Mira Kirshenbaum

Mira Kirshenbaum has an international reputation as a therapist for individuals, couples, and families. She is co-founder and clinical director of The Chestnut Hill Institute. A sought-after speaker, Mira Kirshenbaum is the author of nine award-winning books, that have become both national and international bestsellers. She has appeared many times on the Today Show and has been interviewed by Oprah Winfrey. Mira Kirshenbaum is also the author, co-author, and/or researcher with Charles Foster of many articles, and twelve books including The Weekend Marriage, Feel Better Fast, Is He Mr. Right? Everything You Need to Know Before You Commit, When Good People Have Affairs and The Emotional Energy Factor.

Mira Kirshenbaum is well known from her many media appearances, workshops, and presentations. What makes these special is her ability to dig right in and solve problems. In the process, the lives of the people in the room are changed, and their organization is set in a new and better direction. Mira Kirshenbaum is renowned for helping audiences in achieving happier, more focused, more effective lives by understanding how to increase emotional energy, transforming organizational and individual decision making and communication, transforming relationships within organizations, transforming personal relationships by identifying and overcoming the relationship killers, empowering women to live the lives they need and want and helping medical professionals and patients feel better faster by focusing on the emotional and psychological aspects of physical illness or injury.

Mira Kirshenbaum is a consultant on organizational morale and interpersonal dynamics for businesses and organizations. She has received advanced clinical training from Salvador Minuchin, Carl Whitaker, Jay Haley, Virginia Satir and others. After completing her undergraduate study at The State University of New York at Stony Brook, Mira Kirshenbaum did her postgraduate training at the Boston Family Institute, followed by graduate study at the University of London and The City University of New York. Mira Kirshenbaum has since led workshops and conducted training for medical professionals at Harvard Medical School. She is a recipient of the Parent's Choice Award for "Best Parenting Book" (1991) and a Board Member of One Generation After: International Network of Children of Holocaust Survivors.