Elena Mikalsen, Author at Women Writers, Women's Books http://booksbywomen.org/author/elenamikalsen/ Mon, 02 Sep 2019 15:02:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 Do’s and Don’ts of Including Mental Illness in Your Fiction https://booksbywomen.org/dos-and-donts-of-including-mental-illness-in-your-fiction-by-elena-mikalsen-ph-d/ https://booksbywomen.org/dos-and-donts-of-including-mental-illness-in-your-fiction-by-elena-mikalsen-ph-d/#comments Mon, 02 Sep 2019 11:12:28 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=27914 In addition to the joy of being an author, I have also had the privilege of being a clinical psychologist for the last fifteen years. In fact, I practice in mental health full-time as a Pediatric and Perinatal Psychologist and I write in my spare time. My Psychologist job has greatly influenced my writing as […]

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