in general psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, and forensic psychiatry, and as an addiction specialist by the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM).

In addition to his private practice and academic responsibilities, Dr. Westreich is the consultant on drugs of abuse to the Commissioner of Major League Baseball and serves on the Therapeutic Use Exemption Committee of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), the drug-testing agency for the American Olympic Athletes. Dr. Westreich lives in Upper Montclair, New Jersey, with his wife and three children.  Visit his website.

Carlene DeRoo, Ph.D. and Carolyn DeRoo are a mother and daughter writing team. Carlene is a psychologist with over fifteen years of practice specializing in pain management and mind-body connections. She was assistant director of a large metropolitan pain management center and was the director of the Behavioral Medicine Program at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Using positive affirmations and visualization, she helps her patients control pain and gets great results. Carolyn is a writer who spent five years in Silicon Valley providing technical support to stressed-out computer users. She discovered that focusing on the positive was the quickest way to resolve their issues and reduce their anxiety.

The techniques that Dr. DeRoo and Carolyn DeRoo use in their careers are the basis for What's Right With Me. They have seen the overwhelming advantage of affirming an individual's strengths and successes and want to share these highly efficient tools to help people get the confidence and peace of mind that they deserve. Visit their website.

Jeffrey Brantley, MD, is a consulting associate in the Duke Department of Psychiatry and the founder and director of the Mindfullness-Based Stress Reduction Program at Duke University's Center for Integrative Medicine.

Dr. Brantley completed his psychiatry residency at the University of California at Irvine Medical Center. He is Board Certified in psychiatry and worked for 14 years in community mental health and private practice. Dating back to medical school, meditation has been a focal point of Dr. Brantley's private life, as well as an integral part of his work with persons seeking healing in their lives. Dr. Brantley has been practicing meditation for over 25 years personally, and has been teaching programs in mindfulness meditation for over 10 years.

 As the founder and Director of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program at the Center for Integrative Medicine. Dr. Brantley teaches intensive courses on mindfulness meditation and conducts extensive experiential programs and group lectures.

Dr. Brantley is the author of Calming Your Anxious Mind: How Mindfulness and Compassion Can Free You from Anxiety, Fear and Panic and Five Good Minutes in the Evening: 100 Mindful Practices to Help You Unwind from the Day & Make the Most of Your Night available from New Harbinger Press.

Jeffrey Brantley, MD, is a consulting associate in the Duke Department of Psychiatry and the founder and director of the Mindfullness-Based Stress Reduction Program at Duke University's Center for Integrative Medicine.

Dr. Brantley completed his psychiatry residency at the University of California at Irvine Medical Center. He is Board Certified in psychiatry and worked for 14 years in community mental health and private practice. Dating back to medical school, meditation has been a focal point of Dr. Brantley's private life, as well as an integral part of his work with persons seeking healing in their lives. Dr. Brantley has been practicing meditation for over 25 years personally, and has been teaching programs in mindfulness meditation for over 10 years.

As the founder and Director of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program at the Center for Integrative Medicine Dr. Brantley teaches intensive courses on mindfulness meditation and conducts extensive experiential programs and group lectures. Dr. Brantley is the author of Calming Your Anxious Mind: How Mindfulness and Compassion Can Free You of Anxiety, Fear, and Panic, and Five Good Minutes: 100 Morning Practices to Help You Stay Calm & Focused All Day Long available from New Harbinger Press.

In addition to her professional work, Beverly frequently lends her expertise to national television talk shows. She has appeared on Oprah, CNN, Starting Over, Sally Jesse Raphael, Donahue, and other programs in the United States and Canada. She has regularly contributed to Psychology Today, and has been featured in a number of newspapers and magazines, including The Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Cosmopolitan, Ladies Home Journal, and Shape.

Beverly has also participated in several radio and Internet programs, including Airtalk with Larry Mantle, The Joan Hamburg Show, Psychology Today (answering emails with show host Robert Epstein, Ph.D.), and responding to viewer mail on Channel One. She is also a dynamic speaker, workshop leader, and teacher. Engel lives in San Luis Obispo, CA. Visit her website .

Linda Kohanov is an author, speaker, riding instructor, and horse trainer who specializes in Equine Experiential Learning and Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy. In 1997, she founded Epona Equestrian Services, a Tucson-based collective of riding instructors and counselors exploring the healing potential of working with horses. In addition to formal equine-facilitated psychotherapy sessions, Epona offers equine experiential learning programs in stress reduction, parenting skills, leadership techniques, consensus-building relationship models, mindfulness, intuition, creativity, sensory awareness, and women's empowerment.

Kohanov has fifteen years experience as a radio producer and announcer and has also worked as a music critic and print journalist, writing for such publications as CD Review, Down Beat, JAZZIZ, Jazz Times, Pulse! and New Age Journal.  Her books include  Riding Between The Worlds: Expanding Our Potential through the Way of the Horse and  Spirit Horses.

She lives with her husband, composer and musician Steve Roach, and their horses outside Tucson, Arizona. Visit her website.

David Richo, Ph.D., is a psychotherapist, teacher, and writer who draws on Jungian, Buddhist, and poetic perspectives in his work. He leads popular workshops at the Esalen Institute, the University of California at Berkeley, the University of California at Santa Barbara, and Santa Barbara City College. He is the author of How to Be an Adult, How to Be an Adult in Relationships, and Shadow Dance: Liberating the Power and Creativity of Your Dark Side . He lives in Santa Barbara and San Francisco, California.  Visit his website.

Julian Sher is an award-winning writer and investigative journalist, TV producer and author of five books including Angels of Death: Inside the Biker Gangs Crime Empire, which has been translated into four languages and sold in seven foreign countries. He wrote and directed the New York Times-CBC TV investigation called Nuclear Jihad which recently won the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award, the broadcast equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize.

His freelance writing has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, CNN.com, the Toronto Globe and Mail and Walrus, Canada's leading current affairs magazine. His Web page, JournalismNet,is ranked among the top ten journalism sites in the world by Google. He lives in Montreal, Canada. Visit his website.

Sue Palmer is a writer, broadcaster and consultant on the education of young children. She is a regular contributor to the Times Educational Supplement and other journals, and author of more than two hundred books, TV programs and software for 3 to 12 year-olds including the popular skeleton materials, used in over 10,000 schools. She is also a popular speaker, addressing thousands of teachers each year across the UK and around the world, and acts as an independent adviser to many organizations, including the Department for Education and Skills and the BBC. In 2006 she published Toxic Childhood, about the impact of contemporary lifestyles on child development. Visit her website .

Dennis Cass is a writer, journalist, and occasional teacher and public speaker. His work has appeared in the New York Times magazine, GQ, Slate, Harper's Magazine, and Restaurant Business, where he once wrote an informative, exceptionally well-crafted article about pudding. He lives with his wife and son in Minneapolis, MN, and wouldn't have it any other way. Visit his blog.

Allan V. Horwitz earned a doctoral degree in Sociology from Yale University where he was trained in psychiatric epidemiology and in deviance and social control. He came to Rutgers in 1975 as an assistant professor and is currently a Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology.

 Professor Horwitz has studied a variety of aspects of mental health and illness, including the social response to mental illness, family caretaking for dependent populations, the impact of social roles and statuses on mental health, and the social construction of mental disorders. His current work integrates biological and sociological perspectives in distinguishing between normal and dysfunctional types of depression.

He has published over 50 articles and chapters in the main journals in his field. In addition, he has published several books including The Social Control of Mental Illness (Academic Press 1982; new edition Percheron Press 2002); The Logic of Social Control (Plenum Press 1990); and Creating Mental Illness (University of Chicago Press 2002). He is also the co-editor, with Teresa Scheid, of A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health: Social Contexts, Theories, and Systems (Cambridge University Press 1999.  Visit his webpage

The prolific author of numerous articles in addition to his eight books, Herb Goldberg is an ardent mens advocate and explorer of the hidden dynamics of gender and relationships and Professor of Psychology at California State University, Los Angeles. A gifted writer who is passionate that his readers understand the complexity of the deeper, unconscious aspects of human behavior, Dr. Goldberg communicates the excitement of the personal journey.

His titles include The Hazards of Being Male: Surviving the Myth of Masculine Privilege,  Money Madness: The Psychology of Saving, Spending, Loving, and Hating Money (with Robert T. Lewis),The New Male: From Macho to Sensitive But Still All Male ,The New Male-Female Relationship , What Men Really Want.

 Dr. Goldberg has appeared on numerous talk shows and has been featured in publications such as Los Angeles Times, Houston Chronicle, USA Today, Mens Health, and Psychology Today. He has been a regular guest on CNN programs, as well as having been interviewed several times in years past by Charlie Rose and Larry King. Radio interviews have numbered in the hundreds. Selections from his books, as well as original articles and interviews have regularly appeared in publications such as Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Mens Health, Mademoiselle, Psychology Today, Vogue, Womens Day, Ladies Home Journal, New Woman, McCalls, Harpers Bazaar, and Womens Digest, among others.  Visit his website.

Norman Doidge, M.D., is a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, researcher, author, essayist and poet. He is on the Research Faculty at the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, in New York, and the University of Toronto's Department of Psychiatry. He is a four time recepient of Canada's National Magazine Gold Award. He has presented his scientific research on effective therapies at the White House.

A native of Toronto, he divides his time between Toronto and New York. Visit his website.

Victoria Pitts-Taylor received her PhD at Brandeis University. She is Associate Professor of Sociology at Queens College and the Graduate Center, Univ of New York. 

Dr. Taylor is the author of In The Flesh: The Cultural Politics of Body Modification as well as a number of articles and book chapters. In 2002-2003 she won a Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline Award from the American Sociological Association. Visit her webpage.

Michael J. Breus, PhD, is a Clinical Psychologist and a Diplomate of the American Board of Sleep Medicine. He was one of the youngest people to have passed the Board at age 31 and, with a specialty in Sleep Disorders and Neuropsychological Testing, is one of only 159 doctors in the world with his credentials and distinction. He is the co-founder of SoundSleep Solutions, a direct-to-consumer, sleep-related information Web site, and currently serves as Chairman of the Clinical Advisory Board for Sleep Holdings, LLC, the only publicly traded sleep diagnostic and therapy company in the world.  Visit his website.

Since 1999, Nancy Wiseman has made a significant contribution to changing policy, improving awareness, and changing pediatric practice in how we screen, refer, and detect young children today. As the founder and president of First Signs, a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to educate professionals and parents about the early warning signs of autism and other developmental disorders, Nancy is dedicating her life to improving the lives of children and families affected by developmental disorders.

Before devoting herself to First Signs, Nancy worked in corporate communications for over 20 years. She has counseled thousands of parents nationwide and she has appeared in interviews with USA Today, Parents, and NBC's Today Show. She is the author of Could It Be Autism? A Parent's Guide to the First Signs and Next Steps. Nancy is the 2006 recipient of the American Academy of Pediatrics Dale Richmond/Justin Coleman Award for her outstanding achievement in the field of child development. Visit her website.

Dr. Les Carter is a psychotherapist in private practice in Southlake, Texas.  He is the best selling author of 20 books including The Anger Workbook: A 13-Step Interactive Plan to Help You and his latest, Enough About You, Let's Talk About Me. Over the years he has conducted many seminars across America focusing on emotional and spiritual well being.  Visit his website.

Visit Dr. Keough's website.

Christopher Noxon has worked as a costumed character at Universal Studios, a speechwriter for Michael Milken, and a music supervisor for the television series, Weeds. He has also written for the New York Times Magazine, Salon, and GQ.  He lives with his wife and three children in Los Angeles.  Visit his website www.christophernoxon.com and the Rejuvenile website.

Brian Wansink (Ph.D. Stanford 1990) holds the John S. Dyson Endowed Chair in the Applied Economics and Management Department at Cornell University, where he is Director of the Cornell Food and Brand Lab. Previously, he was a professor at Dartmouth College, the Vrije Universiteit (The Netherlands), the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, INSEAD (France), and he was a visiting scientist at the U.S. Army Research Labs in Natick, MA.

He is a Fulbright Senior Specialist in food marketing and nutrition, and in addition to writing Mindless Eating, he is author of the books Marketing Nutrition, Asking Questions, and Consumer Panels. His award-winning academic research on food has been published in the worlds top marketing, medical, and nutrition journals. It has been presented, translated, reported, and featured in television documentaries on every continent but Antarctica.

An Iowa native, he lives with his family in Ithaca, NY, where he is a mediocre saxophone player in a rock-and-roll band and where he regularly enjoys both French food and French fries. Visit his website.

Nordine Zouareg is an International Celebrity Fitness Coach who works with clients from around the world. Nordine has come a long way from being born in the back of a truck in the Sahara desert and contracting Rickets to becoming an acclaimed fitness expert worldwide.  

His unique philosophy, which is based on his personal experience as well as the knowledge he has gathered during his 25 years working in the field, addresses the true reasons why people are constantly failing to reach their health and fitness goals. In Mind Over Body he provides all the information and encouragement that have helped his clients to release stress, increase energy, lose fat, and develop muscle tone quickly, effectively, and forever.  Visit his website.

Christina Robb was a writer at the Boston Globe for more then twenty years, where she was one of five staff reporters who won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 1983.  Educated at Stanford University and at Somerville College of Oxford University, she lives in Massachusetts with her family.  Visit her website.

Dr. Amy J. L. Baker has a Ph.D. in developmental psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University. She has over 15 years experience conducting research in parent-child relationships and childrens well being. She is the author of Adult Children of Parental Alienation Syndrome: Breaking the Ties that Bind . She has authored over 45 peer-reviewed publications.

Vanessa Leigh Vega is a high school English teacher and motivational speaker in Irving, Texas. She is a contributing author to the award-winning Taste Berries for Teens Volume IV.  She has been nationally recognized for excellence in teaching by being named to the Whos Who Among Americas Teachers in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. She has degrees from Texas Tech University and the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. She resides in Irving, Texas where she is working on her next book.  Visit her website.

Dr. Les Carter is a psychotherapist in private practice in Southlake, Texas.  He is the best selling author of 20 books including The Anger Workbook: A 13-Step Interactive Plan to Help You and his latest, Enough About You, Let's Talk About Me. Over the years he has conducted many seminars across America focusing on emotional and spiritual well being.  Visit his website.

Marietta McCarty is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville, Virginia. She has brought philosophy to children in rural, suburban, and city schools in the central Virginia area for over fifteen years, as well as schools around the U.S. "Her Philosophy in the Third Grade" program is nationally acclaimed and she lectures and gives demonstrations around the country on this one-of-a-kind program. While focusing on third graders, she philosophizes in kindergarten through eighth grade classrooms. Previous children's philosophy programs include her Summer Program for Inner City Children staffed by her college philosophy students, and her work with the Peabody School for Gifted Children in Charlottesville.  

She has published many articles in scholarly journals and books; two of her articles appeared in The Journal, a national magazine published by the American Association of Community Colleges, detailing the wisdom of child-philosophers and their service activities in the community. "Love Yourself Enough" is McCarty's chapter in the Jossey-Bass book, Promoting Community Renewal Through Civic Literacy and Service Learning.

A Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude graduate in philosophy from Hollins College, she was inducted into the Hollins Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999. She received her Masters in Philosophy from the University of Virginia.  Visit her website.

The prolific author of numerous articles in addition to his eight books, Herb Goldberg is an ardent mens advocate and explorer of the hidden dynamics of gender and relationships and Professor of Psychology at California State University, Los Angeles. A gifted writer who is passionate that his readers understand the complexity of the deeper, unconscious aspects of human behavior, Dr. Goldberg communicates the excitement of the personal journey.

His titles include The Hazards of Being Male: Surviving the Myth of Masculine Privilege,  Money Madness: The Psychology of Saving, Spending, Loving, and Hating Money (with Robert T. Lewis),The New Male: From Macho to Sensitive But Still All Male ,The New Male-Female Relationship , What Men Really Want.

 Dr. Goldberg has appeared on numerous talk shows and has been featured in publications such as Los Angeles Times, Houston Chronicle, USA Today, Mens Health, and Psychology Today. He has been a regular guest on CNN programs, as well as having been interviewed several times in years past by Charlie Rose and Larry King. Radio interviews have numbered in the hundreds. Selections from his books, as well as original articles and interviews have regularly appeared in publications such as Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Mens Health, Mademoiselle, Psychology Today, Vogue, Womens Day, Ladies Home Journal, New Woman, McCalls, Harpers Bazaar, and Womens Digest, among others.  Visit his website.

Neil Chethik is an author, speaker and expert specializing in men's lives and family issues.  He is an author of two acclaimed books, Father Loss: How Sons of All Ages Come to Terms With the Deaths of Their Dads and VoiceMale: What husbands Really Think About Their Marriages, Their Wives, Sex, Housework and Commitment.

Previously, Neil was a staff reporter for the San Jose Mercury News, and writer of "VoiceMale," the first syndicated column on men's personal lives. He is currently Writer-in-Residence at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning in Lexington, Ky., where he lives with his wife Kelly Flood, and son, Evan.  Visit his website.

Neil Chethik is an author, speaker and expert specializing in men's lives and family issues.  He is an author of two acclaimed books, Father Loss: How Sons of All Ages Come to Terms With the Deaths of Their Dads and VoiceMale: What husbands Really Think About Their Marriages, Their Wives, Sex, Housework and Commitment.

Previously, Neil was a staff reporter for the San Jose Mercury News, and writer of "VoiceMale," the first syndicated column on men's personal lives. He is currently Writer-in-Residence at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning in Lexington, Ky., where he lives with his wife Kelly Flood, and son, Evan.  Visit his website.

Dr. Kevin Keough, host of The Public Square, interviews Dr.
Herb Goldberg, author of What Men Still Don't Know About Women, Relationships, and Love published by Barricade Books.

The prolific author of numerous articles in addition to his eight books, Herb Goldberg is an ardent mens advocate and explorer of the hidden dynamics of gender and relationships and Professor of Psychology at California State University, Los Angeles. A gifted writer who is passionate that his readers understand the complexity of the deeper, unconscious aspects of human behavior, Dr. Goldberg communicates the excitement of the personal journey.

His titles include The Hazards of Being Male: Surviving the Myth of Masculine Privilege,  Money Madness: The Psychology of Saving, Spending, Loving, and Hating Money (with Robert T. Lewis),The New Male: From Macho to Sensitive But Still All Male ,The New Male-Female Relationship , What Men Really Want.

 Dr. Goldberg has appeared on numerous talk shows and has been featured in publications such as Los Angeles Times, Houston Chronicle, USA Today, Mens Health, and Psychology Today. He has been a regular guest on CNN programs, as well as having been interviewed several times in years past by Charlie Rose and Larry King. Radio interviews have numbered in the hundreds. Selections from his books, as well as original articles and interviews have regularly appeared in publications such as Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Mens Health, Mademoiselle, Psychology Today, Vogue, Womens Day, Ladies Home Journal, New Woman, McCalls, Harpers Bazaar, and Womens Digest, among others.  Visit his website.

 Richard Tarnas is a professor of philosophy and cultural history at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, where he founded the graduate program in Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness. He also teaches archetypal studies and depth psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara.  Born in 1950 in Geneva, Switzerland of American parents, he is a graduate of Harvard University and Saybrook Institute. 

 From 1974 he lived and worked for ten years at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California, studying with Joseph Campbell, Huston Smith, Gregory Bateson, and Stanislav Grof, and serving as its director of programs and education.  He is the author of The Passion of the Western Mind, a history of the Western world view from the ancient Greek to the postmodern that became both a best seller and a required text in many universities.  His most recent book, Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View, just published in paperback by Plume, won the Book of the Year Prize from the Scientific and Medical Network in England.  Visit his website.

Eleanor Payson is a licensed martial and family therapist, practicing individual, marital, and family therapy for the past twenty-four years. Graduating from the University of Michigan in 1983 with her Masters in Social Work, she has continued her education on issues ranging from; chemical dependency and codependency, adult children of alcoholics, narcissism and borderline personality disorders, relationship therapy, and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

In 1993, Eleanor trained personally with Dr. Harville Hendrix to become a certified imago therapist. Harville Hendrix, Ph.D., in his book, Getting the Love You Want, develops the concepts, techniques, and skills of imago therapy. Helping couples achieve more rewarding and fulfilling  relationships is one of Eleanor's greatest passions and goals. She has conducted numerous workshops teaching couples conflict resolution skills and the beginning concepts of imago therapy.

Since 1993, Eleanor has increasingly specialized in the unique and challenging difficulties that adult with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder face. Eleanor has been a presenter with Authur Robin, Ph.D. at the national ADDA and CHADD conferences.  Visit her website.

Dr. Jennifer Michael Hecht is the author of award-winning books of philosophy, history, and poetry. Her Doubt: A History (HarperCollins, 2003) demonstrates a long, strong history of religious doubt from the origins of written history to the present day, all over the world. Hecht's The End of the Soul: Scientific Modernity, Atheism and Anthropology (Columbia University, 2003), won the Phi Beta Kappa Society's 2004 prestigious Ralph Waldo Emerson Award for scholarly studies that contribute significantly to interpretations of the intellectual and cultural condition of humanity.

Hecht's first poetry book, The Next Ancient World won the Poetry Society of America's 2002 Norma Farber First Book Award. Her most recent poetry book, Funny, won the University of Wisconsin's 2005 Felix Pollak Poetry Prize, and Publisher's Weekly called it one of the most original and entertaining books of the year. Her book reviews appear in The New York Times and The Washington Post.

Hecht earned her Ph.D. in the History of Science and European Cultural History from Columbia University in 1995 and now teaches at New York University and The New School University. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband John, and their two children.  Visit her website.

 Along with Dr. Redford Williams, she researched and assembled the ten skills taught in the Williams LifeSkills workshops. Over the past several years, she has worked with a variety of groups, led numerous LifeSkills workshops, and trained many facilitators.

Dr. Virginia Williams co-authored Anger Kills: 17 Strategies to Control the Hostility That Can Harm Your Health and LifeSkills: 8 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships, Communicate More Clearly and Improve Your Health

Dr. Redford Williams, MD. has authored or co-authored more than 200 peer-reviewed publications in scientific and medical journals. He has authored or co-authored nine books, including Anger Kills: 17 Strategies to Control the Hostility That Can Harm Your Health and LifeSkills: 8 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships, Communicate More Clearly and Improve Your Health.

He received his BA at Harvard College and his MD at Yale, where he also did his internship and residency training in internal medicine. He has been at Duke University Medicine Center since 1972. He is Professor of Psychiatry, Professor of Psychology, Professor of Medicine and Director of the Behavioral Medicine Research Center.Visit their website.

Richard Moss, MD, is an internationally respected teacher, visionary thinker, and author of five seminal books on transformation, self-healing, and from the importance of living consciously. For thirty years he has guided people from diverse backgrounds and disciplines in the use of the power of awareness to realize their intrinsic wholeness and reclaim the wisdom of their true selves.  He teaches a practical philosophy of consciousness that models how to integrate spiritual practice and psychological self-inquiry into a concrete and fundamental transformation of people's lives. Richard lives in Ojai, California, with his wife, Ariel.  Visit his website.

 Kristin, a Quaker, is married to a Navy chaplain who served with the Marines in Afghanistan and Iraq. Her latest book, While They're At War: The True Story of American Families on the Homefront is an in-depth portrait of military spouses in wartime. Her critically praised memoir, Driving by Moonlight: A Journey Through Love, War, and Infertility, details her own experience during her husband's deployment to Afghanistan following 9/11, as well as her struggle with infertility. She has participated in the Marine Corps' Key Volunteer family support program and Compass, the Navy's spouse mentoring program.  

Kristin is a member of the National Military Family Association, the National Writers Union, and Military Reporters and Editors.

Visit her website.

Eric Maisel, Ph.D., holds a doctorate in counseling psychology and is a licensed family therapist and creativity coach. He is the author of Fearless Creating and numerous other books. He lives in San Francisco. Visit his website.

Joanie-Farley-Gillispie, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist in private practice in San Francisco and Marin Counties, where she works for juvenile justice. She is a Certified National Trainer, APA HIV Office of Prevention and Education (HOPE), and has taught law and ethics for mental health providers. Visit her website.

 Brene Brown, Ph.D., L.M.S.W., is an educator, writer, and nationally renowned lecturer, as well as a member of the research faculty at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, where she recently completed a six-year study of shame and its impact on women. She lives in Houston Texas, with her husband and two children. Visit her website.

William Poy Lee was born in the North Beach-Chinatown districts of San Francisco on January 16, 1951 where he lived with one foot in a very traditional Chinatown and one foot in the bohemian arts, music, and politics of North Beach. He received his Bachelors of Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley in 1969 and his Juris Doctor from Hastings College of Law, University of California, San Francisco in 1978.

 A lawyer since 1979, he lives in Berkeley, where he writes full-time. The Eighth Promise is his first book. For more on the author, please visit www.TheEighthPromise.com.

Glasgow Phillips is a film and television writer in Los Angeles. His credits include seasons on South Park, and Father of the Pride, and catastrophic pilots for Comedy Central and MTV.  He wrote and directed the important zombie-western feature film Undead of Alive.  Visit his website.

Cris Beam is a journalist who has written for several national magazines as well as for public radio. She has an MFA in nonfiction from Columbia University and teaches creative writing at Columbia and the New School. She lives in New York.  Visit her website.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Michael J. Diamond, author of My Father Before Me: How Fathers and Sons Influence Each Other Throughout Their Lives published by Norton.

Michael J. Diamond is a practicing clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst and was recently named Distinguished Psychoanalyst of the Year by the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research.  He is also an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at UCLA. He lives in Los Angeles.  Visit his website.

Susan Crandell left the top editorial job at More, a magazine for women in their forties and fifties to launch a new career and explore new areas of life. She has made numerous appearances talking about the new adventurous spirit of midlife, including the Today Show, and Good Morning America. She lives in Crownwall on Hudson, New York, with her husband Stephan Wilkinson, who is also a writer. Their daughter, Brook is an editor at a leading travel magazine.  Visit her website.

Stephen Hinshaw, Ph.D. is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. After receiving his B.A. from Harvard in 1974, summa cum laude, he directed day school and residential programs for children with developmental disabilities for three years. He received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from UCLA in 1983. He taught in the Psychology Department at UCLA from 1986-1990 and joined the Berkeley faculty in 1990.

Hinshaw has authored over 170 articles, chapters, and reviews on child psychopathology. His books include Attention Deficits and Hyperactivity Disorder, and The Years of Silence Are Past: My Father's Life with Bipolar Disorder. Visit his website.

Dr. Cozolino has diverse clinical and research interests and holds degrees in philosophy and theology, in addition to his doctorate in clinical psychology. He has conducted  empirical research in schizophrenia, child abuse, and long-term impact of stress. Recently, his interests have turned to a synthesis of the biobehavioral sciences and psychotherapy. He is the author of The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy: Building and Rebuilding the Human Brain and The Making of a Therapist: A Practical Guide for the Inner Journey, as well as numerous articles and chapters on various topics.  He maintains a clinical and consulting practice in Los Angeles. Visit his website.

Eric Liu is the author of Guiding Lights: How to Mentor- And Find Life's Purpose, the Official Book of National Mentoring Month.  He is also the author of The Accidental Asian: Notes of a Native Speaker, a New York Times Notable Book featured in the PBS documentary Matters of Race, and he edited the Norton anthology Next: Young American Writers on the New Generation.

Eric served as a speechwriter for President Clinton in the first term and as White House deputy domestic policy adviser in the second. After the White House, he was an executive at the digital media company RealNetworks. He's also been a frequent commentator of CNN, MSNBC and CNBC. In 2002, Eric was named by the World Economic Forum as one of the 100 "Global Leaders of Tomorrow."  He lives in Seattle, where he teaches at the University of Washington's Evans School of Public Affairs and hosts an acclaimed television interview program called Seattle Voices. In addition to organizing the annual Guilding Lights Weekend, Eric speaks regularly at conferences, corporations and campuses around the country. Visit his website.

Adrian C. Laing, is a practicing Solicitor Advocate of his own firm Laing and Co, and regularly writes and presents on issues relating to media and entertainment law. Adrian studied law at Exeter University and was called to the Bar (Inner Temple, London) in 1979 (aged 21). He subsequently studied under Michael Foucault at the College de France, Paris.

Adrian is the co-author (with his wife Deborah Fosbrook) of two leading law titles: 'The A-Z Contract Clauses' and 'The Media Contracts Handbook'. Adrian has five children and lives in Highgate, North London. Visit his website.

Roy Richard Grinker is Professor of Anthropology, and Director of the Institute for Ethnographic Research at George Washington University. He is the author of four other books including the widely acclaimed In The Arms of Africa: The Life of Colin M. Turnball and editor-in-chief of Anthropological Quarterly. He has appeared on the Discovery Channel, and the National Geographic Channel, and on regional and national NPR. Visit his website.

Nan was born and raised in Seattle, Washington, graduated from Scripps College, and has worked in both the film and publishing industries. Along the way, she's held numerous other jobs including, but not confined to: actor, nanny, office temp, exerciser of polo ponies, caterer, fact-checker, and- most dangerous of all- floor demonstrator for an at-home waxing device. Nan is the author of My Racing Heart: The Passionate World of Thoroughbreds and the Track (2002). Her work has appeared in the Washington Post, Slate.com, The Daily News, The Seattle Weekly, Hamptons, Jitney Magazine, The Blood-Horse and various other publications.

She currently works as a teacher and freelance writer, living in (and in times battling with) New York City.  Visit her website.

Stephen Kiernan was born in Newtonville, NY the sixth of seven children. A graduate of Middlebury College, he also received an MA degree from Johns Hopkins University and an MFA degree from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. In over two decades as a journalist he has won 40 awards, including the Bechner Institute's Freedom of Information Award, the Gerald Leob Award for financial journalism (two time commentary finalist) and the 2003 George Polk Award. He has taught at Middlebury College and the New England Young Writers Conference, and has worked on the staff of the Breadloaf School of English and the Breadloaf Writers Conference. He has served on the board of The Brautigan Library and the Young Writers Project.

At present Stephen is traveling the country, speaking to civic groups, colleges, senior centers and churches about ways to improve the end of life.

Stephen has also performed on the guitar for many years. In addition to recording 3 CDs of solo instrumentals, he has composed music for dance, the stage, documentaries and TV specials. He lives in Vermont with his two amazing sons.  Visit his website.

Daniel B. Smith is a new York based journalist and author. His work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, Granta, and n+1.

Harriet Brown is the award-winning author of the Good-bye Window: A Year in the Life of A Day Care Center and the Promised Land, a collection of poems. Her poems have appeared in Poetry and Prairie Schooner, among other literary magazines. She is a frequent contributor to the New York Times and other national publications. She lives with her husband and two daughters in Madison, Wisconsin. Visit her website.

Dr. Kenneth M. Adams began his professional career in 1981 treating children, adolescents, and their families.  In 1985 he began private practice with the Children of Alcoholic Parents program, an outpatient progrm for treatment of adults who had grown up in alcoholic families. It was there, that he began to notice that many of these clients had addictions and emeshment issues, two of his primary specialties today. He wrote his first professional article in in 1987 on covert incest and sex addiction in alcoholic families and has since written three books and numerous peer reviewed articles.

Dr. Adams maintains his clinical practice and directorship at Kenneth M. Adams and Associates. Visit his website.

Jonathan Haidt is associate professor of psychology at the University of Virginia. His research examines morality, the moral-emotions, and the intuitive foundations of liberal and conservative's worldviews. He is the co-editor of Flourishing: Positive Psychology and the Life Well-Lived. He lives in Charlottesville, Virginia. Visit his website.

Allen Rucker is the author of seven books of non-fiction and humor, most of them written since he became paralyzed. He's written three books on the HBO series, "The Sopranos," including the New York Times #1 bestselling, "The Sopranos Family Cookbook." His other books include, "The History of White People in America," with Martin Mull, and "Redneck Woman," with Gretchen Wilson. He is also an award-winning TV writer.

He is the recipient of the duPont-Columbia Journalism Award, the Writers Guild Annual Award, and the two CableAce Awards, among others. In 2005, he received the special WGA Joan Young Award for career distinction as a writer with a disability. "The History of White People in America" was honored by the Museum of Television & Radio in 2002.

He also teaches at the USC School of Cinema-TV. He lives in LA with his wife, Ann-Marie.  They have two sons. Visit his website.

Myrna B. Shure is a developmental psychologist and professor of psychology at Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA), developed the "I Can Problem Solve" (ICPS) program, on which Raising a Thinking Preteen and her two previous books are based. She has won three awards from the American Psychological Association (1984, 1986, 1993) and one from the National Mental Health Association (1982) for her work developing the ICPS program.

Her programs, I Can Problem Solve, for schools, and Raising a Thinking Child, for families, have been recognized as exemplary mental health programs by the National Association of School Psychologists, and as model violence and substance abuse prevention programs by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention has recognized Dr. Shure's Raising a Thinking Child as a model prevention program for families, and that book was also a 1996 Parent's Choice Award winner. Visit her website.

Dawn Davenport is an adoption expert, writer, attorney, and speaker specializing in international adoption. Her book, The Complete Book of International Adoption: A Step by Step Guide to Finding Your Child (Random House/Broadway, Nov. 2006), and website,  help families through the international adoption process.

She has published on adoption in national and regional publications, including Conceive Magazine, the Christian Science Monitor, and USA Today. She is interviewed frequently about adoption, including numerous times on National Public Radio. Her research has been featured on CBS News 60 Minutes and People Magazine. Ms. Davenport has served as a background consultant to CBS News 60 Minutes and ABC News Primetime Live on adoption issues. She loves to speak at infertility and adoption conferences to help others on their journey to find their child. Perhaps most important, she is a mom of four by birth and adoption and cares passionately about this issue.  Visit her website.

Richard J. McNally received his B.S. in psychology from Wayne State University in 1976, and his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1982. He completed his clinical internship and postdoctoral fellowship at the Behavior Therapy Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Temple University School of Medicine. In 1984 he was appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School where he established the Anxiety Disorders Clinic and directed the university counseling center. He moved to the Department of Psychology at Harvard University in 1991 where he is now Professor and Director of Clinical Training.

He has more than 290 publications, most concerning cognitive aspects of anxiety disorders (e.g., posttraumatic stress disorder [PTSD], panic disorder, phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder), including the books Panic Disorder A Critical Analysis (Guilford Press, 1994) and Remembering Trauma (Belknap Press/Harvard University Press, 2003). Recent laboratory studies concern cognitive functioning in adults reporting histories of childhood sexual abuse, including those reporting to having repressed and recovered their memories of trauma. His research has been supported by the National Institute of Mental Health.

He served on the American Psychiatric Association's DSM-IV PTSD and simple phobia committees, and now serves on the DSV-V fear circuitry and stress-induced disorders workgroup. He is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, a Fellow of the American Psychological Society, winner of the 2005 Distinguished Scientist Award from the Society for the Science of Clinical Psychology, and on the Institute for Scientific Information's "Highly Cited" list for psychology and psychiatry [top 0.5% of published authors worldwide in terms of citation impact.] Visit his webpage.

Visit Dr. Riolo's websites, Your Advocate Online and The Insider.

Valerie E. Whiffen, Ph.D., has been a professor and clinical psychologist in private practice since 1988 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She is a professor of psychology in the APA-accredited Clinical Psychology program at the University of Ottawa. She teaches graduate courses in Psychopathology, Basic Clinical Skills and Interpersonal Therapy, and she supervises the training of clinical psychology doctoral students who are learning to do interpersonal therapy with depressed women and couple therapy with couples who are struggling with one partner's depression. She serves as a peer reviewer for several professional journals and granting councils.

Whiffen has authored numerous chapters in professional books and more than forty journal articles and she is coauthor of Attachment Processes in Couple and Family Therapy with Susan Johnson. Her primary research interest is gender and depression. She is currently engaged in two major funded research projects. One is a longitudinal study examining the interpersonal influences on adolescent girls' depression, and the second is a longitudinal study of how couples cope with a diagnosis of breast cancer. Visit her website.

Abby Seixas is an author and psychotherapist specializing in issues of life-balance and âthe art of slowing down.â She has been interviewed on The Today Show and the Hallmark Channel, as well as on CBS4-TV in Boston and KRON-TV in San Francisco. Her work has been featured in national and local print media, including O Magazine, Body + Soul magazine, Self magazine and The Boston Globe. Abby has been in the mental health field for more than twenty-five years and has been a consultant and clinical psychotherapy supervisor at training centers in the United States and abroad. Visit her website.

Portia Iversen, an Emmy-winning art director, has been a vigorous proponent of autism research since her son Dov was diagnosed in 1994. Together with her husband, Jon Shestack, she established the Cure Autism Now Foundation, one of the largest nongovernmental funding resources for autism research worldwide. She lives in Los Angeles with her family.  Visit her website and new online community.

Purchase The Mind Tree: A Miraculous Child Breaks the Silence of Autism by Tito Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay.

Allen Shawn grew up in New York City and currently lives in Vermont, where he is on the faculty of Bennington College. He started composing music at the age of ten, and has produced a large catalogue of orchestral, chamber, and piano works, as well as music for ballet, theater, and film. He performs frequently as a pianist, and he has contributed articles to The Atlantic Monthly, The Musical Times, and The Times Literary Supplement . Allen is also the author of the book "Arnold Schoenberg's Journey. He is the father of Annie and Harold Shawn.

David Kessler is the author of The Needs of the Dying, which received praised by Mother Teresa. It has now been published in over 11 countries worldwide. He also co-authored Life Lessons and On Grief and Grieving with Elisabeth  Kubler-Ross. He is Director of Palliative Care for Citrus Valley Health Partners, which has three hospitals and a hospice in the Los Angeles area with over 900 physicians and 2000 nurses. His volunteerism includes serving as a member of the Red Cross Disaster Team and as a Specialist Reserve Officer for the Los Angeles Police Department, serving on its critical incident stress team.

His work has been discussed in the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, Business Week, and Life Magazine, and has been featured on CNN-Cross Fire, NBC, MSNBC, PBS, Entertainment Tonight and Sally Jessy Raphael. He has also written for the Boston Globe, LA Times, and The San Francisco Chronicle.  For more information visit his website.

Jeff Bell is a longtime veteran of radio and television news. He currently co-anchors afternoon drive at KCBS-AM, the CBS Network's San Francisco flagship and one of the most successful all-news radio stations in America.

Prior to joining KCBS, Bell spent eight years hosting drive-time news programs at KFBK in Sacramento. His reporting has aired on the CBS Radio Network; and The Associated Press, The Radio-Television News Directors Association of Northern California, and The Sacramento Bee have all recognized him for his radio work. On the television side, Bell spent several years as a writer for KTVU-TV's Mornings on Two, a ground-breaking and hugely successful Bay Area news program.

Bell holds a master's degree in business from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo; and a bachelor's degree in engineering from the University of California, Irvine. He lives in the Bay Area with his wife and two daughters. Visit his websites RewindReplayRepeat and Beyond the Doubt.

Janja Lalich, Ph.D. is a researcher, author, and educator specializing in cults and extremist groups, with a focus on charismatic relationships, political and other social movements, ideology and social control, and issues of gender and sexuality. She has served as a consultant to educational, mental health, business, media and legal professionals, as well as to members, former members, and families of members of controversial groups. She is Associate Professor of Sociology at California State University, Chico.

Her recent book is Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults. Dr. Lalich has written and lectured extensively and is author, co-author, or editor of numerous books, articles, and chapters. Her most recent book is Take Back Your Life: Recovering from Cults and Abusive Relationships. Her other books include Crazy Therapies: What Are They? Do They Work? and Cults in Our Midst both coauthered with the renowned cult expert and clinical psychologist Dr. Margaret Thaler Singer. Also Dr. Lalich was guest editor of Women Under the Influence: A Study of Women's Lives in Totalist Groups, a special issue of the Cultic Studies Journal (vol. 14,1,1997).

 Dr. Lalich is the founder and director of the Center for Research on Influence & Control, a cult research and resource center. Over the years she has met with and interviewed hundreds of current and former members of groups and their families. She has also been a consultant to attorneys, mental health professionals, health professionals, educators, and the media. She is often interviewed about cult-related events.

A member of the American Sociological Association, the Association for the Sociology of Religion, and the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Dr. Lalich presents regularly at academic and lay conferences. She has appeared on Meet the Press, national and local news programs, talk shows, cable documentaries, as well as on radio and Internet programs, such as NPR's To the Best of Our Knowledge and Morning Edition, the BBC's Thinking Allowed, and Time/CNN Impact and Omni magazine's LiveScience online. She can be reached at 530-898-5542 or JLalich@csuchico.edu.

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Janja Lalich, Ph.D. is a researcher, author, and educator specializing in cults and extremist groups, with a focus on charismatic relationships, political and other social movements, ideology and social control, and issues of gender and sexuality. She has served as a consultant to educational, mental health, business, media and legal professionals, as well as to members, former members, and families of members of controversial groups. She is Associate Professor of Sociology at California State University, Chico.

Her recent book is Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults. Dr. Lalich has written and lectured extensively and is author, co-author, or editor of numerous books, articles, and chapters. Her most recent book is Take Back Your Life: Recovering from Cults and Abusive Relationships. Her other books include Crazy Therapies: What Are They? Do They Work?  and Cults in Our Midst  both coauthered with the renowned cult expert and clinical psychologist Dr. Margaret Thaler Singer. Also Dr. Lalich was guest editor of Women Under the Influence: A Study of Women's Lives in Totalist Groups, a special issue of the Cultic Studies Journal (vol. 14,1,1997).

Dr. Lalich is the founder and director of the Center for Research on Influence & Control, a cult research and resource center. Over the years she has met with and interviewed hundreds of current and former members of groups and their families. She has also been a consultant to attorneys, mental health professionals, health professionals, educators, and the media. She is often interviewed about cult-related events.

A member of the American Sociological Association, the Association for the Sociology of Religion, and the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Dr. Lalich presents regularly at academic and lay conferences. She has appeared on Meet the Press, national and local news programs, talk shows, cable documentaries, as well as on radio and Internet programs, such as NPR's To the Best of Our Knowledge and Morning Edition, the BBC's Thinking Allowed, and Time/CNN Impact and Omni magazine's LiveScience online. She can be reached at 530-898-5542 or JLalich@csuchico.edu

Reverend Gary Kowalski is the author of bestselling books on animals, spirituality and nature. His first volume, The Souls of Animals, which explores other species's capacities for love, creativity, and self-awareness, has been re-released from New World Library, after being translated into Chinese, German and French, and selling over 80,000 copies worldwide. His second book, Goodbye Friend: Healing Wisdom For Anyone Who Has Ever Lost A Pet, was featured in both One Spirit and the Quality Paperback Book Clubs and remains a valued resource for those grieving their animal companions.

In 2001, he published The Bible According To Noah: Theology As If Animals Mattered (Lantern Books), a critical look at our religious traditions and the need for a more earth-friendly scripture. Most recently, his book Science and the Search for God (Lantern, 2003) probes discoveries in physics and life sciences that point toward a new estimate of humanity's place within the wider universe.

A graduate of Harvard College and the Harvard Divinity School, Rev. Kowalski is an ordained minister currently serving the First Unitarian Universalist Society of Burlington, Vermont.

Lori A Greene, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist who has been helping people grieve the loss of their pets for more then twenty years. In 1986, Greene cofounded the San Diego County Pet Bereavement Program, one of the few programs in the Unities States offering continuous support for those who have lost companion animals. Dr Greene conducts frequent pet-loss support groups, and she speaks nationally and internationally on the topic of pet loss and the human animal bond. She maintains a private practice in San Diego, CA. Visit her website.

Oprah hailed, The Purpose of Your Life: Finding your Place Using Synchronicity, Intuition, and Uncommon Sense as a must-read. She is also an intuitive counselor and live coach who has helped thousands of people work through doubt, procrastination, and obstacles to create the life they want to live. Visit her website

Jeffrey Jensen Arnett is a research professor at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. He is the editor of the Journal of Adolescent Research, and of three forthcoming encyclopedias: The Routledge International Encyclopedia of Adolescence (four volumes); the Encyclopedia of Adolescence (four volumes); the Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents, and the Media, and the Encylopedia of Emerging Adulthood.

He has published widely on adolescence and emerging adulthood. He received his Ph.D. in developmental psychology in 1986 from the University of Virginia, and did three years of postdoctoral work at the University of Chicago.  Visit his website.

Dr. Cimera graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Campaign in 19977 with a specialization in school-to-adult life transition. During his doctoral training, he worked as a research assistant as well as supervised students in the Moderate and Severe Disabilities Teacher Training program.

Prior to pursuing his doctorate, he was a director of a program that transitioned secondary students with severe and multiple disabilities (including those with autism, mental retardation, behavioral disorders, and various mental illness) from school to work. In this capacity, he collaborated extensively with general educators, special educators, vocational rehabilitation counselors, and other community-based professionals.

He is currently a professor in the College of Education, Health, and Human Services at Kent State University in Ohio. In addition to teaching, he has been conducting many scholarly endeavors. For instance, he currently has over thirty publications, including many peer-reviewed research articles and seven single-authored books. Visit his webpage.

Ron Saxen has worked as a model, stand-up comedian, and comedy writer and had worked in sales for a number of high-profile companies. Ron Saxen is a recovered Binge Eater and is currently living successfully in Northern California. He continues to create new true life stories to tell and one's that he hopes will not only entertain, but provide help and inspiration to the millions of people with eating disorders and the tens of millions fighting the battle of obesity.

Ron's never felt happier, luckier, and more in love than right now. Just in case it is a dream, Ron vows to never pinch himself, and would appreciate it if you wouldn't either. Visit his website.

 Tobi Zausner, Ph.D. has an interdisciplinary doctorate in Art and Psychology. She is also an art historian and an award-winning visual artist with works in major museums and in private collections around the world. Dr. Zausner writes and lectures widely on the psychology of art, teaches at the G. Jung Foundation in New York, and is an officer on the Board of A.C.T.S (Arts, Crafts, and Theatre Safety), a non-profit organization investigating health hazards in the arts. For more information, please visit her website.

]]> Creativity and Illness Fri, 9 Mar 2007 06:00:00 GMT http://psychjourneybookclub.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=190403# deborah@psychjourney.com 00:50:47 creativity, illness, art therapy, creativity and illness, art history, psychology, artists with disabilities Psychjourney Clean http://psychjourneybookclub.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=190388# Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Marilyn J. Sorensen, Ph.D. author of  Breaking The Chain Of Low Self-Esteem published by Wolf Publishing Company.

Dr. Sorensen is a clinical psychologist in Portland where she has specialized in relationship and self-esteem issues for over 29 years. In 1980, she founded Montavilla Counseling Services that became the largest private counseling center in the city. In 1996 she established The Self-Esteem Institute where individual therapy, group therapy, and therapist training has been available.

She is also the author of five books, including The Personal Workbook for Breaking the Chain of Low Self-Esteem: A Proven Program of Recovery from LSE and The Handbook for Building Healthy Self-Esteem in Children.  Visit her website.

]]> Self Esteem Fri, 9 Mar 2007 05:02:00 GMT http://psychjourneybookclub.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=190388# deborah@psychjourney.com 00:26:26 self-esteem, low self-esteem, positive psychology, therapy, self confidence, self help, psychologist Psychjourney Clean http://psychjourneybookclub.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=189494# Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. James Hollis, author of Why Good People Do Bad Things: Understanding Our Darker Selves published by Gotham.

James Hollis, Ph.D. graduated with an A.B. from Manchester College in 1962 and with a Ph.D. from Drew University in 1967. He taught the Humanities 26 years in various colleges and universities before retraining as a Jungian analyst at the Jung Institute of Zurich, Switzerland . He is a licensed Jungian analyst in private practice in Houston, Texas, where he is also Executive Director of the Jung Educational Center of Houston.

He is a retired Senior Training Analyst for the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts, was the first Director of Training of the Philadelphia Jung Institute, and is vice-president of the Philemon Foundation, which is dedicated to the publication of the complete works of Jung. He has written eleven books. Visit his website.

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Daniel Nettle is Lecturer in Biological Psychology at the Open University. He is the author of Strong Imagination: Madness, Creativity, and Human Value and co-author of Vanishing Voices (with Suzanne Romaine). He lives in the U.K. Visit his website.

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Twenty seven year old Jason Ryan Dorsey wrote Graduate To Your Perfect Job when he was just eighteen and went on to sell 200,000 copies. He has since spoken to more then 500,000 young adults and those who educate and employ them.

Winner of the Austin Under 40 Entrepreneur of the Year Award at age 26, Dorsey has appeared on Today and the View and in Teen People. He lives in Austin Texas. Visit his website.

Dorothy Firman is a founder of the Synthesis Center and has directed its Professional Training Program for more than twenty-five years. She is a founder and past co-chair of The Association for the Advancement of Psychosynthesis.  Didi is also a professor at Union Institute & University's Vermont College campus where she teaches in the field of counseling and psychology.

Didi is also well know for the mother/daughter relationship workshops that she has run nation-wide with her mother.  She has also co- written Chicken Soup for the Mother/Daughter Soul and Chicken Soup for the Soul: Celebrating Mothers and Daughters in conjunction with her mother, sister and the Chicken Soup co-authors. Visit her website

]]> Mothers and Daughters Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:46:00 GMT http://psychjourneybookclub.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=187060# deborah@psychjourney.com 00:42:57 mother and daughter, motherless daughters, parenting, inner child, motherhood, psychology Psychjourney Clean http://psychjourneybookclub.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=187028# Dr. Kevin Keough, host of Public Square, interviews Dr. Linda Nielsen, author of Embracing Your Father: How to Build the Relationship You Always Wanted with Your Dad  published by McGraw-Hill.

A nationally recognized expert on father-daughter relationships, Dr. Nielsen has been teaching, conducting research and writing about adolescents and father-daughter relationships since 1970. A member of Phi Beta Kappa and the recipient of of the outstanding graduate's award in teacher education from the University of Tennessee in 1969, she taught high school for several years before earing an MA in Counseling and a Ph.D. in Educational and Adolescent Psychology.

She joined the faculty of  Wake Forest University in 1974. Since 1991 she has been teaching her "Fathers & Daughters" course- the only college course in the country that focuses exclusively on father-daughter relationships. Her research and advice have been featured on a PBS documentary.   Visit Dr. Nielsen's website.

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]]> Father and Daughter Wed, 28 Feb 2007 03:34:00 GMT http://psychjourneybookclub.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=187028# deborah@psychjourney.com 00:57:17 fathers and daughters, father daughter relationship, parenting, psychology,male psychology, fathers rights Psychjourney Clean http://psychjourneybookclub.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=186683# Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Elaine Weiss, Ed.D, author of Family and Friend's Guide to Domestic Violence published by Volcano Press.

Elaine Weiss is a professional educator and writer. She has interviewed hundreds of women who survived physical and psychological domestic abuse. Her first book about domestic violence, Surviving Domestic Violence: Voices of Women Who Broke Free, tells the stories of twelve women who successfully escaped from an abusive relationship.

Dr. Weiss is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Utah School of Medicine, in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine. There, she teaches medical students and faculty how to recognize and support patients who are victims of domestic violence.

She has made presentations to thousands of people across the country. She speaks to professionals who help abused women directly, including physicians, nurses, social workers, therapists, and shelter staff. She also conducts training sessions for parents, teachers, teenagers, college students, religious groups, law enforcement personnel, and business leaders. Her essays and articles have appeared in local and national publications, as well as on domestic violence web sites. They have also been incorporated into the teaching and counseling programs at a number of battered women's shelters.

Elaine and her husband, Neal Whitman, divide their time between Salt Lake City, Utah, and Pacific Grove, California. Visit her publisher's website.   Domestic Violence Websites.

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]]> Domestic Abuse Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:13:00 GMT http://psychjourneybookclub.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=186683# deborah@psychjourney.com 00:42:32 domestic violence, domestic abuse, verbal abuse, BPD, psychologist, psychology, psychiatrist, battered women Psychjourney Clean http://psychjourneybookclub.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=186638# Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Meredith F. Small, author of  The Culture Of Our Discontent Beyond the Medical Model of Mental Illness, published by Joseph Henry Press.

Meredith F. Small is a writer and professor of anthropology at Cornell University. Trained as a primate behaviorist, she now writes about all areas of anthropology, natural history, and health. Besides numerous publications in academic journals, Dr. Small contributes regularly to Discover and New Scientist, and she is a commentator on National Public Radio's "All things Considered."

She is the author of five books including What's Love Got to Do With it? Our Babies, Ourselves; How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Parent, and Kids. Visit her webpage.

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Peggy Orenstein is an internationally recognized writer, editor and speaker about issues affecting girls and women, her previous books include Flux: Women on Sex, Work, Kids, Love and Life in a Half-Changed World (Doubleday/Anchor), and the best-selling SchoolGirls: Young Women, Self-Esteem and the Confidence Gap (Doubleday/Anchor)

A contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, Orenstein has also written for such publications as Vogue, Elle, Discover, More, Glamour, Mother Jones, Salon, Parenting, "O: The Oprah Magazine," and The New Yorker. Her work has been included in many anthologies, including The Best American Science Writing (2004).

She has been a guest lecturer and keynote speaker at numerous college campuses; at state, regional and municipal conferences on gender equity and on juvenile justice; at the National Education Association's National Conference on Women and Minorities and at the conference of the Canadian Teachers Federation. She has published editorials relating to her research in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and USA Today and has appeared on, among other programs, Nightline, Good Morning America, The Today Show, NPR's Fresh Air and Morning Edition and CBC's As It Happens. Visit her website .

He is a member of numerous professional associations including the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, and the Society for Personality and Social Psychologists. DiFonzo currently serves as consulting editor for The Journal of Social Psychology.

Dr. DiFonzo has published approximately 30 articles, book chapters, and technical reports pertaining to the topic of rumor. Dr. DiFonzo has also given approximately 30 presentations and invited addresses at academic conferences on these topics, as well as several seminars to business audiences on the topic of managing rumors. Visit his website.

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Through his writings, media appearances, and lectures in the United States and abroad, he is recognized as one of the leading advocates for the preservation of childhood.

Dr. Elkind is the author of more then a dozen books, including All Grown Up, and No Place To Go, and the Power of Play. He lives in Boston and on Cape Cod.

Sharon Begley, science columnist for The Wall Street Journal , inaugurated the paper's "Science Journal" in 2002. She was previously the senior science writer at Newsweek, covering neuroscience, genetics, physics, astronomy, climatology and anthropology.

The co-author of the 2002 book The Mind and the Brain, she has won many awards for her articles and an honorary degree for contributions to the public understanding of science. Share

She has been a frequent guest on radio and television, including The Charlie Rose Show, Today Weekend, CBS's The Early Show, and Imus in the Morning. She lives with her family in Pelham, New York. Learn more about neuroplasticity.

]]> Online Dating Tue, 20 Feb 2007 02:07:00 GMT http://psychjourneybookclub.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=183914# deborah@psychjourney.com 00:45:51 online dating, online dating services, finding love online, personal ads, dating, intimate relationships, dating services Psychjourney Clean http://psychjourneybookclub.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=183773# Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney interviews Ms. Joy Carol, M.A., author of The Fabric of Friendship: Celebrating the Joys, Mending the Tears in Women's Relationships published by Sorin Books.

Joy Carol is an author, conference speaker, spiritual director, workshop and retreat leader at seminaries, medical schools, retreat centers, schools and other locations. She lectures and speaks on such topics as spirituality, healing, care-giving, burnout, dealing with loneliness, healing for dying and living. Her recent books include Towers of Hope: Stories to Help Us Heal and Journeys of Courage: Remarkable Stories of the Healing Power of Community

Over the last 25 years, Joy has also been an educator (the Outstanding Young Educator of the USA), counselor, women in development specialist and manager of international development programs. She has lived and worked in the developing world for organizations such as the Ford Foundation, the United Nations Development Programme, Save the Children and the Christian Children's Fund.

Joy holds an honorary doctorate in Humane Letters from Nebraska Wesleyan University, master's degrees in Spiritual Direction from the General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church and in counseling psychology from the University of Maryland. She has also done graduate studies in Asian Affairs, women and development, and management at Scarritt College, New York University and Harvard University. Visit her website.

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Dr. Larry Diller, M.D. is a behavioral/developmental pediatrician in Walnut Creek, CA and on the clinical faculty of the University of California, San Francisco. Dr Diller is the author of many professional articles and the books, Should I Medicate My Child? Sane Solutions for Troubled Kids with and without Psychiatric Drugs and Running on Ritalin A Physician Reflects on Children, Society and Performance in a Pill.

He has offered testimony to a House Congressional Subcommittee and was an expert witness to the President's Council on Bioethics. Dr. Diller has appeared on every major talk show several times and is called regularly to speak on TV and radio whenever children's psychiatric medication is in the news. Visit his website.

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M.J. Ryan is one of the creators of the New York Times bestselling Random Acts of Kindness series and the author of The Happiness Makeover (nominated for the 2005 Books for Better Living award in the Motivational category), Attitudes of Gratitude, The Power of Patience, Trusting Yourself, The Giving Heart, and 365 Health and Happiness Boosters, among other titles. Altogether, there are 1.75 million copies of her titles in print.

The former CEO and Editorial Director of Conari Press, in 2000, she joined Professional Thinking Partners (PTP), an asset-focused consultancy whose expertise is in maximizing thinking and learning individually and in groups.

Dubbed an expert in human fulfillment,she specializes in coaching high performance executives, entrepreneurs, and leadership teams around the world. A member of the International Coaching Federation, she is a contributing editor to Health and Good Housekeeping and has appeared on The Today Show, CNN, and hundreds of radio programs.

Articles on her work have appeared in over 1000 newspaper and magazines, including The New York Times, USA Today, and Wall St. Journal, M.J. gives speeches and workshops throughout the country.

She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and daughter. Visit her website.

]]> Self Coaching Sat, 17 Feb 2007 08:17:00 GMT http://psychjourneybookclub.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=183004# deborah@psychjourney.com 00:26:32 goal setting, motivation, self actualization, life planning, setting goals, achieving goals Psychjourney Clean http://psychjourneybookclub.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=182991# Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Laura E. Marshak, co-author of Married With Special-Need Children: A Couples Guide to Keeping Connected written by Laura E. Marshak, Ph.D. and Fran Pollack Prezant, M.Ed., CCC-SLP, published by Woodbine House.

Dr. Laura Marshak is a professor in the Department of Counseling at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.  She is also a psychologist at North Hills Psychological Services where she works with many parents of children with disabilities as well as others.  She lives in Pittsburg Pennsylvania and is the mother of three sons. This is her fifth book.

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Dr. Keith Anderson has been a practicing psychiatrist for thirty years. He is in private practice in Ottawa, where he is an Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa and he is also affiliated with the Ottawa Civic Hospital. He is the author of articles in the American Journal of Psychiatry.  Dr. Anderson is happily married to his second wife, Judith, and has two adult children from his first marriage.

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Through her 30 year non-profit career - from domestic violence and sexual assault to drug prevention and welfare-to-work. Karen has helped assist many women through difficult life transitions. It is her hope that A Woman's Way will benefit other women searching for a spiritual center and a path to find themselves. Visit her website.

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A sociologist and licensed clinical psychologist, Thomas J. Cottle is Professor of Education at Boston University. He received his BA degree from Harvard University, his MA and Ph.D. degrees from The University of Chicago, and an LHD degree from Lesley University, Cambridge, MA. He did post-doctorate clinical training at The Childrens Hospital, Boston and Tavistock Clinic and Anna Freud Clinic in London.

Some of his recently published books include A Sense of Self: The Work of Affirmation; Hardest Times: The Trauma of Long Term Unemployment; At Peril: Stories of Injustice; Mind Fields: Adolescent Consciousness in a Culture of Distraction; Intimate Appraisals: The Social Writings of Thomas J. Cottle; and When the Music Stopped: Discovering My Mother.

His essays have appeared in professional sociology, education, psychology, literary, and religious journals, as well as major newspapers and periodicals. Visit his website.

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]]> Happiness Wed, 7 Feb 2007 00:47:00 GMT http://psychjourneybookclub.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=179205# deborah@psychjourney.com 00:50:29 affirmation, happiness, self-empowerment, psychology, child development, psychologist, human development Psychjourney Clean http://psychjourneybookclub.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=176680# Writing to Save Your Life: How to Honor Your Story Through Journaling published by Hazelden.

Nationally recognized as an advocate for women's issues and an authority on the power of writing, Michele Weldon has been an award-winning journalist for more then 25 years. She is an author, keynote speaker, and workshop owner as well as an assistant professor of Northwestern Universities' Medill School of Journalism, her alma mater, where she received both undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Her first book a creative nonfiction memoir, I Closed My Eyes, has been translated into seven languages and was featured with her second book on the Oprah Winfrey Show in 2002.

Weldon's second book, Writing To Save Your Life has been translated into four languages and is used by therapists and medical professionals in the field of narrative therapy. She trademarked the term Scribotherapy and won the Chicago Women in Publishing 2002 Excellence Award in nonfiction for that book.

She has written for scores of major daily newspapers, such as the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Dallas Times Herald, New York Times, Newsday, and major magazines in publishing. Visit her website.

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Pamela Carlton, MD, a specialist in adolescent eating disorders, is a physician in the Division of Adolescent Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. She is invited to speak at major eating disorder conferences and also consults with eating disorder programs across the country.  Visit her website.

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]]> Schizophrenia Wed, 17 Jan 2007 07:27:00 GMT http://psychjourneybookclub.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=171721# deborah@psychjourney.com 00:21:41 mental illness, mental health, schizoprhenia, psychiatry, psychology, siblings of mentally ill Psychjourney What it is like to have schizoprhenia Clean http://psychjourneybookclub.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=171354# Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Carolyn S. Spiro, M.D., co-author of Divided Minds: Twin Sisters and Their Journey Through Schizophrenia  published by St. Martin's Press.

This is part two of a two part interview.  Dr. Spiro's  twin sister and co-author, Pamela Spiro Wagner, was interviewed earlier about her life and the book.  Divided Minds: Twin Sisters and Their Journey Through Schizoprhenia won them the 2006  Literary Award from NAMI.   The book was also a finalist in the 2006   Connecticut Book Award.

Dr. Carolyn S. Spiro, M.D., is a psychiatrist who specializes in the treatment of adults with anxiety and mood disorders (OCD, mood swings) as well as the diagnosis and treatment of neuropsychiatric Lyme disease. Dr. Spiro attended Harvard Medical School and completed a year of medical residency before she went into psychiatry at HarvardÃïïs Mass. Mental Health Center. Completing the residency, she, her husband and new daughter moved to Connecticut. She was a unit chief and Asst. Professor of Psychiatry at the Yale Psychiatric Institute for three years until her son was born when she left the pressures of academia for private practice and more time with her children.

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Rene Denfeld was raised by a single mother of five in a racially mixed family in Portland, Oregon. Her articles on feminism sparked debate and led to her first book contract at the age of twenty-two. That book, The New Victorians, was an international bestseller. She has written for numerous publications, including the New York Times Magazine, and the Philadelphia Inquirer. Rene has made many media appearances, from Good Morning America to CNN. She lives in Porland, Oregon, with her partner and their three children. Visit her website.

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Noelle C. Nelson, Ph.D. is an internationally respected psychologist, author and seminar leader. She believes that we can accomplish great things, whether in business or in home, when we connect with the value in ourselves and in others.

As a clinical psychologist, Dr. Nelson has empowered countless inviduals to be happier, healthier and more successful at work, at home and in relationshops. Dr. Nelson shares her proactive and positive outlook in her books, articles, workshops and seminars. Dr. Nelson holds advanced degrees in clinical psychology from the United States International University (M.S., Ph.D.) and sociology degrees from the University of California at Los Angeles (B.A.) and the Sorbonne, Paris.  Visit her website.

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]]> History of Psychiatry Mon, 8 Jan 2007 22:47:00 GMT http://psychjourneybookclub.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=168860# deborah@psychjourney.com 00:47:47 mental health, mental institutions, McLean Hospital, psychiatry, psychiatric hospital, psychology Psychjourney The rise and fall of America's premier mental institution Clean http://psychjourneybookclub.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=168822# Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, author of Listening To Depression: How Understanding Your Pain Can Heal Your Life
interviews Dr. Edward (Ned) Hallowell, M.D. about his book, CrazyBuzy, Overstetched, Overbooked and About To Snap!

Visit Dr. Honos-Webb's website and blog.

Are you looking for practical, how-to solutions to life as personal challenges? Bestselling author, Dr. Ned Hallowell offers groundbreaking advice on how to learn the art of forgiveness, how to raise happy children, how to manage worry, and many other important health issues.

A graduate of Harvard College and Tulane School of Medicine, Dr. Hallowell is a child and adult psychiatrist and the founder of The Hallowell Center for Cognitive and Emotional Health in Sudbury, MA. He was a member of the faculty of the Harvard Medical School from 1983 to 2004.

Dr. Hallowell is considered to be one of the foremost experts on the topic of ADD. He is the co-author, with Dr. John Ratey, of the national bestsellers about ADD, Driven to Distraction, and Answers to Distraction. In January of 2005, Drs. Hallowell and Ratey released their much-awaited new book on ADD, Delivered from Distraction.

Dr. Hallowell is a frequent speaker on health issues, and has been frequently featured in the national media, including "60 Minutes", "The Jane Pauley Show", PBS, NPR, "20/20", "The Today Show", "Dateline", "Oprah", "Good Morning America", US News and World Report, Newsweek, USA Weekend and the Harvard Business Review.

Dr. Hallowell lives in the Boston area with his wife, Sue, a social worker, and their three children. Visit his website.

Dr. David Kuhl, began his career in pallative (Hospice) care fifteen years ago, providing medical care for people with cancer in his private practice. He later developed a pallative care program for persons with cancer and AIDS at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver.  The team at St. Paul's has attended thousands of people at the end of life.

A Soros Faculty Scholar and frequent speaker across North America on pallative care and decision-making at the end of life, Dr. Kuhl is currently developing a program for doctors on communicating with patients about difficult subjects.  Purchase his accompying book, Facing Death, Embracing Life: Understanding What Dying People Want

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Dr. Don Ferguson is a staff psychologist at Dean Medical Center in Madison, Wisconsin, where he was formerly the clinical administrator for psychiatry. Dr. Ferguson has over twenty years of experience as a teacher, trainer, and practitioner in the field of relationships and couple therapy.

Visit his websites, www.reptilesinlove.com  and www.donfergusonseminars.com which provide a wealth of information on seminars and advice for couples.

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Dr. Matsakis is an internationally recognized trauma specialist in areas such as post-traumatic stress disorder and other anxiety disorders, clinical depression, addiction and related issues and their impact on relationships and the family. She has authored twelve books self-help books for clients and therapists and two professional text books; three book chapters; and a book on the Greek-American experience.

Dr, Matsakis has thirty years experience counseling individuals, couples, and families and six years experience teaching at the university level. She has conducted trauma-processing, pain-management anger-management, self-esteem, and guilt processing groups and has presented seminars on these and other topics nationally and internationally to both professional and lay audiences. Following the bombing in Oklahoma City, she was called upon to assist survivors and professionals Shes also presented at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Memorial Day and at national conferences on sexual assault and anxiety management.

Most of her forensic work has involved vehicular accidents, personal injury, medical malpractice, murder, family violence and sexual assault. She has alsotestified on traumatic and stress reactions, addiction, mood disorders andissues pertaining to racial discrimination

]]> Dangerous Occupations Fri, 22 Dec 2006 01:36:00 GMT http://psychjourneybookclub.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=163955# deborah@psychjourney.com 00:53:19 police officers, police, firefighters, soldiers, police psychology, military families, psychologist, psychology Psychjourney How you can cope with the fear, anger, and loneliness they feel related to your partner's high-risk profession Clean http://psychjourneybookclub.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=163916# Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Katherine A. Phillips, M.D. , author of The Broken Mirror: Understanding and Treating Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Katherine A. Phillips, M.D., is a professor of psychiatry at Brown University School of Medicine, and director of Butler Hospital's Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Body Image Program.  She lives in Providence, Rhode Island.

Dr. Phillips is an internationally recognized expert in body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) a severe and relatively common psychiatric disorder. She has received numerous honors and awards for her research on BDD and other contributions to psychiatry, including a Special Presidential Commendation from the American Psychiatric Association. Dr. Phillips has been the principal investigator of many federally funded research grants. She has more then 200 scientific publications, and she lectures frequently.  Visit her website.

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Look for products by Dr. Joel Block on The Hypnosis Network

]]> Intimate Relationships Sat, 9 Dec 2006 20:36:00 GMT http://psychjourneybookclub.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=159701# deborah@psychjourney.com 00:48:55 intimacy, love, relationships, marriage, dating, psychology, sex therapy, sex therapist Psychjourney Create a closer and more loving relationship Clean http://psychjourneybookclub.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=159544# Psychjourney  interviews Dr. Angela  E. McHolm,  author of Helping Your Child With Selective Mutism: Steps to Overcome a Fear of Speaking

Angela E. McHolm, PhD., is the Director of the Selective Service at McMaster Service at McMaster Children's Hospital in Hamilton, ON. The Selective Mutism Service offers outpatient psychiatric consultation to families and professionals such as school personnel, speech and language pathologists, and mental health clinicians who support children with selective mutism. She is assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences in the Faculty  of Health Sciences at McMaster University.

Dr. Wood has served on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, the executive committe of The Institute of Pennyslvania Hospital, and is Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Arizona Progam in Integrative Medicine. Visit her website.

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Eve A. Wood, M.D., has devoted nearly two decades to the care of troubled individuals from all walks of life. Her therapeutic approach has attracted attention and acclaim from the nation's leading authorities in the field of medicine, health, and spiritual well being. The author of numerous articles for medical and professional publications, she is also a regular columnist for Massage Therapy Journal and host of the weekly call-in radio show, Healing Your Body, Mind, and Spirit on www.HaysHouseRadio.com

Dr. Wood has served on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, the executive committe of The Institute of Pennyslvania Hospital, and is Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Arizona Progam in Integrative Medicine. Visit her website.

]]> Integrative Medicine Fri, 8 Dec 2006 03:55:00 GMT http://psychjourneybookclub.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=159191# deborah@psychjourney.com 00:32:16 mind body, mind body medicine, psychology, psychiatry, mental health, psychologist, therapy Psychjourney An Award-Winning Psychiatrist Shows You How to Heal Your Body, Mind, and Spirit Clean http://psychjourneybookclub.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=152694# Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney interviews Kevin O'Keefe author of The Average American: The Extraordinary Search for The Nation's Most Ordinary Citizen

Kevine O'Keefe has held several high-profile management positions in the professional sports industry and has served as media and marketing consultant for more then a dozen Fortune 500 companies. A respected magazine reporter he now runs his own marketing consultation firm.  Visit his website.

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Dr. Michael F. Myers is the Director of the Martial Therapy Clinic at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver BC and Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine.  He is the author of six books.  Visit his website.

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Pete Earley, a former reporter for The Washington Post, is the author of seven works of nonfiction, including the bestsellers The Hot House and Family of Spies, and the multi-award-winning Circumstantial Evidence. According to the Washingtonian magazine, he is one of ten journalist/authors in America "who have the power to introduce new ideas and give them currency." Earley is also the author of two novels. Visit his website www.peteearley.com

Vist Dr. John Riolo's new website, The Insider's Guide To Law and Ethics In Mental Health

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Dr. Zimmerman is founder and president of Beacon Behavioral Services, LCC. He is a licensed psychologist.  Dr. Zimmerman has over tweny years experience working with families and individuals experiencing the stress of separation and divorce.

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David B. Wexler, Ph.D, is a clinical psychologist in private pratice in San Diego, specializing in the treatment of relationships in conflict. He is the Executive Director of the Relationship Training Institute, which has provided group treatment services for several thousand service members through the U.S. Navy Family Advocacy C