Saving Our Sons: A New Path for Raising Healthy and Resilient Boys - Softcover

Dr. Michael Gurian is a marriage and family counselor in his twenty-fifth year of private practice and a New York Times bestselling author of twenty-eight books, with more than one million copies in print (www.michaelgurian.com) The Gurian Institute, which he cofounded in 1996, conducts research internationally, launches pilot programs, and trains professionals (www.gurianinstitute.com). Dr. Gurian has been called “the people’s philosopher” for his ability to bring together people’s ordinary lives and scientific ideas. Gurian provides between twenty and thirty keynotes and trainings per year and provides consulting to community organizations, schools, governmental agencies, corporations, medical personnel, and faith communities. Dr. Gurian previously taught at Gonzaga University, Eastern Washington University, and Ankara University. His more recent academic speaking engagements include Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, Stanford University, Morehouse College, the University of Colorado, the University of Missouri–Kansas City, and UCLA. His multicultural philosophy reflects the diverse cultures (European, Asian, Middle Eastern, and American) in which he has lived, worked, and studied. Dr. Gurian’s work has been featured multiple times in nearly all the major media, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, USA Today, Newsweek, Time, Psychology Today, AARP Magazine, People, Reader’s Digest, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes Magazine, Parenting, Good Housekeeping, Family Therapy Magazine, Redbook, and others. Gurian has also made multiple appearances on Today, Good Morning America, CNN, PBS, National Public Radio, and many others. Dr. Gurian lives in Spokane, Washington, with his wife, Gail, a family therapist in private practice. The couple has two grown daughters, Gabrielle and Davita.

"Michael Gurian is a leading-edge teacher with the rare ability to combine the personal, the practical, and the political in very accessible and powerful form. In Saving Our Sons, he has written a real page-turner. This is a very important book." -Daniel Amen, M.D., Author of Unleashing the Power of the Female Brain and The Brain Warrior's Way "Saving Our Sons is an immensely powerful mirror into the state of boyhood. This is a must read for everyone in America and indeed the world who cares about and is caring for boys." -Troy Kemp, Executive Director of The National Center for the Development of Boys