Janet Sasson Edgette

Dr. Janet Sasson Edgette is a clinical psychologist and published author practicing in Exton, Pennsylvania. For over thirty five years, she has been conducting child, adolescent, and family therapy and consultation to individuals, couples, and parents, as well as sport and performance psychology enhancement services to athletes and performing artists. Janet is the author of seven books on therapy and sport psychology, including the popular parenting paperback, Stop Negotiating with Your Teen: Strategies for Parenting Your Angry, Manipulative, Moody, or Depressed Adolescent, and her critically acclaimed book for mental health professionals entitled, Adolescent Therapy That Works: Helping Kids Who Never Asked for Help in the First Place. She also wrote The Last Boys Picked: Helping Boys Who Don't Play Sports Survive Bullying and Boyhood, and her most recent book is Therapeutic Conversations for Adolescents: Helping Teens in Therapy Thrive in an Ultra-Competitive and Screen-Saturated World.

Janet’s work in the areas of child, preteen, and teenage therapy, family counseling, and parent effectiveness has put her in great demand as a therapist, speaker, workshop leader, and consultant to schools and mental health agencies. She has conducted professional workshops and educational programs for psychiatrists, psychologists, school counselors, social workers, therapists, probation officers, caseworkers, school administrators, teachers, parents, and foster parents all around the United States as well as in Canada, Mexico, Russia, Croatia, and Germany.

Janet is the mother of three young adult men herself. She also is an avid horseback rider, having competed in the show jumping divisions in almost every major horse show along the east coast. Another important part of Janet's life are the sister/brother camps, Forest and Indian Acres in Fryeburg, Maine—what she calls her favorite place on earth—where she spent her childhood summers and for several magical years returned as a psychological consultant while her three boys attended. One more thing to note: She and her boys absolutely love bullmastiffs and pitbulls.