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Dale V. Atkins, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist who has more than twenty-five years of experience as a relationship expert, focusing on families, couples, parenting, aging well, managing stress and maintaining balance in one's life. An author of several books, articles and journals for popular and professional audiences, Dr. Atkins is a much sought after lecturer and keynote speaker as well as a recurrent guest expert in the media. She frequently appears on NBC-TV's "Today Show". Dr. Atkins has a private practice in New York City.


	Television Dale has appeared on the following programs: • Today, NBC • Good Morning America, ABC • Naomi's New Morning, Hallmark Channel • New Morning, Hallmark Channel (Timberly Whitfield) • The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet, FOX-TV • Inside Edition • Inside The Newsroom, ABC News Now • Top Priority, ABC News Now • Court TV • The Ananda Lewis Show • Crossing Over with John Edward • The Oprah Winfrey Show • Montel • Sally • Maury • Donahue • Geraldo • Rolonda • Ricki Lake • FOX News • Good Day NY • Newstalk TV • Joan Rivers • The Morning Show • Real Personal, CNBC • America's Talking • Company • Dr. Dale’s Life Issues, Creator, Host, Associate Producer, Jewish Television Network, Los Angeles. A ½ hour talk show, aired weekly on PBS. View video samples at www.jewishtvnetwork.com under "Lifestyles" section.				Print Media Dale has been quoted, or written about, in the following publications: • AARP: The Magazine • All You • American Health • Cosmopolitan • Fairfield County Woman • Good Housekeeping • Greenwich Magazine • Hadassah • Ladies Home Journal • Mademoiselle • Martha Stewart Weddings • McCalls • Modern Bride • Modern Woman • New Woman • Parenting • Parents • Real Simple • Redbook • Reform Judaism • Self • The Hampton Sheet • Today's Bride • Volta Voices • Weight Watchers • Westport Magazine • Westport Minuteman • Westport News • Women's Health • Working Mother • Various National and Regional Newspapers

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Seminars-Lectures-Talks
Worldwide, people at various stages of life, attend Dr. Dale Atkins’ seminars, workshops and symposia about a variety of life issues, particularly concerning families, change and wellness. Dr. Atkins’ sensible, pragmatic approach appeals to people of all ages. She created the popular series Sanity Savers for a Balanced Life. Some of these programs are:
	Child Development and Parenting • Now There are Three: the Effects of a New Baby on a Marriage • Parenting and Marriage: the Ultimate Balancing Act • Relaxed Parenting: the Thinking and Feeling Person's Guide • Tips for Setting Limits • Prevention of Abuse and Molestation • Teenage Sexuality • Confronting Prejudice • Finding our Your Child is Gay • Family Stress and Conflict Management: Parents, Anger and Kids • Being an Older Parent • Fathers and Sons/Mothers and Daughters • Raising Sons/Raising Daughters • How to Talk with Your Children about ANYTHING • Specific Childhood Development Issues • Social Development of Children and Youth • School, Self Esteem and Success • Pop Culture: Britney, Barbie and Your Daughter Children With Extra Needs • Mainstreaming and Special Needs • Siblings of Children Who Have Extra Needs • Sustaining your Marriage While Raising a Child Who Has Extra Needs • Parents and Professionals in Partnership • Keeping Relationships Healthy While Raising a Child Who is Different • The Ups and Downs of Raising a Child Who Has Special Needs • Socialization of Children Who Have Hearing Losses • Cochlear Implants: What to Expect • Grandparenting Well When Your Grandchild has a Disability Dating • Finding Mr. (Ms.) Right • Talks About Intimate Life Issues • Fears of Marriage • You, Me and Now We: Becoming a Couple • Expectations for Marriage: Keeping Them in Check • Pre-Marital Stress Busters • Planning a Wedding While Staying Both Connected AND Sane Marriage • You, me and now us: The newly wed game • Newlyweds: Keeping Stress in Check • The Many Ways to Be Married • Keeping Balance in Your Marriage and Your Life • Marriage: the Highs and Lows • Being an Older Bride • Marrying Someone Who Has Children • Keeping In-laws from Becoming Out-laws (Before, During, and After the Wedding) • Interfaith Marriage (Dealing with Differences, Real and Imagined) • Gay Marriage	Marriage (con't.) • Two Career Couples • Downsizing and Marriage • Fighting Fair: How to Agree to Disagree • Keeping Romance Alive • How to Change Yourself When You Want to Change Your Spouse • Learning to Love Your Spouse the Way He or She Wants to Be Loved • Power and Control in Marriage • Money and Marriage • Aging Well with Your Spouse: Secrets of Long, Healthy Marriages Mid Life • Life's Transitions: A Wellness Survival Guide • Inter-generational Communication • The Sandwich Generation: Caring for Your Spouse, Children, Parents AND Yourself • Caring for an Aging Parent • Adult Sibling Relationships: Am I My Brother / Sister's Keeper • Change and the Roles of Women • Are We Our Mothers? • Women, Work and Motherhood • Career Transitions (2nd, 3rd Careers) • Adult Children Moving Home • Grandparenting (From Near and Far) • Aging Well with Grace and Style Watershed Events & Life Crises • Relaxation and Meditation Techniques for the Tough Times • Family Stress and Conflict Management • Births • Marriage and Remarriage • Health Crises • Death of a Loved One • Domestic Violence • Addiction: Your Own or a Family Member • Divorce • Divorce and Keeping the Kids Whole • Dating After divorce • Combining Families: Ideas for Stepfamilies • Living through Cancer • Surviving in a Family Business • What to Say When Someone is Ill • Living with Chronic Illness: Your Own or Your Spouse • Life After Layoff • Death and Dying Wellness • Living a Healthy Life (No Matter What Else You Are Doing) • Relationships (Keeping Them Healthy) • Talking So People Will Listen • Stress Management • Stressbusting: Appreciating Each Moment • Meditation and Relaxation for Everyday Life

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Professional Experience

	1986-present	Licensed Psychologist, New York, NY Family, marital, and individual counseling

	1986-present	"Sanity Savers by Dr. Dale Atkins" Advice Columnist, WeddingChannel.com Weekly and monthly advice columns online, for brides, grooms and their families

	1999-present	Lecturer, Panel Moderator 92nd Street "Y", NY, NY Getting Older with Grace and Style; Dr. Dale's Life Issues

	1997-1999	Television Talk Show Host, Los Angeles, CA Dr. Dale’s Life Issues (a series of 48 half-hour shows produced by the Jewish Television Network for PBS), aired nationally and weekly

	1980-present	Communication Consultant, New York, NY Seminars; lectures; professional training; health, wellness, and education programs for corporations, educational institutions, hospitals, and community agencies

	1986-1989	Project Facilitator, Lexington Center, Queens, NY Co-author and trainer for child abuse and disabled children project

	1982-1986	Adjunct Assistant Professor, USC/John Tracy Clinic, Los Angeles, CA Family counseling; parent education; graduate student training

	1982-1986	Visiting Lecturer, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA Speech/Communication studies

	1983-1985	Visiting Lecturer, University of Judaism, Los Angeles, CA Relationships/Family communication

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	1982	Doctorate of Philosophy, Educational Psychology, University of California at Los Angeles

	1971	Master of Arts, Special Education (Deafness), Columbia University

	1969	Bachelor of Science, Social Studies, New York University

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