Speakers Bureau
Many Family Institute staff members are available to speak to general audiences on a variety of topics related to family life and mental health. Your presentation needs will be matched with an expert in a particular area of care and can be customized for your audience. Speaker fees and stipends are negotiated by the speaker.
If you are interested in coordinating a speaking arrangement with one of our therapists, please call 312-609-5300, ext. 483 or email speakersbureau@familyinstitute.org for more information.
Presentations by Speaker
Presentations by Topic
By Speaker
- What Every Marital Therapist Wished Their Clients Knew: Insider's Guide to a Happy Marriage
- Why do I Keep Ending Up in Bad Relationships?: How to Use Your Head and Your Heart During the Dating Process
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'I Just Want My Kids to Be Happy': Why You Shouldn't Say It, Why You Shouldn't Think It, What You Should Embrace Instead
- Cross-national Couples: Challenges and Enrichment
- Far From Home: Immigration and Identity
- We’re Not From the Same Place: Dilemmas of Foreign-born Parents Raising Their American-Born Children
- Child-proofing Your Marriage: Getting Ready for Parenthood
- The Modern Child Under Pressure: How Do Parent Discern When Too Much is Too Much?
- Helping Families with ADHD Issues
- Nurturing Self Esteem in Children
- Raising Children to Believe in Themselves
- The Trouble with Perfect
- When Developmental Changes are Bumpy: Recognizing Signs of Distress—When to Be Concerned
- Adolescent Development Issues—How to Facilitate Independence in Your Adolescent While Staying Connected
- How to Foster Health Identity in Adopted Children
- Becoming the Parent You Want to Be
- Social-emotional Challenges off Gifted Children
- Always Bright, Rarely Wrong: The Joys and Challenges of Raising Gifted Children
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Discipline is Not a Dirty Word! How to Handle Your Child's Challenging Behavior
- From Hurtful to Helpful: How to Handle Bullying at School
- Beyond Punishment: Creative Approaches to Parenting the Gifted Child
- Discipline to Teach and Heal: Strengthening the Parental Bond While Disciplining Your Child
- Today’s Adolescent: Storm, Stress, Materialism, and the Call for More Connection
- When Your Gifted Child is the Limit: Role of Temperament, Consequences, Praise, and the Empathic Response
- Creating and Keeping the Connection: Parent Preparation for the High School Years
- Parenting is Forever: Connecting with Late Adolescents and Young Adults to Minimize Conflict and Maximize Companionship
- LGBT Couples: The Challenges of Intimacy in a Straight World
- Is There a Fork in the Road? The Development of Sexual Orientation
- Coming Out: The Journey for Lesbian and Gay Individuals and Their Families
- Intimacy in 18-25 Year Olds’ 'Hook-Up Culture'
- Protecting Your Marriage While Parenting
- Promoting Healthy Sleep Habits in Children
- Can Sibling Rivalry Become Sibling Revelry?
- Raising Children with Character
- Effective Discipline
- School's in, Time to Stress Out: Behavioral and Cognitive Remedies for Stress
- Down-to-Earth Discipline with Your Kids
- It DOES Make Sense: Understanding Your Child’s Development
- Ending Morning Meltdowns
- Communicating for Couples
- Post-partum Depression
- Stress Management
- The Power of NO: What Every Teen Needs to KNOW
- Striking a Balance When Parenting the Gifted Child
- A Man in Transition: What to do When Your Career, Family or Relationship Falls Apart
- The Dark Shadow Over Our Relationship: Dealing with Depression in Couples
- Relax, Renew and Rekindle: Stress Management Strategies and Techniques
- The Love of Work and the Work of Loving: Balancing Career and Family Life
- Boys will be Boys? Challenging the Myths about Mother and Son Relationships
- The Pickle in the Sandwich: Feeling Squeezed at Midlife
- They’re Leaving Home: The Joys and Challenges of Parenting College-Aged Children
- Coming Out: The Journey for Lesbian and Gay Individuals and Their Families
- Everyday Mindfulness Practice: Living with Greater Freedom and Choice
- Time Traveler: Understanding Your Past to Improve Relationships Now and In The Future
Alexandra Solomon, PhD
- Parenting Kids on the Autistic Spectrum
- Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Intimacy and Marital Enhancement
- Parenting College Students
- Emotional Abuse in College Age Students
- Intimacy in 18-25 Year Olds’ 'Hook-Up' Culture
- Adolescent Depression: Key Signs and Ways You Can Help
- Talking with your Adolescent about Romantic Relationships and Sex
- Stress Management 101: How to Effectively Manage the Stress of College Life
By Topic
Adolescents
- Adolescent Development Issues—How to Facilitate Independence in Your Adolescent While Staying Connected, by Marina Eovaldi, PhD, LMFT
- The Power of NO: What Every Teen Needs to KNOW, by Josh Hetherington, LCPC, LMFT
- Today’s Adolescent: Storm, Stress, Materialism, and the Call for More Connection, by Dan Gill, MSMFT, LCPC
- Adolescent Depression: Key Signs and Ways You Can Help by Kate Stroud, PhD
- Talking with your Adolescent about Romantic Relationships and Sex by Kate Stroud, PhD
Adoption
- How to Foster Health Identity in Adopted Children, by Marina Eovaldi, PhD, LMFT
Autism
- Parenting Kids on the Autistic Spectrum, by Alexandra Solomon, PhD
- Autism Spectrum Disorders, by Alexandra Solomon, PhD
Couples and Relationships/Marriage
- What Every Marital Therapist Wished Their Clients Knew: Insider's Guide to a Happy Marriage, by Anthony Chambers, PhD
- Why do I Keep Ending Up in Bad Relationships?: How to Use Your Head and Your Heart During the Dating Process, by Anthony Chambers, PhD.
- Cross-national Couples: Challenges and Enrichment, by Simona Cirio, MSMFT
- Child-proofing Your Marriage: Getting Ready for Parenthood, by Simona Cirio, MSMFT
- Protecting Your Marriage While Parenting, by Lisa Gordon, PhD
- Communicating for Couples, by Pam Horan-Bussey, LCSW
- The Dark Shadow Over Our Relationship: Dealing with Depression in Couples, by Lynne Knobloch-Fedders, PhD
- TIME TRAVELER: Understanding Your Past to Improve Relationships Now and In The Future, by Linda Rubinowitz, PhD
- Intimacy and Marital Enhancement, by Alexandra Solomon, PhD
Depression and Anxiety
- Post-partum Depression, by Pam Horan-Bussey, LCSW
- The Dark Shadow Over Our Relationship: Dealing with Depression in Couples, by Lynne Knobloch-Fedders, PhD
- Why Do We Worry and What Can We Do About It?, by Richard Zinbarg, PhD
- Adolescent Depression: Key Signs and Ways You Can Help by Kate Stroud, PhD
Immigration and Identity
- Far From home: Immigration and Identity, by Simona Cirio, MSMFT
- We’re Not From the Same Place: Dilemmas of Foreign-born Parents Raising Their American-born Children, by Simona Cirio, MSMFT
LGBT
- LGBT Couples: The Challenges of Intimacy in a Straight World, by Shayna Goldstein, MSMFT, LMFT
- Is There a Fork in the Road? The Development of Sexual Orientation, by Shayna Goldstein, MSMFT, LMFT
- Coming Out: The Journey for Lesbian and Gay Individuals and Their Families, by Shayna Goldstein, MSMFT, LMFT and Karen Krefman, MSMFT, LMFT
Men’s Issues
- A Man in Transition: What to Do When Your Career, Family or Relationship Falls Apart, by David Klow, MSMFT
Midlife and Aging Issues
- The Pickle in the Sandwich: Feeling Squeezed at Midlife, by Karen Krefman, MSMFT, LMFT
Mindfulness
- Everyday Mindfulness Practice: Living with Greater Freedom and Choice, by Michael Maslar, PsyD
Parenting
- We’re Not From the Same Place: Dilemmas of Foreign-Born Parents Raising Their American-Born Shildren, by Simona Cirio, MSMFT
- Child-proofing Your Marriage: Getting Ready for Parenthood, by Simona Cirio, MSMFT
- The Modern Child Under Pressure: How Do Parent Discern When Too Much is Too Much?, by Marina Eovaldi, PhD, LMFT
- Nurturing Self Esteem in Children, by Marina Eovaldi, PhD, LMFT
- Raising Children to Believe in Themselves, by Marina Eovaldi, PhD, LMFT
- The Trouble with Perfect, by Marina Eovaldi, PhD, LMFT
- When Developmental Changes are Bumpy: Recognizing Signs of Distress—When to Be Concerned, by Marina Eovaldi, PhD, LMFT
- Adolescent Development Issues—How to Facilitate Independence in Your Adolescent While Staying Connected, by Marina Eovaldi, PhD, LMFT
- How to Foster Health Identity in Adopted Children, by Marina Eovaldi, PhD, LMFT
- Becoming the Parent You Want to Be, by Marina Eovaldi, PhD, LMFT
- Helping Families with ADHD Issues, by Marina Eovaldi, PhD, LMFT
- Social-Emotional Challenges off Gifted Children, by Marina Eovaldi, PhD, LMFT
- Helping Families with ADHD Issues, by Marina Eovaldi, PhD, LMFT
- Beyond Punishment: Creative Approaches to Parenting the Gifted Child, by Dan Gill, MSMFT, LCPC
- Discipline to Teach and Heal: Strengthening the Parental Bond While Disciplining Your Child, by Dan Gill, MSMFT, LCPC
- Promoting Healthy Sleep Habits in Children, by Lisa Gordon, PhD
- Can Sibling Rivalry Become Sibling Revelry?, by Lisa Gordon, PhD
- Raising Children with Character, by Lisa Gordon, PhD
- Effective Discipline, by Lisa Gordon, PhD
- Down-to-Earth Discipline with Your Kids, by Pam Horan-Bussey, LCSW
- It DOES make sense: Understanding Your Child’s Development, by Pam Horan-Bussey, LCSW
- Ending Morning Meltdowns, by Pam Horan-Bussey, LCSW
- Boys will be Boys? Challenging the Myths about Mother and Son Relationships, by Karen Krefman, MSMFT, LMFT
- They’re Leaving Home: The Joys and Challenges of Parenting College-Aged Children, by Karen Krefman, MSMFT, LMFT
- Parenting Kids on the Autistic Spectrum, by Alexandra Solomon, PhD
- Parenting College Students, by Alexandra Solomon, PhD
- 'I Just Want My Kids to Be Happy': Why You Shouldn't Say It, Why You Shouldn't Think It, What You Should Embrace Instead, by Aaron Cooper, PhD
- When Your Gifted Child is the Limit: Role of Temperament, Consequences, Praise, and the Empathic Response, by Dan Gill, MSMFT, LCPC
- Creating and Keeping the Connection: Parent Preparation for the High School Years, by Dan Gill, MSMFT, LCPC
- Parenting is Forever: Connecting with Late Adolescents and Young Adults to Minimize Conflict and Maximize Companionship, by Dan Gill, MSMFT, LCPC
- Discipline is Not a Dirty Word! How to Handle Your Child's Challenging Behavior, by Aryn G. Froum, PhD
- Striking a Balance When Parenting the Gifted Child by Jayne Kinsman, LMFT
Stress Management/Work-Life Balance
- Stress Management, by Pam Horan-Bussey, LCSW
- Relax, Renew, and Rekindle: Stress Management Strategies and Techniques, by Lynne Knobloch-Fedders, PhD
- The Love of Work and the Work of Loving: Balancing Career and Family Life, by Lynne Knobloch-Fedders, PhD
- A Man in Transition: What to Do When Your Career, Family or Relationship Falls Apart, by David Klow, MSMFT
- School's in, Time to Stress Out: Behavioral and Cognitive Remedies for Stress by Lisa Gordon PhD
- Stress Management 101: How to Effectively Manage the Stress of College Life by Kate Stroud, PhD
Young Adults
- Intimacy in 18-25 Year Olds’ “Hook-Up Culture”, by Shayna Goldstein, MSMFT, LMFT and Alexandra Solomon, PhD
- Emotional Abuse in College Age Students, by Alexandra Solomon, PhD
- School's in, Time to Stress Out: Behavioral and Cognitive Remedies for Stress by Lisa Gordon PhD
- Parenting is Forever: Connecting with Late Adolescents and Young Adults to Minimize Conflict and Maximize Companionship, by Dan Gill, MSMFT, LCPC
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