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Radio Talk Show Guest: The Rollercoaster of Chronic Illness: How to Add Joy to the Ride, on Full Power Living broadcast over www.emotionalpro.com and distributed through iTunes.

For those of you who aren't used to listening to podcasts and iTunes, simply go to iTunes, click on Podcasts, in the righthand corner type in "Ilene Dillon" select EmotionalPro Ilene Dillon, MSW host, click on her photo and chose my interview on June 24th to subscribe free/ download the program. You can download the interview at your convenience from emotionalpro.com/archives/1680


Sample of Published Articles

The Empty Chair: Making Our Absences Less Traumatic for Everyone (click to download pdf), Ann Steiner; The New Therapist  Vol. 48, pp 11-21, 2007.

Planning for the Unexpected: Why Every Therapist Needs a Professional Will, Ann Steiner; Northern California Group Psychotherapy Society Newsletter, Winter 2008.

The Therapist Protection Plan: Preparing for Expected and Unexpected Absences from Practice, Ann Steiner, Steiner, The Therapist, July/September  2004  (Note: Although this article is no longer current, it provides the basics.)

Concerns of Women with Ovarian Cancer: A Qualitative Investigation, Ann Steiner (co-author); Quality of Life, Vol. 6, No 4 Dec 1998.

Books

Skilled Empathy Through Therapeutic Attachment: for Beginning and Experienced Therapists, Ann Steiner, (Chapter Contributor); Laura E.Gollnick (Author); Wellness Plus Publishing, CA 2004.

Sometimes You Just Want to Feel Like a Human Being: Case Studies of Empowering Psychotherapy with People with Disabilities, Ann Steiner (Chapter contributor); Mary Ann Blotzer and Richard Ruth (Editors); Paul H.Brookes Publishing Company, Inc, Maryland, 1995.

Also see information about Dr. Steiner's CD The Therapist's Professional Will: The Complete Guide.

Future Publications

The Nuts and Bolts for Group Therapists: How to Start and Maintain Healthy Groups, due out 2010.

Whenever I teach this material in workshops, participants ask for copies of the forms and worksheets I have developed. This handy book includes templates that can be modified based on your particular needs.  Practical tools include:

  • Group/Life history Forms
  • Sample Group Agreements
  • Termination Agreements for Groups

My screening and preparation system for establishing therapy groups is collaborative in nature. Clients and I use the forms and worksheets I developed. When screening potential group members, we decide whether they are likely to both benefit from and contribute to the group. New group members feel more connected and the groups have significantly less turnover.

The Rollercoaster of Chronic Illness: How to Add Joy to the Ride.

I am putting the finishing touches on this inspirational self-help book for individuals who have chronic illness. The book also addresses the needs of their loved ones and health care professionals. The material draws on my personal experiences dealing with "medical messes." I offer techniques that have helped clients and doctors deal with the challenges of chronic medical problems. Woven into the chapters are stories and practical tools developed with clients over my 26 years a psychotherapist. 

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Last Updated: February 9, 2010

 

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