Mighty Member since July 2016
With credentials as a Nationally Certified Counselor and personal experience with mental health care, novelist and columnist, Tanya J. Peterson uses writing to increase understanding of and compassion for people living with mental illness. She has written four critically acclaimed, award-winning novels, a self-help book about acceptance and commitment therapy, and she writes extensively for the mental health website HealthyPlace.com. Her HealthyPlace writing includes a weekly column entitled Anxiety-Schmanxiety. Additionally, she writes individual articles about mental health for all ages that appear in various online and print sources. She takes her novel Losing Elizabeth and the accompanying curriculum into high schools and community programs. she also has a monthly radio show entitled Wellbeing & Words. Visit tanyajpeterson.com to learn more about Tanya and find links to connect with her.