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Lynne Reeves Griffin R.N., M.Ed.

About

Lynne Reeves Griffin, RN, MEd, is an internationally-recognized school and family counselor and the author of the nonfiction parenting guide Let's Talk About It: Adolescent Mental Health and Negotiation Generation. She’s taught at the graduate level at Wheelock College, and has worked with educators in China and Singapore to adopt social-emotional learning best practices. Lynne is also the author of many family-focused novels including, Dark Rivers to Cross, The Dangers of an Ordinary Night, and Sea Escape. In addition to her Psychology Today blog, Lynne writes for a variety of health, education, and parenting publications, and is a regular television and radio guest expert. To learn more about Lynne’s work visit her website or follow her on Twitter @Lynne_Griffin.

Books by Lynne Reeves Griffin R.N., M.Ed.
Recent Posts
Mending Family Trauma
As the daughter of a war sergeant, Ellis is a veteran of a war fought at home. In her memoir, she describes a year-long conversation that brings healing to a painful joint history.
Emotional Intelligence in Children
Generations of children have been taught to shake things off and carry on. They’re building grit and resilience, but also a tacit understanding not to express "big feelings."
Bird Nesting After Divorce

Unlike the traditional two-home divorce, bird nesting is a child-focused approach to co-parenting, where the children live in the family home after the parents have divorced.

Unlike the traditional two-home divorce, bird nesting is a child-focused approach to co-parenting, where the children live in the family home after the parents have divorced.

Living With Loss

Most people think of grief as something that happens after a loved one’s death. But grieving can occur before and during the process of saying goodbye.

Most people think of grief as something that happens after a loved one’s death. But grieving can occur before and during the process of saying goodbye.

Coming Clean: How to Talk to Your Children About Your Darkest Secrets

What if I could tell you your children already know that you’re keeping their painful origin stories from them? It turns out your children may have more than an inkling.

What if I could tell you your children already know that you’re keeping their painful origin stories from them? It turns out your children may have more than an inkling.

Your Brain on Fiction

Novels with mental health themes provide readers with a unique opportunity to get inside the experience of certain disorders and challenges.

Novels with mental health themes provide readers with a unique opportunity to get inside the experience of certain disorders and challenges.

Learning From a Story About Profound Motherhood

After a chance encounter with a woman who was visiting her incarcerated son, novelist Jacquelyn Mitchard found the seed for her next novel.

After a chance encounter with a woman who was visiting her incarcerated son, novelist Jacquelyn Mitchard found the seed for her next novel.

Writing Through the Lens of Motherhood

Jacquelyn Mitchard is beloved for books that get to the heart of the human condition. Her latest thrusts ordinary people into extraordinary circumstances.

Jacquelyn Mitchard is beloved for books that get to the heart of the human condition. Her latest thrusts ordinary people into extraordinary circumstances.