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The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Mother of Courage: The True Story of an Armless Dentist and Her Triumph Over Tragedy by Dr Philip Chanin

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Mother of Courage: The True Story of an Armless Dentist and Her Triumph Over Tragedy by Dr Philip Chanin https://www.amazon.com/Mother-Courage-Armless-Dentist-Triumph/dp/B0D8RM8JSL Motherofcourage.com Mother of Courage is the inspiring true story of a young woman who loses both arms in a boating accident, yet valiantly finishes dental school, marries, raises two boys, teaches at an historically Black medical college, and becomes a nationally known advocate for people with disabilities. With grace, humor, faith, and a large dose of determination, Margaret Chanin transforms her tragic physical loss into a triumph of the human spirit-and shares her light with everyone she meets. Philip Chanin, EdD, ABPP, CGP, is a licensed clinical psychologist and consulting Buddhist psychotherapist, a nationally Certified Group Psychotherapist, and an Advanced Imago Therapist in private practice in Nashville, Tennessee. He is Board Certified through the American Board of Professional Psychology, and since 2005 he has been an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Bill Snyder is a Nashville-based science writer.About the author Dr. Philip Chanin is a Board Certified Clinical Psychologist. He loves writing, and there are 60 articles that he has written on his psychology practice website. He received a Bachelor's Degree from Amherst College and a Doctorate in Counseling Psychology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is a Licensed Psychologist in Tennessee and has previously held licenses in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine. Dr. Chanin did post-doctoral training in clinical psychology in Massachusetts and in Philadelphia, at The Devereux Foundation. He opened a private practice in Ardmore, on Philadelphia's Main Line. He then relocated back to Massachusetts, living on the campus of the Northfield Mt. Hermon School, and spent five years working at an inpatient substance abuse treatment hospital in New Hampshire. He then established a private practice in Keene, New Hampshire, before moving back to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1991. Dr. Chanin is Board Certified through the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP), is a nationally Certified Group Psychotherapist, and is also an Advanced Imago Therapist in Nashville. He formerly served as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Nashville Psychotherapy Institute. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, for whom he sees psychiatric residents for supervision and psychotherapy. In his free time, Dr. Chanin enjoys spending time with his wife and two grown step-children. He also enjoys reading, writing, walking, yoga, playing racquet sports, spending time with friends and colleagues, and traveling in the States and internationally. The publishing of his book, Mother of Courage: The True Story of an Armless Dentist and Her Triumph Over Tragedy, represents the fulfillment of a long held dream to tell his mother's story.

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