Martha B. Straus, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Clinical Psychology at Antioch University New England Graduate School in Keene, New Hampshire and part-time lecturer at the Smith College for Social Work in Northampton, Massachusetts. She maintains a private practice in Brattleboro, Vermont, and trains internationally on topics related to child, adolescent, and family development, attachment, trauma, and therapy. Straus graduated with honors from Brown University and received her doctorate in clinical and community psychology from the University of Maryland. She completed her internship at the Yale Child Study Center where she was a Ziegler Fellow in Child Development and Social Policy. Straus’ postdoctoral years were spent in the department of psychiatry at Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. She’s the author of numerous articles, chapters, and seven books including most recently Cool, Calm & Connected: A Workbook for Parents and Children to Co-regulate, Manage Big Emotions & Build Stronger Bonds and The Lost Art of Listening (3rd ed): How Learning to Listen Can Improve Relationships. She lives in southern Vermont.
Recent Work
Recorded Presentations for Purchase from PESI
https://catalog.pesi.com/
- Working with Traumatized Adolescents: How to Get Unhooked
- Why Kids Hate Therapy and What You Can Do About It
- Treating Children & Adolescents: Essential Strategies for Anxiety, OCD, Trauma, Bullying & More
Article in Psychotherapy Networker Magazine on Teen Think: “You Can Do Anything”
Podcast: Treating Developmental Trauma and Dissociation in Adolescents
Craving Device-Free Attention
Technoconflicts in Families Today
July/August 2019 Psychotherapy Networker Magazine
Keep Talking: A Community Dialog About Mental Health
Your Teenager – The Importance of Staying Engaged
Bungee Families, in Psychotherapy Networker
Interviews:
Montpelier Connection Interview
Brattleboro TV Interview (Vimeo)
“Family Therapy for the Postmodern Family“ a Psychotherapy Networker Webinar
The Psych Files: Talking (and not Talking) in Psychotherapy
(Part 1) mp3 file
(Part 2) mp3 file
Vermont Public Radio’s program “Vermont Edition “, Martha discusses the problems facing adolescent girls in her new book: Adolescent Girls in Crisis.
The Ackerman Podcast:
#14 Kids Who Push Our Buttons