Problem Solving Workbook: Learning skils, tools and techniques for developing positive mental health skills

Ester R. A. Leutenberg has worked in the mental
health feld for many years as a publisher, author and advocate for those
suffering from loss. She personally experienced a devastating loss when her
thirty-year-old son Mitchell, after struggling with a mental illness for eight
years, died by suicide. Soon after, as a way of both healing and helping
others, Ester co-founded Wellness Reproductions & Publishing with her
daughter Kathy Khalsa and began developing therapeutic products that help
facilitators help theirclients. Ester and Kathy are the co-authors of the Life
Management Skills series for adults, SEALS series for teenagers, and Optimal
Well Being for Senior Adults I and II, as well as a variety of other
therapeutic card games, board games and posters.



John J. Liptak, EdD , has many years of experience in
providing counselling services to individuals and groups in a variety of
settings including job training programmes, correctional institutions, and
colleges and universities. In addition, John has years of teaching experience
as an assistant professor. With Ester Leutenberg and Kathy Khalsa, he has
written several other comprehensive books for teachers and counsellors to use
with their students and clients.