Journaling opportunities, illustrations, clinical anecdotes, essays, extensive resource lists, and photographs that complement the text; and is practical, easy to read, and user-friendly.

This book is most appropriate for  psychologists, counselors, educators, researchers, social workers, substance abuse counselors, administrators,
students, & mental health agencies.

...is spending the summer at her family’s Canadian island cabin on Rainy Lake, she meets Steven, whose family has a cabin on a nearby island. Because she is shy, lacks self-confidence, and has never had a boyfriend, she experiences extreme anxiety whenever she even thinks about spending time with him. Although he seems to enjoy being with her, he is private and quiet, so she is uncertain about how he feels about her until the end of the summer. Before they say goodbye, he tells her how much he cares about her, and they share a first kiss. He is so respectful and affectionate that her anxiety changes into optimism about him and about her upcoming senior year in high school. Shortly after she returns home to Miami, however, she goes out with a
popular, experienced boy.

Are you a self-confident preteen or teenage girl with few worries about entering into your first romantic relationship? If so, this story may not be for you unless you want to understand a friend that may lack self-esteem and worry a lot about them experiencing a happy, healthy romantic relationship

for the first time.

Stuck at the Starting Line

is dedicated to girls who have yet to realize their full potential in life … girls with so much to offer others but have not yet

realized their own strengths.

• Consulted locally and nationally on

         cultural competency issues and

         multicultural counseling.

• Presented at local, state, and national professional conferences

• Published books and articles on

         mental health, culture, and

         career issues.