Marie Hartwell-Walker, EdD, is licensed in Massachusetts as both a psychologist and marriage and family therapist.
She has a master's degree in counseling psychology from the Alfred Adler Institute of Chicago and a Masters and a Doctoral Degree from the School of Education at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She has authored numerous articles on psychology, parenting, and family life. Currently, she is a feature writer and advice columnist for psychcentral.com and authors a blog on the divorce page of the Huffington Post.Foreword writer John M. Grohol, PsyD, is a mental health, human behavior, and technology expert, coauthor of Self-Help That Works (Oxford University Press, 2013), author of The Insider's Guide to Mental Health Resources Online (Guilford, 1996-2003), and a published researcher.