Mark Goulston is the coauthor of "Why Cope When You Can Heal? How Healthcare Heroes of COVID-19 Can Recover From PTSD" (Harper Horizon, December 2020) and "Trauma to Triumph: A Roadmap for Leading Through Disruption and Thriving on the Other Side" (HarperCollins Leadership, Spring 2021). He is a board-certified psychiatrist, fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, former assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at UCLA NPI, and a former FBI and police hostage negotiation trainer. He is the creator of Theory Y Executive Coaching—which he provides to CEOs, presidents, founders, and entrepreneurs—and is a TEDx and international keynote speaker.
He is the creator and developer of Surgical Empathy, a process to help people recover and heal from PTSD, prevent suicide in teenagers and young adults, and help organizations overcome implicit bias.
Dr. Goulston is the author or principal author of seven prior books, including PTSD for Dummies, Get Out of Your Own Way: Overcoming Self-Defeating Behavior, Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone, Real Influence: Persuade Without Pushing and Gain Without Giving In, and Talking to Crazy: How to Deal with the Irrational and Impossible People in Your Life. He hosts the My Wakeup Call podcast, where he speaks with influencers about their purpose in life and the wakeup calls that led them there. He also is the co-creator and moderator of the multi-honored documentary Stay Alive: An Intimate Conversation About Suicide Prevention.
He appears frequently as a human psychology and behavior subject-area expert across all media, including news outlets ABC, NBC, CBS, and BBC News, as well as CNN, Today, Oprah, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fortune, Harvard Business Review, Business Insider, Fast Company, Huffington Post, and Westwood One. He was also featured in the PBS special “Just Listen.”
Frontline Family Members: 5 Ways to Support the Health-care Worker in Your Life During the Pandemic
The 12 Phases Emotional Algorithm: The Road to, Through & Back From Trauma (An Excerpt From "Why Cope When You Can Heal?")
When Anxiety Strikes Health-care Workers on the Job: 7 Ways to Calm Yourself Down During the Pandemic
Caught in the Grip of COVID Stress? 9 Quick & Easy Ways to Stop Pandemic Stress in the Moment
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