Written Works

Reading is a passion. As a child, I could have easily been called a bookworm, carrying a book or three with me wherever I went, reading series and classics. Roald Dahl was one of my favorite childhood authors. As a young adult, I focused more on non-fiction books because there is simply so much to learn in this world. I continue to read on a variety of topics; I am regularly reading half a dozen non-fiction books at a time.

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It’s Not About You

In 2015, in conjunction with Entourage Publishing, I organized a wonderful group of adoption therapists, adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive parents to write It’s Not About You: Understanding Adoptee Search, Reunion & Open Adoption.

Adoption Therapy

I was honored to be asked to contribute to Adoption Therapy: Perspectives from Clients and Clinicians on Processing and Healing Post-Adoption Issues (2014) as the only contributing author who is not also an adoptee.

Therapeutic Workbooks for Kids

When I stumbled across an old project I created for a client called “The Bully Book”, I sought the guidance of Entourage Publishing regarding best practices to make an e-book or a downloadable PDF so more kids could benefit from what we had created; I was surprised that not only did she want to publish The Bully Book: A Workbook for Kids Coping with Bullies (2016) as an e-book and a paperback, but that she also wanted me to create a series of therapeutic workbooks for kids.

Additional Written Works

In addition to these books, I have been blogging for various platforms since 2008 when I was hired as the Mental Health Expert Contributor by DietsInReview, which was named one of the Top 50 Healthy Bloggers by Mamavation in 2013. I have also been published by MSNBC, Today, TraineoPLUS, Current.com, Reuters.com, the Chicago Sun Times, the International Business Times, Health Bubble, Yahoo Buzz, Adoption Today, Expert Beacon, iVillage, and more.

Holiday Gift Ideas for Foster & Adoptive Parents

Oct 13, 2021 | Gift Ideas, Adoption

These gift ideas for Foster or Adoptive Parents will inspire you to find the right gift to communicate I see you and I value you and what you are doing.

Sensory Gift Ideas for Kids of All Ages and Sizes for all 8 Senses

Oct 6, 2021 | Gift Ideas

Gift ideas for kids & adults to find sensory balance for all 8 senses: proprioceptive, vestibular, hearing, sight, touch, smell, taste, & interoception.

4 Things To Do when Experiencing Empathy Burnout: interview with CBS4

Sep 8, 2021 | Stress

Last week, Nick McGill of CBS4 interviewed me about the burnout people are experiencing with empathy with all of the stress and stressful events in the world over the last 18 months. Here are 4 things to do to help you manage empathy burnout and overwhelm.

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