For the next couple of weeks Terry and I will be playing with, or should I say "taking care of", the grandkids. This is something we look forward to every summer.
The three oldest grandkids, Devon, Zach, and Sierra, will be with us for two weeks and the youngest, Maci, will tough it out for one week. her mama may be staying with us for Maci's visit.
There is nothing like having something wonderful to look forward to. They have a way of pumping life into me. I hope you have something wonderful that you are looking forward to this summer.
I would like to intoduce you to Dr. Teresa Davis, author.
1. What is your name and the title of your book(s)? Dr. Teresa Davis, Victory Over Anger: Rules of Engagement
2. What is one thing you think your readers would like to know about you?
I experienced a lot of physical and emotional abuse in my past due mostly to the fact that I was ADHD long before it was ever diagnosable. As a result, I was a very angry mother and wife. Both my husband and 2 sons suffered
greatly due to my unresolved issues. When I turned 27 years old I realized I needed help so I sought Christian counseling. It helped a lot but it wasn't until years later while I was working on my Master's degree that I realized that I had deep rooted anger problems. God has such a sense of humor. My internship was with an agency that worked with parents who had somehow gotten involved with the Department of Human Services Child Protective Services due to some type of child neglect or abuse. My first assignment was leading an anger management group. As I taught other parents how to overcome their anger, I realized how bad mine really was. Over a five year period of working at this agency, God showed me personally many things about how to control my own anger. After I quit working there, God
prompted me to write down everything I had learned. Thus - Victory Over Anger. I now have my Doctorate degree in Pastoral and Community Counseling, I am the Executive Director of a non-profit Christian counseling center, and I pastor a small church. I have been married 33 years to my awesome wonderful knight in shinning armor, Brad. Both my sons, Bradley and Robert,
have been married about 12 years and have given me beautiful daughter-in-laws that I love dearly. They each have 2 sons - my 4 grandsons (2-10yo and 2-9 yo, neither twins) who bring great joy to my life.
3. When did you know that you wanted to become a writer?
I have always loved writing but never considered doing it professionally until after I graduated with my Master's degree in counseling psychology and started writing articles for a couple of local magazines. After the Lord led me to write down all that I had learned about managing my anger, I felt him pushing me to pursue publishing. As part of my doctorate degree I was required to develop curriculum. I chose to write a workbook thatcorresponds with my anger management book. I self-published that curriculum and have used it for the last 6 years to lead anger management groups at my counseling center and in churches throughout the Oklahoma City metro area.
4. What are your strong points in your writing style or methods?
I am very practical and write much of what I do out of personal experiences. My life is an open book. I have experienced so much pain that I have a lot of compassion for others who are struggling with pain in their lives. The Bible says that God works all things together for the good. I believe he is doing that in my life by taking the difficult experiences I have had, and the things I have learned, and using them to help others. God has given me a great ability to teach others practical applications to sometimes difficult to understand scriptures, mostly because I learned to apply them through my own heartaches. I love to study and I spend 2-2 1/2 hours a day studying, reading the Word, meditating, worshiping and praying to my sweet and loving
Heavenly Father. I share much of what I learn during those times in my writings.
5. Are you a reader?
I love to read - it is one of my favorite hobbies. My favorite is Christian fiction, but I have to limit myself to how much of this I read because I have to read so much to help me in my profession as a Christian counselor. I am constantly reading help me stay fresh as a counselor and to learn new ways to help my clients. I have over 1000 books in my library and I have read most of them. Because of my ADHD I have a hard time retaining information, so I spend a lot of time re-reading. I write much of what I read out of self-help and inpirational books in my journals, then explain how it applies to me following up with prayers asking God to help me improve in that specific area.
6. What are you reading right now?
I have about 6 books next to my bed. Most of them are Tate books that I have agreed to review. I also have a basket full of books next to my study area that I dig into quite often. I love to pick up an old classic and open it to a random page, then pick out a quote that touches my heart and journal about it. I have 5 books on Nehemiah that I am reading for the sermon series that I am currently working on. I read most of Joyce Meyer books and use them quite often for referrals for my clients. I also have a fictional series by Sally John I am reading called The Other Way Home. I just finished "Listen" by Rene Gutteridge, a friend of mine who has written 16 Christian fictional novels. Next in line is Nan's Journey and Elk's Resolve by Elaine Littau another Tate author. I have all the Karen Kingsbury books and patiently wait for the arrival of the next one due out this spring (2010). Because I lead a weekly anger management class, I constantly am re-reading my own book prior to each week's lesson.
7. Do you have another book that you are working on and hasn't been submitted for publication? Tell about it. I have several in my mind but have not started on any yet. I think the next one will be Victory in Marriage which will detail much of what I discuss during marriage counseling sessions. I would also like to do a Victory in Parenting, and Victory Over Addictiion (more specifically - sexual addiction).
8. What are your biggest obstacles to writing and how do you overcome them?
My biggest obstacle is time. I get up between 6 and 6:30 every day and spend my first couple of hours with God. God spoke to me very clearly awhile back
and told me have to be physically and spiritually healthy to continue in this ministry he has given me. So 3 days a week I work out with a personal trainer. I go to work at 1:00 and see clients until 7 or 8:00 in the evening. I am exhausted by time I get home and eat dinner, but still try to use my exercise bike at least 4 or 5 evenings a week, going at least 10 miles and burning between 500-600 calories. After all that I plop down on the couch and watch an hour or so of TV with my husband. Then I read for 30 minutes or an hour - and I am out for the night. I will be glad when my counseling center has grown to the point that I won't have to see as many clients and will be able to assign them all to other counselors, therefore leaving me more time to work on writing.
9. Please put a description of each of your books here.
Aggressive people are like bombs; they explode all over everyone. Passive people are more like volcanoes; they simmer underneath for long amounts of time, and then, without warning, they blow. Victory Over Anger: Rules of Engagement, by Dr.
Teresa Davis, Ed.D., will help you identify and overcome these and many other everyday issues dealing with anger. As you read chapters based on choices, emotions, unrealistic expectations, rejection, andsetting reasonable goals, you will find that the book is not only written for those with expreme anger problems, but for anyone who experiences the normal emotions of everyday life. Victory Over Anger: Rules of Engagement is a clinically-proven and biblically based guide to overcoming internal and
external conflicts. Davis's personal approach, using examples from her own life and research, makes this an applicable, memorable, and ultimately life-changing read.
10. How can readers contact you or purchase your books? Please put your website or blog here.
http://www.victoryoveranger.com/
www.drteresadavis.com
http://www.angermanagementbook.com/
http://www.merryheart.org/
drteresadavis@cox.net
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