Finding Your Voice

DOROTHY CANTOR, Psy.D., a past president of the American Psychological Association, is the coauthor of What Do You Want to Do When You Grow Up? and was interviewed on the Today show.CAROL GOODHEART, Ed.D., SANDRA HABER, Ph.D., and KAREN ZAGER, Ph.D., are past presidents of Psychologists in Independent Practice.ELLEN McGRATH, Ph.D., and ALICE RUBENSTEIN, Ed.D., are past presidents of the American Psychological Association Division of Psychotherapy.LENORE WALKER, Ed.D., executive director of the Domestic Violence Institute, is a past president of the American Psychological Association Division of Media Psychology and the author of Terrifying Love. ANDREA THOMPSON is a former McCall's articles editor and a professional writer.

""This unique and powerful book is a must-read for any woman on a path of self-discovery and personal empowerment. Authored by seven leading female psychologists, Finding Your Voice is full of inspiring wisdom and practical tools and will give the reader thousands of dollars worth of therapy for the price of one book!""-Barbara De Angelis, Ph.D.author of Are You the One for Me?

Preface. Chapter 1. Introducing Self Talk. Chapter 2. The Friendship Expectation: "I've Always Got My Girlfriends." Chapter 3. The Dating Expectation: "I Can Find the Perfect Mate (But If I Don't, I'll Be Just Fine Without One)." Chapter 4. The Sex Expectation: "I'm Healthily, Happily, Wildly Sexual." Chapter 5. The Marriage Expectation: "I Can Achieve the Marriage I Want (But If I Don't, I'll End the Marriage)." Chapter 6. The Child-Rearing Expectation: "I'm Raising a Perfect Child, and Loving Every Minute of It." Chapter 7. The Work Expectation: "I'm Happy with My Career (or Happy without One)." Chapter 8. The Money Expectation: "I Have My Financial Life Well in Hand." Chapter 9. The Balancing Act Expectation: "I'm Running My Life, It's Not Running Me." Chapter 10. The Appearance Expectation: "I Love My Body, Just As It Is." Chapter 11. The Self-Esteem Expectation: "I Believe in Myself." Chapter 12. Self Talk Among Friends: Beginning the Conversation.