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 Linda Sapadin, Ph.D. is a well known expert on issues of fear, anxiety, procrastination and career challenges. She is a psychologist in private practice, author, columnist, educator and public speaker. Her specialty is helping individuals and groups improve their relationships, manage their emotions and overcome self-defeating patterns of behavior.
Her most recent self-help book is:
Master Your Fears: How to Triumph Over Your Worries and Get On With Your Life (John Wiley & Sons, 2004; also published in Korean and French).
Her first book, It’s About Time! The Six Styles of Procrastination and How to Overcome Them (Penguin, 1996; also published in Japan) was a Book-of-the Month selection and a Quality Paperback selection
Her second book, Beat Procrastination and Make the Grade: The Six Styles of Procrastination and How STUDENTS can Overcome Them (Penguin, 1999), is a guide for high school and college students on overcoming academic procrastination.
Dr. Sapadin’s work has been featured on national media (television, radio and print), including the Today Show, Good Morning America, The God Squad, NPR and the Voice of America and in hundreds of publications, including The New York Times, USA Today, Newsday, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, Men’s Health, Self, Ladies Home Journal, Prevention, Fitness, Bottom Line, Psychology Today, Lifetime and Redbook.
Dr. Sapadin is a warm, engaging speaker, known for the richness and originality of her ideas. Her expertise on emotional, relationship and group dynamics is frequently utilized by business and educational organizations, including the Smithsonian, the American Psychological Association, Learning Annex, Hofstra University, Coopers & Lybrand, and International Development Research Council.
Dr. Sapadin teaches at Hofstra University’s weekend college. Recent courses include:
How to Stop Worrying and Overcome Your Fears
How to Beat Procrastination
How to Be in Control Without Letting Your Need for Control Be Out of Control
Her column, Person to Person, is published by the Herald chain of newspapers. She writes about intimate relationships, personality styles, communication, emotions, parenting and personal growth.
She lives in the New York area with her husband, health psychologist Dr. Ronald Goodrich. She is the mother of three grown sons, Brian, Glenn and Daniel Sapadin, in whom she takes much pride and delight.
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