Renowned therapist, educator, author and the child and family expert at canadianparents.com

Sara Dimerman is a popular commentator on television and radio as an expert on family counseling and parenting issues and is often quoted in articles and columns in newspapers and magazines. As the child and family therapy expert at www.canadianparents.com, she responds to questions from parents who are at their wits end and are desperately seeking advice regarding safe parenting techniques, managing unruly children, correcting unhealthy family dynamics, and nurturing childhood development.

A renowned therapist, educator, parent, and successful author, Dimerman Dip.C.S., C. Psych. Assoc., is a Psychological Associate registered with the College of Psychologists of Ontario.

As Founder and Director of the Parent Education Resource Centre in her community, Dimerman helps children, adults, couples, and families with counseling and psychological services as well as parenting and education programs. In 1996, the Centre received a recognition award from the York Region's Healthy Community Coalition for outstanding commitment to establishing and maintaining healthy communities. For her tireless efforts toward helping families Dimerman has been awarded an Education Lifetime Achievement Award from the "In Celebration of Women" program in York Region.

Dimerman's style is as honest and candid as the topics she covers in her two highly praised books Am I A Normal Parent?: Expert Advice, Parenting Tips, And The Reassurance You've Been Looking For and Character is the Key: How to Unlock the Best in Our Children and Ourselves. As a child and family therapy expert, author, media commenter and Mother, Dimerman has expert advice and unique tips that parents can really use. From internet and cyber safety, discipline, self esteem, peer pressure, setting limits and rules, Dimerman can answer all of these and more.

For over 20 years Dimerman has been offering workshops and presentations at schools, day care centres, synagogues, churches, parenting shows and conferences. She is a popular speaker audiences easily connect with.

• Am I a Normal Parent?
  Expert advice, parenting tips and the reassurance you've been looking for.
  
  
• Motivation Techniques That Really Work:
  How to keep you child motivated at home and in school.
  
  
• Dispelling the Myths on Lying, Cheating, and Manipulation: Why it's okay and why adults and children do it.
  
  
• Letting Go: How to cope when children pull away.
  
  
• Tips For Helping Kids Through Divorce
  
  
• Asking For Help Doesn't Make You a Bad Parent:
  Where to turn and what to expect when you or your family need counseling or therapy.

"I am really and truly excited about Am I a Normal Parent? I feel like buying one for everybody; maybe I'll just keep one in my handbag and recommend it to parents wherever I go!"
- Nanny Deb of Fox TV's Nanny 911

"As a mother who reads a lot of parenting books, I found Am I A Normal Parent? to be incredibly helpful. What stood out for me was how Sara used survey information as a jumping off point for discussion. For example, I often feel judged as a parent. On page 100, there is an easy to read box that highlights that many people feel judged (59% said yes, they feel other parents were judgmental). It made me feel better! I am not alone. Sara gives concrete advice and suggestions that truly helped me with my 3 kids. I've recommended this book to several of my friends. And who doesn't like a quiz? I found out that I AM a normal parent!!"
- Karen Horsman, Broadcaster

"Should be deeply comforting to anyone who has ever suffered the guilt and anxiety that is woven into the parenting experience. Sara Dimerman makes it clear that you're not alone as she shares the honest input of hundreds of parents, along with her own hard-won nuggets of wisdom."
- Adele Faber, co-author of How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk

"In Character is The Key [published by Wiley & Sons, 2009] Sara Dimerman has done a wonderful service to everyone striving for more harmonious relationships within families. With its focus on core values as integral to the development of an individual's character and its clear recognition of the role of parents in modelling and promoting these values within the first and most important community of one's life, the family, this book is a valuable and timely resource for anyone engaged in the challenge of raising children today."
- William Blair, Toronto Chief of Police

"Sara Dimerman makes a convincing case that developing character in our children is one of a parent's most important tasks. In Character Is The Key [published by Wiley & Sons, 2009], she provides an innovative, step-by-step template for families who want to explore the values they cherish and deepen their commitment to living by those values."
- Caroline Connell, Editor of Today's Parent

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