A Question for You
Dear Readers,
I am in the process of writing a book proposal. I have a question for you. What is it that you look for in a parenting book? Alternately, what would keep you from picking up a parenting book? The book I am writing would focus on low, or no-cost, parent self-care, and self-acceptance and would provide a framework for establishing a loving relationship with your child and others. I plan for it to focus on frazzled parents who feel overwhelmed by their children’s behaviors. Does this sound like a book that would interest you? I would love your input in this process. Please feel free to leave comments or send a personal email to helpforyourfamily@gmail.com and to be completely honest. I want to write a book that will be meaningful to you.
Thank you,
Kate
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About me
Kate Oliver, LCSW-C (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) has been a clinician working with traumatized and attachment-disturbed children for almost two decades. She is co-owner of A Healing Place, a private practice in Columbia, Maryland, since 2007.
At the beginning of her career, Kate found that while some children responded to traditional child therapy practices, there were a significant number of children who showed little or no improvement in their overall emotional well-being. This led her to seek out specialized training to learn more about attachment, the bond between parents and children, and found that by using attachment-based strategies in addition to treating trauma, even the most challenging children and their parents, saw major, life-changing shifts, not only for the children she was working with, but the parents as well.
Early in her career, Kate was privileged to work as the clinical director for Tamar’s Children, a program that took pregnant, incarcerated women from prison to a treatment facility that worked on teaching the women to bond with and attach to their babies, while also helping the women to heal their own broken attachments, and history of trauma and addiction. This program was internationally recognized for having a successful, evidence-based practice using an attachment-based model. From working with some of the most severely disenfranchised parents, Kate received important information about how to help all parents maintain a happy, healthy relationship with their children.
In 2007, Kate co-founded A Healing Place, a mental health private group practice in Columbia, Maryland, where she focuses on working with families with children who have a history of trauma and/or attachment disturbances. A board certified supervisor, Kate has been an invited presenter to teach continuing education courses for other social workers and psychologists. In her courses, Kate teaches attachment-building techniques and presents about her sub-specialty, working with families headed by gay and lesbian parents. Kate has also worked as a trainer for Building Families for Children, a therapeutic foster care agency.
Kate is a former board member for the organization COLAGE, a non-profit group that works toward community building for people with gay, lesbian, bisexual and/or transgender parents. She is currently a member of Attachment Disorders Maryland, a group that works to educate parents and professionals about working with children with attachment related issues. She is a Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) Practitioner and Educator.
Kate lives in Columbia, Maryland is the mother of two amazing daughters, the partner to a fantastic husband, and the daughter of one mother and two gay dads. She loves to read any book that crosses her path, write (of course), and she recently started dancing again, a passion she has had since her youth.
Kate can be reached by email: helpforyourfamily@gmail.com for questions or you can find her on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/Help4yourfamily.
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Sounds like a great book idea. I would definitely read it! One thing that might keep me from reading is if it were too long. Overwhelmed mommies need books that are to the point, a quick easy read while we’re in between tasks, etc.
Thank you. Would the length of the book alone deter you? Or might you be more open to reading it if it were broken into digestible chunks that did not rely on reading straight through or that you could pick up without feeling like you had to start right back at the beginning if you put it down for a few days? Your thought are much appreciated 🙂
Short, digestible chunks would be good. An ideal format would be sections for if my kid does bad behavior X, I could find recommendations for family solutions. Tips for teens would be ideal.
Thank you Casey for your thoughts. You are actually describing the book Parenting Teens with Love and Logic by Cline and Fay. You might want to look into getting that book since I think it’s going to be a while until mine comes out. I have not read that book specifically but have read others in their series and they are very good.
I would definitely read it. Can I get an autographed one? 🙂 I tend to avoid books that focus too much on consuquences and punishment. But I don’t think you’ll be doing that in your book.
Dear Shannon, As one of my first followers and a supporter of mine, whenever I do have a book come out, I will happily send you a complimentary, signed copy :). Thank you so much for your kind words.
Kate