Retired clinical psychologist Beth Grosshans, PhD, splits her time between city life in Manhattan and a slower pace in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Utilizing expertise gained in 25 years of working with patients, she authored Beyond Time Out: From Chaos to Calm, which offers parents guidelines on regaining power over their children to control unruliness and anxiety. Outside of her clinical work, Dr. Beth Grosshans has served as a child development instructor at the Princeton Center for Teacher Education for Montessori educators around the country for 15 years. Since 1993, she has provided consultations to area schools, including seminars and clinical training.
Dr. Beth Grosshans earned her undergraduate degree in psychology at the University of Cincinnati where her father was a professor and administrator for 35 years. She attended Ohio State University while completing both a master’s degree and PhD in psychology before joining Harvard Medical School’s Department of Psychology as a clinical fellow. She entered private practice in 1994 after completing an internship at Boston Children’s Hospital and The Judge Baker Children’s Center in both inpatient and outpatient psychiatric units and as part of a sexual abuse treatment team.
Outside of her work and travels, Beth Grosshans shares her talents as an advisory board member for the New York Metropolitan Opera. She has also recently contributed to the opening chapter of a parenting anthology titled Raising Great Parents.
There has been a dominating shift between parents and their children. Kids are now running the program. This is not good for the parents or the children. Parental leadership and control are required and Dr. Beth A. Grosshans book offers families a few solutions.
