Wendy Mogel
Wendy Mogel (pronunciation: [ˈmoʊɡl̩], born March 23, 1951 ) is an American clinical psychologist . She achieved international fame with her book The Blessings of a Skinned Knee , published in 2001 , in which she tries to identify the causes of the emotional instability of many well-protected middle-class children and advocates character education .
life and work
Mogel is the granddaughter of the head of an Orthodox synagogue in Brighton Beach , New York. Her father Leonard Mogel turned away from the Orthodox faith , and her mother Ann was not close to the Jewish faith either. Only as an adult did Mogel begin to study Judaism and to rediscover it for herself and her work.
Mogel studied art history at Middlebury College in Vermont and spent her summers as a counselor at a summer camp for children with emotional problems, where she also met her future husband, the filmmaker and writer Michael Tolkin . After the wedding, the couple went to Hollywood together .
Mogel continued her studies at the Department of Psychiatry at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, was licensed as a clinical psychologist in 1985 and opened her own practice as a child and family therapist. Inspired by this professional experience and her preoccupation with Judaism, she wrote two educational books in the 2000s that have since become bestsellers in the USA.
Mogel has two daughters and lives in Los Angeles .
Publications
- The Blessings of a Skinned Knee: Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children, Scribner, 2008, ISBN 1416593063 (first edition 2001; limited online version in the Google Book Search USA )
- The Blessing of a B Minus: Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Resilient Teenagers, Scribner, 2011, ISBN 1416542043 (first edition 2008; limited online version in Google Book Search - USA )
Mogel's books are not yet available in German translation.
Web links
- Wendy Mogel Official Website
- Wendy Mogel Ph.D. Interview with Wendy Mogel about her book The Blessings of a B Minus
- Jewish United Fund Interviews Wendy Mogel Interview with Wendy Mogel about her book The Blessings of a B Minus
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Emily Bazelon : So the Torah Is a Parenting Guide? New York Times, October 1, 2006
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cheat, Wendy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American clinical psychologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 23, 1951 |