Sonia Greaven PhD

09/09/2025

Last chance to register for Book Club! Starting at 8:30am PACIFIC on Tuesday Sept 9 we will be meeting virtually with the authors of Is This Autism?

All mental health providers welcome (even if you havent read the book!)

Information + registration at www.mytherapisteads.com

With current prevalence rates estimated to be about 1 in 31 (3.2%) children aged 8 years identified with Autism Spectrum Disorder, you need to know the more subtle signs in your clients even if “autism isn’t your thing”.

08/19/2025

Are you a psychotherapist who likes to keep current in your clinical practice? Looking to meet other like-minded mental health professionals? Join My Therapist Reads Virtual Book Club, a monthly book club where we meet with the authors of recent books In our field.

Details at www.MyTherapistReads.com

Curious? Check out our next meeting:

📚 Tuesday September 9, 2025 8:30am - 10am Pacific.

📚 Authors Donna Henderson, PsyD, Sarah Wayland, PhD and Jamell White PhD, LCSW-C will discuss their book Is This Autism? A Guide For Clinicians and Everyone Else

📚 Join in for meaningful discussion, get some new clinical tools & network with other mental health professionals

📚 All mental health providers welcome!

For details and to register please go to:
www.mytherapistreads.com

Happy reading!

07/22/2025

📖📚📕Book club! Coming up on Tuesday August 12 8:30am Pacific. Time to get reading?

🫢 Do you already have your copy of Rachel Busman’s book “Being Brave with Selective Mutism”? If not, get a discount code for 20% off when you register to attend!

👩‍🎓 All mental health professionals (including grad students!) are welcome to join our monthly virtual book club

Details & registration: www.MyTherapistReads.com

P.S. Pictured - me “being brave” leaning over a ninth floor balcony 😱

07/15/2025

Book Club is Back! The amazing whirlwind that was the IOCDF conference in Chicago (so many wonderful authors to meet! So many new books to discover!) wrapped up yesterday; I'm sure you're searching for some excitement to look forward to and we have just the thing: announcing the August 2025 book club pick....

Being Brave with Selective Mutism: A Step-by-Step Guide for Children and Their Caregivers by Rachel Busman, PsyD.

This workbook for children ages 8-12 supports families to formulate a plan for exposure activities and breaks down talking into attainable steps. Many of the tools are applicable to supporting children with broader social anxiety.

Is this a resource that might be useful in your practice? Read it and find out! And then meet with us and the author to discuss.

Virtual meeting will be on Tuesday August 12 from 8:30-10am Pacific.

Details + registration at www.MyTherapistReads.com.

Alllll mental health professionals are welcomed with open arms - come and meet some nice people who love to read and discuss how to apply what we've read to clinical practice

Register now at www.MyTherapistReads.com

05/13/2025

There's still time to register for My Therapist Reads Professional Book Club TOMORROW (Tuesday May 13 2025) from 8:30am to 10am PST - all mental health professionals welcome (you don't even have to read the book!)

Dr Sally Winston, PsyD, will discuss her latest book, Overcoming Anticipatory Anxiety - A CBT Guide for Moving Past Chronic Indecisiveness, Avoidance & Catastrophic Thinking.

Join us for casual networking & learning new clinical skills directly from the expert author.

Info + registration at

Virtual book club for mental health professionals to discuss clinical psychology books, engage with authors, and connect monthly. Open to all mental health professionals with relevant degrees and graduate students.

05/06/2025

Who’s coming???

You still have a week to read Overcoming Anticipatory Anxiety before My Therapist Reads Professional Book Club welcomes Sally Winston PsyD to discuss her latest book.

Tuesday May 13 from 8:30-10am Pacific.

Alllll mental health professionals welcomed with open arms - come and meet some nice people who love to read and discuss how to apply what they’ve learned to their clinical practice

Details + registration at www.MyTherapistReads.com

04/30/2025

Join Dr. Sally Winston and the My Therapist Reads Professional Book Club community to discuss her latest book, Overcoming Anticipatory Anxiety.

Info + Register at www.mytherapistreads.com.

04/02/2025

Registration for our mental health book club is now live! Please check out www.MyTherapistReads.com to learn more. We read a clinic book each month and meet with the author to discuss how to apply what we’ve learned.

This month we are featuring The Anxious Perfectionist by Clarissa Ong, PhD and Michael Twohig, PhD. Dr Ong will be joining us for the discussion,

All mental health professionals & graduate students are welcome to join our next meeting on Tuesday April 8, 2025 from 8:30 to 10am PT. For details and to register please visit www.MyTherapistReads.com.

Happy Reading!

09/24/2024

Question: when is it ok to encourage family accommodation? Not in our world! But maybe if your kid has ADHD? Let’s read what the experts have to say!

My Therapist Reads Virtual Book Club is focusing on ADHD next month and discussing two books - one geared for therapists and the other for folks diagnosed with ADHD (and those who love them)

The discussion will be facilitated by Andrea Chronis-Tuscano, PhD, who is a legit expert on evidence-based strategies to manage ADHD and co-author of the therapist manual Supporting Caregivers of Children with ADHD: An Integrated Parenting Program.

NEWS FLASH: this e-book is now ON SALE (along with 1000s of other books from Oxford University Press - the publishers of the Treatments That Work series and purveyors of all treatment that is evidence based)

Here are the event details:

📚 Tuesday October 8 2024 from 9-10:30am PST.

📚 Author Andrea Chronis-Tuscano, PhD, will discuss the book ADHD is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD by Penn and Kim Holderness, as well as the book she co-authored: Supporting Caregivers of Children with ADHD: An Integrated Parenting Program

📚 Participate in meaningful discussion & network with other mental health professionals

📚 Participation is $20 USD

📚 All mental health providers welcome! And you don't even have to read the book!

For details and to register please go to www.mytherapistreads.com

📚📚📚 About My Therapist Reads - MTR 📚📚📚

MTR is Virtual Book Club comprising an inclusive open group of mental health professionals with a passion for reading and an interest in evidence based practices and building professional community. Open to all Mental Health Professionals from all disciplines - check it out once or participate monthly - We meet on the second Tuesday of each month from 9-10:30am PST. Follow on IG .com for updates.
Visit www.mytherapistreads.com for publisher discount code and to register.
Happy Reading

06/18/2024

Are you a mental health professionals who enjoys reading?

Have you been on the fence about joining My Therapist Reads Virtual Book Club?

Now’s your chance to check it out for FREE!

In honor of next month’s book club topic LONELINESS we would like to welcome you (and any mental health professional you know) to participate in our July event at no cost.

We are featuring the book Unseen, Unheard, Undervalued by Janina Scarlet.

Dr Scarlet offers a unique perspective on loneliness: she is a psychologist who fled her country of origin as a child and came to the US as a refugee. She also has lived experience of thriving while living with a disability.

Here are the event details:

📚 Tuesday July 9 2024 from 9-10:30am PST.

📚 Author Janina Scarlet will discuss her book Unseen, Unheard, Undervalued - Managing Loneliness, Loss of Connection and Not Fitting in.

📚 Participate in meaningful discussion & network with other mental health professionals

📚There is NO COST for participation in this event (usually $20)

📚 All mental health providers welcome! And you don't even have to read the book!

To register, please email drgreaven@innovatepsychology.com with the subject heading BOOK CLUB

Happy Reading!

P.S. Can't make it to the next meeting but want to be in the loop for what's next? Email DrGreaven@innovatepsychology.com to get added to the distribution list.

05/20/2024

Announcing our next book for My Therapist Reads Virtual Book Club for mental health professionals: Imposter No More by Jill Stoddard, PhD!

Join us for a discussion about the latest book on this hot topic, which used to be known as Imposter Syndrome. Why is this phenomenon no longer referred to as a "syndrome?" Read Dr. Stoddard's insightful exploration about how people with a history of marginalization may be more likely to experience imposterism, along with tips and tools on how to work with this as clinicians and in our own professional lives.

Here are the event details:

📚 Tuesday June 11 2024 from 9-10:30am PST.

📚 Author Jill Stoddard, will discuss her book Imposter No More: Overcome Self-Doubt and Imposterism to Cultivate a Successful Career

📚 Participate in meaningful discussion & network with other mental health professionals

📚Cost for participation in this event is $20

📚 All mental health providers welcome! And you don't even have to read the book!

To register, please go to www.mytherapistreads.com.

Happy Reading!

P.S. Can't make it to the next meeting but want to be in the loop for what's next? Email DrGreaven@innovatepsychology.com to get added to the distribution list.

05/13/2024

Join us tomorrow to discuss the latest book on Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors.

We will be discussing The BFRB Recovery Workbook with authors and renown experts Marla Deibler , PsyD, and Renae Reinardy, PsyD!

To register, please go to www.mytherapistreads.com.

Here are the event details:

📚 Virtual meeting TOMORROW Tuesday May 14 2024 from 9-10:30am PST.

📚 Authors Marla Deibler and Renae Reinardy will discuss their book The BFRB Recovery Workbook

📚 Come for meaningful discussion, Q&A with the authors & networking with other mental health professionals

📚 You do not have to read the book to participate meaningfully!