ABOUT US

Former Advisory Council Member

Edward M. Hallowell, M.D.
Director, The Hallowell Center
Faculty, Harvard Medical School

Dr. Edward (Ned) Hallowell is a child and adult psychiatrist and the founder of The Hallowell Center for Cognitive and Emotional Health in Sudbury, M.A. He is also on the faculty of the Harvard Medical School.

Ned has authored seven books on various psychological topics, including problems with attention, focus, and stress, and worry. His national bestsellers, Driven to Distraction and Answers to Distraction, discuss attention deficit disorder in children and in adults. When You Worry About the Child You Love describes the various emotional and learning problems children may have and offers practical tips on how best to deal with them.

In one of his books, Worry: Hope and Help for a Common Problem, published in hardcover by Pantheon (1997) and in paper by Ballantine (1998), Dr. Hallowell looks at worry in both its constructive and destructive forms, and gives practical advice on how to control toxic worry. From the person who broods and ruminates, to the underachiever who can't get going because of his worrying, to the person who fears speaking in public, to the many people who have undiagnosed anxiety disorders, this book describes the host of different patterns destructive worry can take.

Dr. Hallowell has also completed Connect: 12 Vital Ties that Open Your Heart, Lengthen Your Life, and Deepen Your Soul (Pantheon, September 1999). This book focuses on the power of the various connections people make in life -- from connections of family and friends, to neighborhood and community, to workplaces and other organizations, to systems of belief and the world of beauty.

Dr. Hallowell has also filmed two videotapes for the Public Broadcasting System (PBS), one about managing worry, the other about the power of connection. He has appeared on such national television shows as "20/20," "The Today Show," "Dateline," "Oprah," "Good Morning America," and "The View."