Don MacMannis
Author and Lecturer @Family Therapy Institute
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WORK HISTORY
Author and Lecturer @Family Therapy Institute
Santa Barbara, CA, US
Don is co-author of two highly acclaimed books on families and parenting, both winners of the Eric Hoffer Award. Who’s the Boss? The Win-Win Way to Parent Your Defiant, Strong-Willed Child (http://Strong-WilledChild.com) provides a concise and effective way to turn things around with strong-willed kids, helping parents create an even closer relationship with their child and set limits in a way that helps the whole family. The program is the result of over thirty-five years of study, teaching and clinical practice. The goal is simple—namely, to help kids feel good about themselves and have love and respect for others. Children who have too much power over their parents are at risk for a host of problems.Dr. Mac also wrote How’s Your Family Really Doing? 10 Keys to a Happy Loving Family (http://HowsYourFamily.com highlights 10 essential keys that define successful families.) Weaving together contributions from a variety of disciplines, it also draws from new brain research. After completing a 50-point self-evaluation, parents are provided with hands-on tools for areas needing attention, including ways to identify and overcome patterns learned from their own childhood and how they were parented. How’s Your Family. also won the Book of the Year Award from Foreword Reviews.
EDUCATION
Dartmouth College
BA, Psychology
California School of Professional Psychology
Ph.D., Clinical Psychology
University of Virginia
M.Ed., School-Child Psychology
SKILLS
ABOUT DON MACMANNIS
Don R. MacMannis, Ph.D, also known as Dr. Mac, is Clinical Director of the Family Therapy Institute of Santa Barbara. He is the co-author of the highly acclaimed book on families: How\'s Your Family Really doing? 10 Keys to a Happy Loving Family and the book. He is a licensed child psychologist who has specialized in the treatment of children and families, and has been a consultant to teachers and schools for the past thirty-five years. He holds a Master\'s degree in School/Child Psychology, a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, and is past President of the Santa Barbara Psychological Association. He has taught numerous courses in developmental, cognitive, behavioral and family systems psychology at graduate and undergraduate levels. Dr. Mac is also a music director and songwriter for the PBS animation series, Jay Jay the Jet Plane. His latest creative project, Happy Kids\' Songs, is an award-winning series of songs and activities to help children boost their social and emotional skills. He has written and produced over one hundred songs and is the author and producer of an elementary school musical. He is the author of articles on parenting and clinical issues published in national newspapers and magazines, and has been interviewed or featured on hundreds of radio programs, CNN Espanol, Time Magazine, Inside Edition, Time for Kids, AOL, and At Home-Live. Dr. Mac’s music has won the following awards: Teacher’s Choice Award iParenting Media Award Dr. Toy Best Vacation Products Award Dr. Toy\'s 100 Best Children\'s Products of 2015 First Prize, Children’s Category, for \"The Magic Word\" — 2004 USA Songwriting Competition Honorable Mention, Children’s Category, for \"Bye Bye Bully”— 2006 International Songwriting Competition The National Parenting Center’s Seal of Approval Seal of Excellence Award from Creative Child Magazine
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