Her Book

Her book, Overcoming Your Parents' Divorce: Five Steps to a Happy Relationship, a self-help book for adults with divorced parents, was published by New Horizon Press.  The book was a Finalist in the 2008 "National Best Book Awards."

 

For a review of the book at the Suite101.com site, go here.  You can also hear Elisabeth discuss her book in a radio interview with Dr. Alvin Augustus Jones

 

She has discussed her book on XM Radio's "Broad Minded" show, on the UK's Kerrang Radio, and on many other local stations throughout the United States.  You can read an interview with Elisabeth and a feature story about the book in Your Tango magazine.  You can find an article that she published, based on the book, in Self Help magazine.  She has also been quoted in Salon.com 
 
Reviews

Deborah Bigelow - Library Journal

Gearing her message to individuals who view relationships negatively and are afraid to bond with another person because of their parents' mistakes, licensed clinical social worker Lamotte outlines a method to give children of divorce the strength to improve current relationships and develop long, healthy new ones. Her five-step guide includes learning more about one's grandparents and their relationships, rethinking childhood beliefs and experiences, and finding suitable partners. She notes that hesitation to commit can be positive, as it gives an individual time to reflect and focus on what he or she needs from a partner and determine how the relationship will play out into the future. While there are other books on children of divorce, this one is positive and gives hope to those who come from broken homes. Recommended for all libraries.











 5 stars

Just because your parents divorce does not mean that in your own marital relationship that you are destined to as well., September 4, 2008
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This review is from: Overcoming Your Parents Divorce: 5 Steps to a Happy Relationship (Paperback)
Just because your parents divorce does not mean that in your own marital relationship that you are destined to as well. "Overcoming Your Parents' Divorce: 5 Steps To a Happy Relationship" is a divorce coping book aimed at an audience so often forgotten in this area - adults. With practical 'real-world' advice on dealing with the shadow of one's parents failure and how to overcome it within our own lives for a healthier future, the advice offered by Elisabeth Joy LaMotte is specifically designed to put relationship worries behind us. "Overcoming Your Parents Divorce" is recommended to the non-specialist general reader with the comforting message that marital success is not circumscribed by genetics or parental example.