No Shame

An Introduction to Shameless Psychiatry
The what, why, & how of positive parenting
Who is the Shameless Psychiatrist?
Mind hacking
To be right, or to be effective . . .
Parenting styles & strategiesThe Power 9
The need for a primary caregiver
When you "stay together for the child"
How to incorporate the opposite-sex role model
The case for a "father" role model in a girl's healthy development
Don't leave out the pleasure talk!!!
Don't leave out the consent talk!
Not just the opposite-sex role model is important
Relationship 101: how to handle conflict
How to help your angry and irritable teen
Be your own bestie! Having a great relationship with oneself
Create rituals
Creating a gentle man
Great relationships with the other humans of the world

5 Sexual Initiation
Sort out sex and romance by teaching rational love
Flirting training
Get rejected
The evolution and neurobiology of sex-and how it pertains to your kids . . .
Explain emotional and physiological effects of sex
Under pressure xxx
Hookups! Etiquette! Anal! Address the Awkward

6 Annihilating the Risks
Do you know how to use the tech your child uses?
Take inventory (on social media)
Keep an eye out for cyberbullying
Dispel distorted myths (caused by pornography)
Lead with the legalities (on sexting)
Instill "No friend left behind" (with drugs and partying)

7 Teaching Radical Inclusion for Gender, Sexual, and Family Identities and Expressions
Gender and sexual identity and expression
Great relationships start with great role models
What to do if you suspect your child is outside the box
When your family is outside the box

8 A Parent's Ongoing Sexual Story
How your sexual story affects your child
Parent disclosures to children
Avoid oversharing
Nontraditional families and parent disclosure: one family's story
Blender, banner, & chameleon: family disclosures to the world
To disclose or not to disclose

9 Parental Conflict Divorce
Moving between

Lea Lis is the Shameless Psychiatrist. She is a double board certified adult and child psychiatrist who has been working with non-traditional family arrangements since the beginning of her psychiatric career. Dr Lis helps parents, children, and adolescents face challenges and develop healthy, sex-positive attitudes and practices in their lives. In her own private psychiatric practice (Mindful Kid) she has developed expertise in working with modern families of all types. She has appeared as an expert on parenting in programming by ABC, CBS, NBC, and other news outlets, as well as newspapers such as The Chicago Tribune and The Washington Post. She is active in the American Psychiatric Association, having served as a member of their National Ethics Committee and on the Board of Trustees, and her publications have appeared in the Journal of Psychiatric Practice and the Journal of Academic Psychiatry.

"Dr. Lis is an inspiration. Her book helps shine a light on so many topics that have been otherwise ignored, cloaked in silence, and masked with shame. My life's work is centered around combatting public health epidemics by treating depression, and creating tools for suicide prevention. Dr. Lis and I share the same vision: that suffering is treatable and lives can be saved if we break down barriers of stigma, shame and misunderstanding that have existed across generations. No Shame helps finally bring critical topics to the surface, normalizing issues that should have never been defined by shame. It will help kids learn to express their boundaries, and instil sex positive beliefs to foster resiliency. This is an indispensable guide to navigating the challenges of bringing up kids in today's world."
-Dr. Kelly Posner Gerstenhaber, recipient of the Department of Defense Medal for Exceptional Public Service and Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University

"Refreshingly contemporary, No Shame addresses how parents can help kids navigate conflicts and the challenges of growing up in the world of #MeToo and social media."
-Cristina Cuomo, founder and editor of The Purist

"Dr. Lea Lis' brilliant book explains that when parents own their sexual story, it allows them to pass down intergenerational wisdom-not trauma. No Shame addresses the prevalent shame and fear around sexuality, and Dr. Lis' fresh approach to communication with children on those awkward topics gives parents the tools they need to help their kids develop body positivity, self-esteem, and healthy romantic relationships."
-Dr. Shefali Tsabary, bestselling author of The Conscious Parent

"Dr. Lea Lis provides parents with a field manual of evidence-based practices to help us discuss the dos and don'ts of relationships, intimacy, and sex with our kids. Drawing on her decades of work in the trenches as a clinician and her own experiences as a parent, the Shameless Psychiatrist