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My ExpertiseMy Expertise
Summary of expertise:
I'm a licensed psychotherapist in S. California, with 30 years experience in counseling individuals and couples and author of 13 books in 16 languages, including Money, Sex and Kids: Stop Fighting About the Three Things That Can Ruin Your Marriage (Adams Media Jan 2008) The Unofficial Guide to Dating Again (Wiley) and the forthcoming The Commuter Marriage: Keep Your Relationship Close While You're Far Apart. (Adams Media, April 2008) I also publish The "Happiness Tips from Tina" e-mail newsletter; the "Dr. Romance" blog at http://drromance.typepad.com/dr_romance_blog/and hosted a weekly hour long radio show:"The Psyche Deli: delectable tidbits for the subconscious." I am an online expert, answering questions at www.CouplesCompany.com and Yahoo!Personals at http://personals.yahoo.com/us/static/content_date.
Blog/Web site:
http://www.tinatessina.com
White paper/research:
Licensed psychotherapist/marriage counselor actively in private practice daily
Books/articles published:
Money, Sex and Kids: Stop Fighting about the Three Things That Can Ruin Your Marriage (Adams Media 2008) 1-59869-325-6 The Commuter Marriage (coming out from Adams Media in 2008) It Ends With You: Grow Up and Out of Dysfunction (New Page) ISBN 1-56414-649-9 The REAL 13th Step (New Page) ISBN #1-56414-548-4 How To Be a Couple and Still Be Free (New Page)ISBN #1-56414-549-2 The Ten Smartest Decisions a Woman Can Make After Forty (Renaissance) ISBN# 1-58063-181-9 The Unofficial Guide to Dating Again (Wiley) ISBN#0-02-862454-8 Gay Relationships: How to Find Them, How to Improve Them, How to Make Them Last (Tarcher/Putnam) ISBN# 0-87477-566-3 The 10 Smartest Decisions A Woman Can Make Before 40 (HCI) ISBN#1-55874-614-5
Awards/associations/memberships:
LMFT license #MX13629, State of California, 1979 American Society of Journalists and Authors; California Assoc. of Marriage, Family Therapists, American Association of Marriage, Family Therapists, American Psychotherapy Association Diplomate: American Psychotherapy Association since 1998
Prior media experience:
Expert for major magazines and websites: Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, Time, O: The Oprah Magazine Columnist for: Yahoo!Personals.com Dating Expert currently/ Publish Happiness Tips from Tina Newsletter CouplesCompany.com The Dating Doctor since 1999
Educational background:
Certification: Supervisior of Marriage, Family Therapy Interns 2002 Ph.D., Counseling Psychology, Pacific Western Univ. 1988 MA, Counseling Psychology, Lindenwood Colleges, 1978 |
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