Howard Glasser, M.A., Nurtured Heart Trainer & Therapist (New York University 1974)
Howard Glasser is the founder of Children’s Success Foundation and creator of the Nurtured Heart Approach, an approach used in hundreds of thousands of homes and classrooms around the world.
He is author of Transforming the Difficult Child, currently the top-selling book on the topic of ADHD; The Inner Wealth Initiative, one of the leading books on school interventions and his most recent book, YOU Are Oprah – Igniting the Fires of Greatness, and All Children Flourishing.
Four of his eight books are in the top 1% of all books on Amazon.com.
Howard has been a featured guest on CNN and a consultant for 48 Hours and he currently inspires people in learning the Nurtured Heart Approach in his presentations around the world.
His work is being successfully applied across programs from in-home family therapy to residential treatment; from varied areas of foster care to all areas of mental health treatment; from marital counseling for troubled relationships to helping couples relate in greatness; from substance abuse treatment to programs for the returning military and gang members; from fostering inner wealth in infants and toddlers to eldercare programs; and in the education field, in settings ranging from Head Start to high schools to special education.
Howard is extremely proud of being one of the most influential living persons preventing children from needing psychiatric medications as well as in helping children to have the inner strength to choose against addictive substances. He is also supremely proud of his one daughter Alice who’s art has graced the covers of four of his books and who lives the beauty of inner wealth.
Lisa Bravo, M.C., L.I.S.A.C., N.C.C., Certified Nurtured Heart Trainer & Therapist
Lisa Bravo has a Master of Counseling and is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Independent Substance Abuse Counselor and Nationally Certified Counselor. She is co-author of the top-selliing Transforming The Difficult Child Workbook (2008) and the Advanced Training Co-Facilitator with Howard Glasser. Lisa teaches the Nurtured Heart Approach (TM) to practitioners, educators, and parents around the world.
She is the founder/director of ParentwoRX (TM) consuslting, providing counseling, parent coaching, consultation and training to families, schools, and agencies locally, nationally, and internationally. Lisa offers various training opportuinies in the Phoenix area throughout the year.