Hello and welcome
Meet Dr. Melissa Goldberg Mintz: “I’m an author, psychologist, and mom of two living in Houston, Texas. I have worked with traumatized children, adolescents, and adults for a decade, and am passionate about the role parents play in helping their children recover from adverse events.”
My current roles include:
Treating patients at my private practice, Secure Base Psychology, PLLC
Teaching as a clinical assistant professor at Baylor College of Medicine
Training mental health providers around the world on topics related to my award-winning book, Has Your Child Been Traumatized? How to Know and What to do to Promote Healing and Recovery (The Guilford Press, 2022)
Writing curriculum on parenting traumatized children as a consultant on national grants
Consulting as an expert for media, including Newsweek, Forbes, and NPR on topics related to trauma
Serving on the Board of Directors for the Chester Street Foundation
A Foreword Reviews Book of the Year Award Winner
An Amazon Best-seller: #1 New Release in Mental Health
Has Your Child Been Traumatized? How to Know and What to do to Promote Healing and Recovery:
“If you were drawn in by the title of this book, you have come to the right place.…Reading this book, you will see that you are not alone, and you can benefit from Dr. Goldberg Mintz’s experience and abundant examples of parents’ struggles and successes.”
—from the Foreword by Jon G. Allen, PhD, Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine
When your child has been through an upsetting or stressful event, it can feel overwhelming. Is your child traumatized? Are new behaviors normal or signs of PTSD? What can you do to make your child feel safe again? Psychologist Melissa Goldberg Mintz knows what is needed to support a traumatized child—and she knows that loving parents play the most important role. In this wise and authoritative guide, Dr. Goldberg Mintz shares specific, critical information and insights into what trauma looks like at different ages, why some kids exposed to the same event react very differently, how to help your child through trauma triggers, when to seek professional help, and more. She provides crucial tools for ensuring that your child doesn’t feel constrained by fear—and can face future challenges with hope and resilience.
Now available wherever books are sold.
English and Dutch versions are currently available, with translations in Polish, German, Arabic, and Greek in development.
Support for Communities
With years of experience providing workshops to local, regional, national, and international communities, Dr. Goldberg Mintz is pleased to offer trainings on topics related to trauma, trauma prevention, resilience, attachment, and parenting the traumatized child. Regular training locations including schools, hospitals, community centers, government organizations, and places of worship. Dr. Goldberg Mintz is comfortable in working with translators for international workshops, and is proud to offer both in-person and virtual trainings.
Media appearances
National, regional and local media outlets— including Forbes, Newsweek, and NPR— often to turn Dr. Melissa Goldberg Mintz as a trusted expert in the field of childhood trauma and she has been interviewed on issues such as PTSD, separation anxiety at the beginning of school, and mental health and COVID-19.
Therapy
Dr. Goldberg Mintz sees a limited number of patients in her private practice, based in Houston, Texas. In addition to the treatment of trauma, she treats people of all ages for anxiety, depression, OCD, and life adjustment issues. She sees local patients at her office in the Rice Village area, and offers tele therapy to patients in 31 Psypact participating states in the US.
Contact
Feel free to contact us with any questions.
Email
For press inquiries, contact Tanya: tanya@wunderkind-pr.com
For correspondence about HAS YOUR CHILD BEEN TRAUMATIZED, for speaking arrangements, or for people interested in therapy, contact Dr. Melissa: dr.goldberg.mintz@gmail.com
Phone
832-219-6301