A. B. Curtiss is an MFCC, a certified hypnotist, author, lecturer, and essayist. She worked in a clinic for seven years before opening her private practice. She has been a featured author and speaker for Roundtable West, in Los Angeles; a featured author and panelist for Much Ado About Books in Jacksonville, Florida; has been interviewed on numerous radio talk shows, has lectured and done workshops for OASIS, Healing Hands School of Holistic Health, The American Association for University Women, The California Council on Family Relations, The National Association of Forensic Counselors, and The California Retired Teacher?s Association, among others. Her book, Depression is a Choice: Winning the Battle Without Drugs, published by Hyperion, was featured in lengthy articles in The Chicago Tribune and Human Resource Magazine. Her latest book, Brainswitch out of Depression was published in December 2006. Her books have won a Benjamin Franklin and San Diego Book Award. Her 5 children are grown. She lives with her husband in San Diego.