Book Release: Happy Couple Handbook by Dr. Carol Ummel Lindquist

Oct. 27, 2010 - PRLog -- Prominent psychologist, Dr. Carol Ummel Linquist announced the release of her latest book, The Happy Couple Handbook. With checklists, tips and how-to’s in every chapter, “Doctor Carol” reveals what couples can do to protect their marriages, and how to work through normal problems to strengthen relationships.

The Happy Couple Handbook is a guide to help couples make a smooth transition from partnership to parenthood while preserving intimacy. Doctor Carol provides ingenious ways for couples to grow closer, savor their sex lives, cultivate a loving village, and even how to argue so they can build warmer, more loving marriages.

Doctor Carol She is a board-certified clinical psychologist specializing relationship and family therapy. She enjoys working with couples and individuals and is probably most well known for her work with high conflict and violent couples and treatment of trauma. Doctor Carol is an experienced coach for individuals, couples, and other therapists, and has published numerous papers on assertiveness, domestic violence and social skills training

Doctor Carol is an author, therapist, philanthropist, wife and mother. Her mission is to help people achieve happy, rewarding lives and build solid relationships that turn into warm, loving families, creating a legacy that will last through generations. Doctor Carol assists individuals and couples face and define problems while helping to resolve them in a proven, professional, caring step-by-step program of support, guidance and encouragement.

She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Ohio’s Miami University. She later received her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and her clinical training included internships in Illinois and California. She has done additional postgraduate training in couples’ therapy from the Couples Institute in Menlo Park and completed externships in Advanced Training in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT); and at the Masters and Johnson Institute. She has Level I and Level II training, peak performance training and is certified as an EMDR therapist. Doctor Carol retired as Professor Emeritus from California State Fullerton after 28 years where she enjoyed teaching and administering the Clinical Psychology Program. Dr. Lindquist

Doctor Carol has been in private practice for more than 30 years. She is part of a group of independent practitioners in Laguna Beach, Calif.  Dr. Lindquist is a member of the American Psychological Association and the Orange County Psychological Association. She is a Diplomate in Clinical Psychology of the American Board of Professional Psychology.

She is a founding board member of Impact Giving, a California-based national philanthropic organization of women who are impacting lives locally and globally through collective giving.

The Happy Couple Handbook is available at her new website: www.doctorcarol.com. The media should contact Dr. Linquist’s representative, Janet Verdeguer at info [at] DoctorCarol [dot] com to book radio or broadcast appearances related to the book release.

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