Lauren Murphy Payne, MSW, LCSW is a psychotherapist in private practice with over 30 years of experience helping children, teens, and adults. She specializes in the issues of adult survivors of childhood trauma, eating disorders, depression, anxiety, self esteem, relationships, and divorce prevention. In addition to the books, Just Because I Am and We Can Get Along, she has written and presented two 4 part video series on anger management entitled “Making Anger Work for You” and “Anger as a Fear Driven Emotion”. She has two adult children and lives in Racine, Wisconsin with her husband, dogs, cat and birds.