About Dr. Wendy Mogel

DR. WENDY MOGEL is an internationally known clinical psychologist, author and public speaker. Publisher’s Weekly gave her New York Times best-selling parenting book, The Blessing of a Skinned Knee, a starred review saying, “Impassioned, lyrical and eminently practical, this volume is a real treasure.” 
 

A graduate of Middlebury College, Dr. Mogel completed an internship and post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Psychiatry at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. She has been a keynote speaker at the annual meetings of the National Association of Independent Schools, the National Association of Principals of Schools for Girls, the Educational Records Bureau, the National Association of Episcopal Schools, the American Montessori Society, and the American Camp Association.

Dr. Mogel serves on the scientific advisory board of Challenge Success, a program of the Stanford University School of Education and the boards of the Center for Early Education and the Counsel for Spiritual and Ethical Education—a century old inter-faith organization serving private schools. She contributes articles to many types of publications including Independent School Magazine, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Camping Magazine.

In 2006, The New York Times Sunday Magazine published a profile of Dr. Mogel and her work. On October 12, 2010, Scribner will publish The Blessing of a B Minus, Dr. Mogel’s new book about what parents can learn from teenagers.  Rabbi Harold Kushner (author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People) praises The Blessing of a B Minus saying, “Wise, witty and well-written, this book is a treasury of common sense for anyone dealing with adolescents.”