About this Event
Learn to understand a child's emotional patterns and how to build strong connections with young people from a double board-certified child pscyhologist.
This event will feature a discussion about the book, a reading, and audience Q&A.
About Carry My Strength: A psychiatrist-parent's guide to understanding your emotions and raising resilient children
Nearly one in five children has a behavioral or mental health diagnosis, and 40% of mothers miss their postpartum visit, along with critical screening.
Carry My Strength: A Parent's Guide to Growing and Thriving Alongside Your Child, written by double board-certified child and adult psychiatrist Debbie Raphael, M.D., decodes the hidden psychological forces shaping early parenthood, helping parents understand their own emotional patterns and build stronger connections with their children.
Through vivid vignettes from her own first years as a mother―documented while simultaneously training in child psychiatry―Raphael translates clinical concepts like reflective functioning, secure attachment, mentalization, and distress tolerance into relatable, actionable guidance. Parents learn how their internal histories and stress responses shape their child's developing mind, and how to interrupt intergenerational cycles of trauma while cultivating resilience and emotional regulation.
Debbie Raphael, M.D. is a double board-certified child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist. She earned her medical degree from UC San Diego and completed post-graduate training at UC San Francisco, where she has served as Assistant Clinical Professor. Once a child advice columnist for her local newspaper, now a psychiatrist in clinical practice for nearly 20 years and parent to two boys, Dr. Raphael is honored to share her knowledge and experience with the broader community, aiming to close gaps, promote relationship healing and growth, and prevent illness. She lives with her husband and children in the San Francisco Bay Area
Event venue & nearby stays
Books Inc. Palo Alto, 74 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto, United States
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