Jude Bijou (born 1946 in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is a licensed psychotherapist, lecturer, and multi-award winning author of ''Attitude Reconstruction: A Blueprint for Building a Better Life'' (Riviera Press, Revised November 2011). Her approach to understanding and integrating human behavior is based on 33 years of private practice therapy with individuals and couples. Jude Bijou is the daughter of pioneer behavioral child psychologist, Sidney W. Bijou, Sidney Bijou holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from

Reed College Reed College is a private liberal arts college in Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1908, Reed is a residential college with a campus in the Eastmoreland neighborhood, with Tudor-Gothic style architecture, and a forested canyon nature preserve at ...

, as well as a Master’s in psychology from

Carleton University Carleton University is an English-language public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1942 as Carleton College, the institution originally operated as a private, non-denominational evening college to serve returning Wo ...

Teaching and Speaking

Jude is currently a writer, speaker, and frequent radio guest residing in

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. Jude Bijou has taught “''How to Communicate Simply, Lovingly, and Effectively''” through Santa Barbara City College Adult Education for twenty years. She also lectures on topics such as “''Gracefully Dealing With Emotions And Negative Thoughts''” (Cottage Hospital Psychiatric Grand Rounds, Santa Barbara CA, December 2012), and “Emotions, Thoughts, Feelings, And Change” (California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, Santa Barbara, June 2011). Bijou has taught Introductory Psychology at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Re-evaluation Co-Counseling in Santa Barbara California, and ''Attitude Reconstruction'' trainings and workshops.

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