Tsaoism: A Simple Guide to Understanding Children and Adults - Paperback

by Thomas Tsao (Author)

...a fun read. Serious yet prepared with a light and accessible touch. Highly informative. It covers a substantial range of material in a jargon-free manner while explaining core ideas, a rare trait The volume will appeal to a broad range of people including patients, parents and many practitioners of different stripes. It is filled with solid, superbly practical advice and wonderful nuggets....radiates interpersonal and emotional honesty which adds to its convincing nature....Rarely will one encounter someone who so thoroughly enjoys working with mildly as well as profoundly troubled and difficult adolescents and their families, and conveys by word and action the respect he has for those individuals and their families...deserves to be, and I hope will be, published by a popular press for a broad audience."

Back Jacket

..".a fun read. Serious yet prepared with a light and accessible touch. Highly informative. It covers a substantial range of material in a jargon-free manner while explaining core ideas, a rare trait! The volume will appeal to a broad range of people including patients, parents and many practitioners of different stripes. It is filled with solid, superbly practical advice and wonderful nuggets....radiates interpersonal and emotional honesty which adds to its convincing nature....Rarely will one encounter someone who so thoroughly enjoys working with mildly as well as profoundly troubled and difficult adolescents and their families, and conveys by word and action the respect he has for those individuals and their families...deserves to be, and I hope will be, published by a popular press for a broad audience."
Jack D. Barchas, M.D.
Barklie McKee Henry Professor and Chair
Weil Cornell Medical College
Psychiatrist-in-Chief
New York-Presbyterian Hospital

Author Biography

Dr. Tom Tsao is a board certified psychiatrist who practices in Virginia Beach, Va. at Atlantic Psychiatric Services. He has taught and supervised students, interns and medical residents in doctoral programs at Regent University and the Eastern Virginia Medical School, where he was a member of the founding faculty in 1973. In 2006 Dr. Tsao was honored by the American Psychiatric Association and elevated to the status of Distinguished Life Fellow for his significant contributions to psychiatry.