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Articles and Media Clips
From Bob Murray, PhD and
Alicia Fortinberry, MS
Extending Marriages into Partnerships
Couples are increasingly getting away from post-industrial corporate concepts and bringing their marriages to a shared vision of life. Alicia is quoted in Laredo Morning Times on acheiving a successful partnership in work and life. (Sep 2006)
Feature Review: Best Intentions
Time Magazine (Feb 2006) calls Raising an Optimistic Child "a fine blueprint for a noble aim: to send out into the world more children equipped to find the beauty all around them." [pdf]
Book Extract: Take a Walk on the Bright Side
"The secret of a happy, depression-free home does not lie in focusing solely on your child at the expense of yourself and relationships with your partner and close friends, but in creating an environment that nurtures the entire family." Feature excerpt of Raising an Optimistic Child in Australia's favorite parenting magazine, Practical Parenting (Feb 2006). [pdf]
Guard Kids Against Depression
Bob and Alicia outline 5 essentials for creating a postive environment for raising optimistic children, in San Fransico's Fresno Bee (May 2006). [pdf]
Off to Work They Go
Getting a summer job is a great way for tweens and teens to master the passage to adulthood says Bob, in New York's Daily News (April 2006). [pdf]
On Grandparenting
Bob writes for Southern Californian Senior Life (May 2006) on skip-generational parenting and gives some handy hints for grandparents involved in the valuable and rewarding task of caring for young children.
10 Secrets for Happier Kids
From cutting back on gifts to letting a little rain fall on their parades, here are 10 surprising things you can do to help your kids grow up positive. Bob and Alicia are quoted in Canadian Family (April 2006).
Purpose as a Therapeutic Tool
Bob and Alicia highlight the healing power of a functional life purpose. Published in Perspective (Journal of the Association for Humanistic Psychology, Jan 2006). [pdf]
Look on the Bright Side (pdf)
Today's Health and Wellness (Mar/Apr 2005)
Research shows optimists live longer, happier, more successful lives. Kelly Rice interviews Dr Bob Murray and Alicia Fortinberry about the secrets of successful optimists.
Creating Optimism: Book Review (pdf)
AHP Perspectives (August 2004)
Creating Optimism is “an innovative and provocative treatment of depression,” says Stanley Krippner, PhD, leading Professor of Psychology at Saybook Graduate College, in a feature book review in the journal of the Association for Humanistic Psychology.
Summertime Blues: Healing for Health Professionals
Advance Newsmagazines (July 2004)
Caring for patients often takes an emotional toll on health care professionals. In fact health care professionals have the highest rate of suicide of any profession. Dr Bob Murray speaks to Karen Appold about how practitioners can avoid burn-out.
Create Optimism and Overcome Depression
ABC South West WA (July 2004)
Alicia Fortinberry and Bob Murray talk about what it's like to suffer depression and what you can do to recover.
Depression: A Social Problem with a Relationship Solution |
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AHP Perspective, journal of the Assn. of Humanistic Psychology (June-July 2004)
Depression is a symptom of a society that has lost its way, forcing us to live in a manner inimical to our human, genetic nature and subjecting us to trauma and abuse. Cover story by Dr Bob Murray and Alicia Fortinberry.
Higher Power (pdf)
Wellbeing Magazine (June 2004)
Healing depression through spiriuality. Feature article by Bob Murray and Alicia Fortinberry.
10 Reasons to Feel Good About the Future
The Sunday Telegraph (June 2004)
You can set up the conditions for optimism by surrounding yourself with a band of supportive people.
This article quotes Creating Optimism.
Managing Your Moods
New Times Naturally (May-June 2004)
Understanding mood disorders, including how and why they effect relationships. By Dr Bob Murray and Alicia Fortinberry.
Have You Inherited Your Mum's Love Style? (pdf)
Cleo Australia (May 2004)
Experts Bob Murray and Alicia Fortinberry contibute to Cleo's monthly sexy and dating quiz by Melissa Ironside.
The Love Test (pdf)
Cleo Australia (April 2004)
Experts Bob Murray and Alicia Fortinberry contibute to Cleo's monthly sexy and dating quiz by Melissa Ironside.
Who's in Your Tribe
Chicago Tribune (April 2004)
In Creating Optimism, authors Dr Bob Murray and Alicia Fortinberry clearly demonstrate how we can improve our external
world, our tribe of friends and family, so that our depressed brains will begin to heal. Book reviewed by Devon Rose,
Chicago Tribune staff writer.
Wired for Happiness (pdf)
Divorce Magazine (May 2004)
"You are wired for happiness. This must come as a surprise to you but it's the truth...
However to those who are depressed, happiness can seem like an unreachable shore,"
note Bob Murray and Alicia Fortinberry.
The Pill Popping Predicament
College Times (Feb 2004)
The number of people on antidepressants keeps growing. Dr Bob Murray, a clinical psychologist,
sees this as a disturbing trend. Article by Eddie Shoebang.
Healing Depression Safely Without Antidepressants
Wellbeing Magazine (Sep 2002)
New research shows that most treatments for depression, including cognitive behavioral therapy,
diet and antidepressants aren't enough. Dr Bob Murray and Ms Fortinberry demonstrate why the only lasting solution
is the oldest of all: a supportive "band" of relationships.
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book reviews of Creating Optimism
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