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Interview With Dr. Edythe Denkin on Beyondthebooks.wordpress.com

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Edythe Denkin, PhD, is a Certified Marriage Counselor. Her most recent book, Relationship Magic, is a set of tools in parable form for those wanting to keep or rekindle the love and communication in their relationships. Dr. Denkin understands that “Happily Ever After” does not just come naturally. It takes communication, honesty, and empathy. This book is based on her work with Imago Relationship Theory.

The host of “Catch Your Kids Doing Things Right,” a four-part television series in which she taught many of her techniques to a wide audience, she has been trained and certified as an Imago Relationship Therapist by Dr. Harville Hendrix, best-selling author of Getting The Love You Want, et al.

Edythe is also the author of Why Can’t You Catch Me Being Good?, a best-selling book from Adams Media that shows how to raise self-confident and well-behaved children.

Edythe has embraced a spiritual quest and a personal calling to help people find their childhood triggers and help them reclaim their emotional freedom and happiness.

A graduate of Temple University, Denkin began her career as an Elementary School teacher. She went on to receive her Masters Degree in Elementary Education from the University of Bridgeport, and her PhD from Walden University. She has over thirty years experience as a therapist and relationship expert, specializing in marriage and child therapy, and is also a teacher, coach and motivational speaker. She is a member of the Institute For Relationship Therapy and the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. Dr. Denkin was recently honored by the University of Bridgeport with a Most Distinguished Alumni Award.

You can visit her website at www.edythedenkin.com.

Welcome to Beyond the Books, Edythe! Can we start out by telling us whether you are published for the first time or are you multi-published?

Relationship Magic is my second book. My first book came out in 2000.

What was the name of your very first book regardless of whether it was published or not and, if not published, why?

Why Can’t you Catch Me Being Good? was my first book and it was published.

For your first published book, how many rejections did you go through before you either found a mainstream publisher, self-published it, or paid a vanity press to publish it?

I went through over 20 publishers before Adams Media called me to discuss my manuscript.

How did the rejections make you feel and what did you do to overcome the blows?

I knew that the book was worthwhile and needed. I just wasn’t going to let their rejections get me down. I wasn’t going to let them stop me. I just kept going until I found a publisher who saw how much the book was needed.

When your first book was published, who published it and why did you choose them?

I had an agent who was having trouble with his own child and he felt that Adams would be a good fit.

How did it make you feel to become published for the first time and how did you celebrate?

It was so much fun. I had a feeling of accomplishing what I set out to do, but I didn’t actually have a celebration, I knew the real work was just beginning.

What was the first thing you did as for as promotion when you were published for the first time?

The first thing I did was get myself a publicist. It was over $2000 a month and they got me on TV, radio and the newspaper.

If you had to do it over again, would you have chosen another route to be published?

The whole book industry has changed since 2000 and now I’d be more flexible in my expectations. Today, I have chosen to start my own publishing company, Destiny Press.

Have you been published since then and how have you grown as an author?

Destiny Publications has published my next book, Relationship Magic. I am much more confident as a writer now and I have a lot less anxiety about the publicity and marketing. I can get the message out on TV and radio and I feel like I know what I am doing.

Looking back since the early days when you were trying to get published, what do you think you could have done differently to speed things up? What kind of mistakes could you have avoided?

Using an agent and working one step as a time was the best way to go. I don’t look at anything as a mistake, but as things I have learned. I learned that once you set a goal, you have to get yourself out there. Never give up.

What has been the biggest accomplishment you have achieved since becoming published?

As a therapist, my first book has given me the credibility and respect among my colleagues and my community that I was looking for. I now speak to large groups and am able to get my message out there. That was always my goal.

If you could have chosen another profession, what would that profession be?

I love being an Imago relationship therapist. It offers me an opportunity to help people make progress in their lives and it is very rewarding.

Would you give up being an author for that profession or have you combined the best of both worlds?

Yes, I have been able to combine them. Both my books and my profession allow me to teach others how to make a difference in their relationships and families.

How do you see yourself in ten years?

I will have my own nationally syndicated radio show and be a best selling author and speaker.

Any final words for writers who dream of being published one day?

I say go for it. Never give up. Keep at it until you find the publisher that will see what you see in your book. Winners never quit. Quitters never win.

Edythe Denkin, PhD: Regain Your Emotional Freedom

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