THE ALL-BUT-DISSERTATION SURVIVAL GUIDE™

The All-But-Dissertation Survival Guide™ focuses on ways to help its readers more readily overcome the roadblocks that often seem to stand in the way of completing the dissertation. It is read throughout the world.

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SOS for ABDs: Complete Your Dissertation AND Keep Your Sanity A 6-week ABD Group with Victoria Gottfried, Ph.D.

Are you at a stand still in your dissertation writing, or not progressing as fast as you'd like? Do your feel discouraged and defeated? Help is available. Join this 6-week workshop to learn tools to help you get moving toward completing your dissertation and getting that diploma you have worked so hard for.

We'll tailor the group to participants' needs. Topics will likely include:

• Dealing with avoidance and procrastination,
• Changing self-defeating self-talk,
• Dealing with paralyzing perfectionism,
• Busting through writer's block, and more.
• You will benefit from the expertise of a coach who faced the same struggles you are facing in the completion of her dissertation.
• You will enjoy learning, growing, and succeeding in the context of a supportive group.

Day: 6 Tuesdays
Starts: February 21, 2012
Time: 8:00 pm - 8:59 pm, Eastern (New York City)
7:00 pm - 7:59 pm Central (Dallas)
6:00 pm - 6:59 pm Mountain (Denver)
5:00 pm - 5:59 pm Pacific (San Francisco)
All Time Zones

Registration: Class size will be limited. Enrollment is on a first-come, first-serve basis. To register, email Victoria Gottfried, Ph.D. at vmgottfried@insightbb.com. In the subject line, put "SOS for ABDs".

Tuition: There is no tuition for subscribers to the ABD Survival Guide for the first six sessions. You may be charged for your long distance call into our teleconference bridge. With a phone card, this fee should be nominal.

Who Should Attend? ABDs working on their dissertation. Graduate students who have not yet reached ABD status.

About Victoria Gottfried, Ph.D.

Victoria GottfriedVictoria holds a Ph.D. from the Kent School of Social Work at the University of Louisville. She enjoys encouraging people toward achieving their goals, especially graduate students who are in pursuit of their doctorate. She loves hearing a client say, "Victoria, I passed my final orals."

For Information and To Register: Email Victoria Gottfried, Ph.D. at vmgottfried@insightbb.com. In the subject line, put "SOS for ABDs".

 

 


Dr. TRACY STEEN, Editor, ABDSG
Tracy Steen, Ph.D. , is a clinical psychologist and dissertation coach in Philadelphia, PA. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in positive psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Steen draws on her research background in positive psychology in her coaching work with writers, helping them to remove internal obstacles so they can find more engagement and flow in their work. You can contact Dr. Steen with questions about this newsletter or about coaching in general at tsteen@mail.med.upenn.edu. You can also visit her website at www.tracysteen.com

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BEN DEAN, Publisher, ABDSG
Ben holds a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Texas at Austin. He began writing the ABDSG in 1997. Over the years, the ABDSG has published hundreds of articles and provided thousands of hours of pro bono coaching and teleworkshops to ABDs all over the world. Ben is also the founder of MentorCoach (www.MentorCoach.com), a virtual university focused on training accomplished professionals to become part-time or full-time coaches. You may wish to subscribe to the Coaching Toward Happiness eNewsletter! It's on applying the science of Positive Psychology to your work and life (131,000 readers). Ben lives in suburban Maryland with his wife, Janice, their two children, and Dusty, their Norwegian dwarf bunny.

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