About the Author

A licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and National Board Certified Counselor, Leslie Baker has over twenty-five years of experience in the field of psychotherapy. She is the owner and Executive Director Therapy2Thrive (tm) Ruby Hill Marriage and Family Counseling Center, Inc., in Pleasanton, CA. She and her staff provide psychotherapy to families, individuals, couples, children and adolescents. She is co-owner of Connecting to Play Therapy in San Ramon, CA providing clinical training for therapists in play therapy. She is a Certified Gottman Therapist working with couples on building connection in their partnerships. She is a local, national, and international speaker on the topics play therapy, over use of technology in families, Gottman couples workshops and alleviating burnout and compassion fatigue for counselors, and suicide loss and prevention.

Reviews

With gentleness and hope, Healing Feelings helps children understand and cope with mental illness in the adults who are important to them. This is a wonderful resource for kids who are struggling with their parents' or other adults' pain.
Jacqueline Golding, Ph.D.
psychologist, Pleasanton, CA, and professor,
University of California, San Francisco
Author of Healing Stories: Picture Books for the Big and Small Changes in a Child's Life
The rhythm and rhyme have a lovely cadence that children will really enjoy. Leslie has captured the idea of emotional pain through a child's viewpoint, children and parents alike will relate to this lovely imagery.
Mary Ruth Cross, M.S., M.F.T.
licensed marriage and family therapist, San Ramon, CA and California
Association for Play Therapy (CALAPT) Executive Board, member-at-large and past president of CALAPT San Francisco Bay chapter.