Dr. Tina's Books

When a number of my clients need similar information and we cannot find an existing book that is effective, I fill that need by creating a book with the practical information, real-life examples, and effective, step-by-step exercises which will help you get the results you want.

“I love your books. I always kind of shied away from self help books as I was embarassed to think that I could not solve problems myself. Then I picked up your books and realized just how self efficent I really can be. You have changed my life in so many ways and I canot thank you enough for becoming a writer.” –Amanda, Biloxi, MS

“I cannot thank you enough for the books you have written. We are just now going through a sensitive and delicate time with our daughter and one of your books is helping all of us cope and understand. You are keeping us all on the same page and that is something I will forever be grateful for.” –Laura, Westwego, LA

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Stop Overthinking: A Workbook to Stop Perfectionism, People Pleasing, Self-Sabotage, and Other Forms of Negative Thinking
Chartwell Books  •  November 28, 2023
ASIN: 0785842896

Stop spiraling and take control of your life!

If you’ve ever lain awake at night, feeling as if your thought were on a mental loop that you were unable to stop, then overthinking has affected your sleep.

And without adequate sleep your health and lifestyle can suffer.

To help guide your brain to more healthful and productive ways of thinking, Tina Tessina, PhD, applies more than 45 years’ counseling experience in “Stop Overthinking.” Using the same approach and “homework” she gives her clients, Dr. Tessina offers a useful and accessible workbook that provides a straightforward toolkit for confronting your toxic overthinking by getting to the core of what causes it.

With more than 100 original writing prompts and self-exploration exercises teaching easily mastered techniques, you will learn how to:

   • Control worry and anxiety
   • Rein in perseverance and perfectionism
   • Take charge of obsessive thinking and avoidance
   • Stop self-sabotage and people pleasing
   • Resolve the origins of overthinking by unlearning learned behavior

These exercises will help you tackle the pattern of overthinking that is causing your mind to run on autopilot. Designed to help you manage your thoughts and your mind in a new way, they will convert your spiraling thought habits into productive, more healthy thinking. Ultimately you will improve your sleep and well-being, reduce stress and anxiety, and become focused to accomplish your goals.

Don’t let those racing thoughts keep you up or distract you any longer. Put an end to them today!

52 Weeks To Better Mental Health
Chartwell Books; Workbook edition • January 2023
ASIN: 078584189X

Nurture Yourself—and your well-being—through one year of self-reflective writing prompts. Discovering who you really are is a powerful way to create change.

Regularly writing down thoughts, feelings, and goals can ultimately help reduce stress, increase focus, ease anxiety, improve positivity, and make life work better overall.

In 52 Weeks to Better Mental Health, licensed psychotherapist Dr. Tina B. Tessina draws from her 40 years’ counseling experience to offer focused self-exploration exercises for every week of the year. The easy exercises and writing prompts in these pages will help you improve your attitude, sense of well-being, and satisfaction with your life.

As you continue your journey, you’ll notice that you’re more focused and mindful—and less stressed. Additionally, you’ll learn mental tricks that can help your daily routines go smoother and help you be more productive. You’ll also find out how to:

MOTIVATE yourself;

MAINTAIN happier relationships;

FEEL more in charge;

MANAGE difficult feelings;

CREATE a better work-play balance;

DEAL with problematic people;

Make this the workbook for creating the life you want. Explore yourself—and improve your mental outlook—in just one year!

Money, Sex and Kids:
Stop Fighting about the Three Things that Can Ruin Your Relationship
Muffinhaven Press  •  January 2021
ASIN: B08SVPMRRZ

VIDEO: Bobbi Palmer of datelikeagrownup.com interviews Tina Tessina

“With a Ph.D., eight books, and 40 years of counseling experience under her belt, [Redbook Love Expert] Tina [Tessina] has a lot to say about the everydays of life and love.”—Redbook.ivillage.com

Chances are your last argument with your partner was over money, sex or your kids; since couples battle over these three issues more than anything. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

The Perfect Peace Plan for Your Relationship
Relationships today are under extra pressure. Dr. Tessina offers struggling couples a much-needed fresh look at what is mean to be a couple; and what it takes to create a healthy, happy and fulfilling relationship.

In MONEY, SEX, and KIDS you’ll discover new ways to think about sharing and working together to make all your decisions about money, sex, and kids mutual ones. The point of Money, Sex and Kids is to show you how to create a partnership in which you’ll feel blessed and happy. Here you’ll learn to understand why you and your partner argue and the remaining skills you need to enhance your relationship and transform your struggles into working together to create a smoothly working partnership. With this book, you’ll be able to resolve your issues about money, sex, and kids, and move on to having a workable, satisfying relationship, with minimal or no arguing or fighting.

Inside you’ll find…
     • Sample scripts to properly handle arguments
     • Guidelines and exercises to deal with marital conflict
     • Cases of other couples who have tackled the money, sex, kids conflict triangle
     • Expert relationship advice from Tessina: the Internet’s “Dr. Romance”

• What readers are saying about Money, Sex and Kids

• Now available in Chinese. Click here to see cover image

Dr. Romance™’s Guide to Finding Love Today
Muffinhaven Press, 2018
ISBN-13: 978-1722976415 • ISBN-10: 1722976411

Whether you are dating as an adult, a single parent, a widow/er or a senior and have experienced loss, or even if you have given up on relationships, or been single for a while, or are new to dating, this guide will tell you what you need to know to draw on your own life experience and knowhow and apply those skills to the dating process.

• If you are single as a result of a divorce or an acrimonious breakup, you can learn to avoid repeating old mistakes.
• As a single parent, you’ll learn how to balance dating and children.
• If you’re dating a single parent, you’ll learn the best ways to cope with the complicated dynamics.
• If you’ve lost a beloved spouse or partner; here’s how to complete your healing and move on into a comfortable connection with new people.
• If you fear you’re too old to find love today, this guide will help you find appropriate, comfortable and fun ways to open up to new experiences with old friends and new connections.
• If you have survived difficult relationship experiences and given up on relationships altogether, I’ll show you how to come out of isolation and make a new, much more successful start.
• If you have been single for a while, the information, facts and guidelines here can get you past your fear and into a more satisfying social life.

Dr. Romance™’s Guide to Finding Love Today covers all the basic information you need to know to successfully re-start dating. You’ll find timely, helpful for a single person dating today.

What you can learn from this book:
What to do with the baggage from your past
How to find the right kind of person to date
Dating safety and etiquette
How to handle friends, roommates, parents, and children
What to do if it becomes a relationship
What to do if it doesn’t work out
What to do the night before
What to do the morning after
What to say in person, by text or email, or on the phone
How to handle social media
How dating sites work; and how to use them

What people are saying about Dr Romance's Guide to Finding Love Today

For over three decades, this book has been recognized as THE established handbook on relationships between equals. It introduced the concept: cooperation instead of compromise or competition. It gives clear instructions to show you how to be true to yourself and true to your partner at the same time.

The book is designed especially for:
• People who seek a model for equal partnership.
• Couples who want to transform struggle into teamwork.
• Couples who are married, cohabiting, or dating.
• Couples who are in a traditional, LGBTQ or alternative relationship.
• Couples who’ve discovered their method isn’t working.
• Divorced people who are looking for a better way.
• LGBTQ people who seek a model from being a couple.
• Anyone whose parents showed them how not to be a couple.
• Single people seeking loving intimacy as equals.

How to Be a Couple and Still Be Free is the perfect tool for designing and creating a relationship unique to your individual personalities and situation. With it, any couple can learn to work together to create a loving, sustainable, healthy, and equal partnership that you will treasure.

What people are saying about How to Be a Couple & Still Be Free

How to Be Happy Partners: Working it out Together is a handbook on how to achieve mutual happiness, through cooperative negotiation and communication. Couples are led through a step-by-step process whereby each one learns how to take care of what he or she wants and care for a partner’s happiness at the same time.

The clear and concise instructions and guidelines teach couples the skills they need to create a mutually supportive partnership allowing each individual to be satisfied in their relationship. It is based on The Negotiation Tree, an ingenious tool that can help any couple turn a struggle or fight into a cooperative problem-solving session.

The book is designed especially for:
• People who seek a model for equal partnership.
• Couples who want to transform struggle into teamwork.
• Couples who are married, cohabiting, or dating.
• Couples who are in a traditional or alternative relationship.

How to Be Happy Partners is the perfect tool for designing and creating a relationship unique to your individual personalities and situation. With it, any couple can learn to work together to create a loving, sustainable, healthy, and happy partnership that both will treasure.

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