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Thomas B. Haller, MDiv, LMSW, ACSW, DST

The 10 Commitments: Parenting with a Purpose

The 10 Commitments: Parenting with a Purpose
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Become the Parent You Always Wanted to Be! This book contains straight talk about what it means to be a committed parent in today's world. It will challenge you and make you a more effective parent. It will help you reduce stress in your parenting life and bring increased harmony to your family.

Thomas Haller is a widely sought-after national and international presenter in the areas of entrepreneurial success, child behavior management and verbal language skills. He is considered one of the world's foremost authorities on empowering individuals with effective verbal skills for creating interpersonal change and raising confident children. He and Chick Moorman are the authors of three highly acclaimed books: The 10 Commitments: Parenting with Purpose, Couple Talk: How to Talk Your Way to a Great Relationship, and Dental Talk: How to Manage Children's Behavior With Effective Verbal Skills.

He is the founder and director of Healing Minds Institute, a center devoted to teaching others to focus and enhance the health of the mind, body, and spirit and the president of Personal Power Press, Inc. a small publishing house devoted to providing parents and educators with practical material for building responsible children.

Thomas has maintained a private practice for 18 years in Bay City, Michigan as a child, adolescent, and couples therapist; a sex therapist; and a chronic pain counselor. He is a certified EEG biofeedback technician, an AASECT certified diplomate of sex therapy, and a certified sports counselor. Thomas received his Master of Social Work degree and extensive training in psychotherapy from the University of Michigan. He also is an ordained Lutheran minister with a Master of Divinity degree from Concordia Theological Seminary. Thomas is known locally as "The Love Doctor", appearing on a weekly morning radio program.

Thomas conducts workshops, seminars, and keynote presentations for businesses, school districts, parent groups, counseling agencies, and churches. He is also a regular lecturer at universities across the country. Whether addressing 10 or 10,000, his mission is to empower parents and teachers so they can in turn empower others. He helps audiences transform their parenting and teaching through the use of verbal skills that continually uplift, nurture, and inspire.

Thomas also publishes two FREE monthly e-zines, one for parents and another for educators. Subscribe to both at www.thomashaller.com.

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