WHAT TO DO INSTEAD ( of what you are doing) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781981920099)

Martine J. Byer, LCSW is a psychotherapist who maintains a private practice for teens and adults in New York City. She has worked in school settings and clinical agencies for over twenty five years. She is the author of a non-fiction book for Penguin-Putnam, "Sex & the Single Parent" which uses interviews laced with humor and information to explain the potentially complicated mix of child and adolescent development when adults are looking for new romance. For eight years, her column in Woman's World for 'Parents of Teenagers and Children' threw a psychological lifeline to it's readers. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times, Mr. Beller's Neighborhood and Ducts. This book: WHAT TO DO (instead of what you are doing) combines, psychology, hypnosis and neuroscience in a how to approach to everyday life. She has also received honors for screen and playwriting. Ms. Byer has appeared as an expert in articles in REDBOOK, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, GLAMOUR, SEVENTEEN, THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE DAILY NEWS and WOMAN'S DAY, has been interviewed on radio for NPR and on television for GOOD DAY NEW YORK, MSNBC and with KATIE COURIC.