About TEN PROMISES-Intentions that shape Committed Parenting
Do you wish when that bundle of joy came into your life, there was a manual that came with your child? Parenting, a commitment to yourself and your child, is a path that brings laughter, tears, disappointments, learning, and growth. You are caught between expectations and a reality that may conflict with expectations. In the midst of this, you need support and resources. It is said that it always takes a village to bring up a child.
‘Ten Promises – Intentions That Shape Committed Parenting’ is a book authored by
Manisha Punwani, M.D. an experienced and well-accomplished Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist. The book uses scientific, research-based, developmental, and psychological perspectives to guide parenting. Lucid, with a conversational tone, it is a guide using relatable stories, discussion, and advice. The author shows her inherent compassion, respect, and deep understanding of parents.
If you are a parent or are considering starting a family, you’ve probably thought about these promises or some version of them, even if you haven’t spoken them aloud. In this book, they have been spelled out to provide a constructive framework to help you understand and focus on the most essential aspects of parenting. These promises include aspects of parenting, co-parenting, advocacy and protection, structure and consistency, life skills and growth, secure attachments, holding, safety, autonomy, freedom, and responsibility. These promises facilitate the healthy development of the child as well as the growth of parents and help foster a healthy, rewarding relationship between the parent and child.
‘Ten Promises – Intentions That Shape Committed Parenting’ is a book that is warm and comforting, filled with empathy, and one that will give you the permission as a parent to honor your strengths, overcome your challenges, and co-parent well with your partner.
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Author Bio:
Manisha Punwani, M.D. is a Board Certified Adult, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist. She is born in Mumbai, India, and was interested in the connection between the mind and body from an early age. She went into medical school with the ambition of becoming a Child and Adolescent psychiatrist. Her dream was to combine medical, holistic, complementary, spiritual,and integrative sciences with psychiatry. She believes that the child and
family must be treated as a whole.
Dr. Punwani graduated from Kasturba Medical College,under Mangalore University in India. She came to New York in 1998 and completed a Residency in Adult Psychiatry Program from 2000-2003 at Brookdale University Hospital, an institution affiliated withSUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. In New York, shewas involved on the Ethics Committee and actively participated in the New York Member-In-Training Committee. She was selected as theMember-In-Training Representative from New York in the AmericanMedical Association Resident Fellow section and won the William Sorum Award for her work with residents, students, and the community.
She went to Massachusetts in 2003 to pursue a Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine. She trained in CBT, ERP and trained in Narrative Family Therapy at the Family Institute of Cambridge. She won the Paul F. Briscolli Award for her research on the ‘Impact of Direct-to-Consumer Advertising on patients in Outpatient Psychiatric Clinics.
She moved to Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (SIU) in 2007, where she served as Unit Director at the Juvenile Forensic Unit. She was promoted to Associate Director, Adult Psychiatry Training Program in 2008 and then to Director, Adult Psychiatry Training Program in 2009. She was awarded Faculty of the Year in 2009 and Psychotherapy Mentor of the Year in 2012.
Dr. Punwani moved to San Francisco in 2012. She served as an Associate Professor and Fellowship Training Director for the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Training Program at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. Her clinical experience
focused on running a Child and Adolescent Anxiety and OCD Clinic. She won the Junior Faculty Award in 2012 from the Association of Academic Psychiatry.
Since 2013, she has successfully developed and continues to dedicate her efforts to expanding her Integrative Psychiatry practice, which specializes in the treatment of Anxiety Disorders, OCD, and Autism. She also practices Telepsychiatry to provide her established
clients with the flexibility of continuity of care.
She has extensive experience in working with twice-exceptional children who are intellectually gifted but struggle with emotional challenges, Autism, Anxiety disorders, other Neurodevelopmental challenges, ADHD, or learning disabilities. She has been rated one of the Top 3 Psychiatrists for three consecutive years in San Francisco. She has dedicated her career path to the practice of Integrative Pediatric and Adolescent Mental Health with a special focus on anxiety disorders, autism spectrum disorders, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorders. It is her goal and dream to establish a Mind Body Pediatric Wellness Center in Mumbai, India.
Dr. Punwani has multiple presentations, workshops, and eight publications including this book, to her name. She is an animal lover and has three cats and a dog, all of which were rescued. She loves to prcatice meditataion, travel, write, and mentor.