Karen L. Rancourt, Ph.D., Books
Dr. Karen L. Rancourt, Ph.D.: “How I became Dr. Gramma Karen”
In September 2011, Karen L. Rancourt, Ph.D., began writing Ask Dr. Gramma Karen: An Advice Column for Young Parents and Grandparents at Mommybites.com and later for GRAND Magazine. Dr. Rancourt’s varied and relevant professional endeavors, in combination with her roles as a wife, mother, and grandmother, provided her with the skills, experience, and expertise that have made her the highly regarded advice-giver she is today. Read More
The Evolution of the Column
The format for the Ask Dr. Gramma Karen columns came about from one of Dr. Rancourt’s favorite childhood memories. She and her four siblings would compete over who was going to be the first to read the Dear Abby advice column when the morning and evening newspapers arrived at their front door. Sometimes alone, and sometimes together, she and her siblings would read each problem, try to guess what advice Abby would give, and then read what the actual advice was. As a young reader, and even now, this Dear Abby format struck Dr. Rancourt as being interesting, challenging, and educational. She decided to use a similar format for Ask Dr. Gramma Karen.
All the intergenerational situations she addresses are from real people trying to deal with real issues. Dr. Rancourt never tells people what to do, but rather, she presents a range of options and alternatives with the pros and cons of each. This leaves it to the person involved to decide the option best suited for his/her personality and circumstances. Readers say that she also helps them become “unstuck” by presenting a few suggestions readers had not considered, thus enabling them to see a situation through the eyes of others involved.
A hallmark of the advice she gives is that she brings in relevant and current research, thus giving depth and breadth to the issues being discussed.
It’s All About Relationships!
IT’S ALL ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS! New Ways to Make Them Healthy and Fulfilling, at Home and at Work takes the uncertainty and thorniness out of relationships. No more being confused, or unsure about what to do, often doing something that makes a relationship even worse! This self-help book provides the skills needed to manage effectively all personal and professional relationships. It clearly explains how to replace the randomness and indecisiveness in interpersonal interactions with confidence, focus, and direction. By completing a simple instrument to assess the building blocks of relationships, it quickly becomes clear as to what is working in a given relationship and what is not working. A variety of easy-to-implement actions are presented to get desired outcomes in relationships — that is, to build, maintain, strengthen, change, or end them.
Available for Purchase at:
