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Publications

Ann Steiner, Ph.D., MFT, CGP, AGPA-F

Highlights

Human Authored Certification

Dr. Steiner’s work on the professional will has been cited in the Wall Street Journal, a textbook entitled Skilled Empathy: Creating Safety through Therapeutic Attachment, (Gollnick, 2005), incorporated into the curriculum for FilmTx, a continuing education provider, published in The California Therapist. One of her articles, “The Empty Chair, Making our Absence Less Traumatic for Everyone” was published in The New Therapist, a South African journal distributed in South Africa, New Zealand and Australia.

Her contributions have been acknowledged by being invited to contribute articles to a wide range of prestigious publications, among them are:

  • Steiner, A. (2011, March/April). The therapist’s professional will: A back-up plan every clinician needs. GROUP. (Special Issue 35: The Aging of Group Therapists).
  • Steiner, A. (2011, November/December). Preparing your clients and yourself for the unexpected: Therapist illness, retirement, and death. The California Therapist.
  • Steiner, A. (2011 July/August) Therapists need a strong back-up plan. The National Psychologist.
  • Steiner, A. (2004, July/September). The therapist protection plan: Preparing for expected and unexpected absences from practice. The California Therapist.

“Thanks Ann! I so appreciate your doing this work and plan to get some St. Louis colleagues interested. I started working on your Professional Will. It is fantastic. What a great service you are doing. Having the whole thing spelled out for me, with fields that I can just enter and update, makes it all seem doable. Thanks so much for doing this work!”

Patricia Kyle Dennis, Ph.D.Diplomate in Clinical Social Work, Member Academy for Eating Disorders, Certified Group Psychotherapist, St. Louis Eating Disorders Network - Founder and Past President

“Whenever I sign up for an Ann Steiner course, I know she's going to deliver an amazing, comprehensive packet that she has extensively developed. Her courses are always highly interactive and engaging. Her passion for this topic is palpable.”

Wendy Brown, MFTSan Francisco, CA

Complete Bibliography

Books

  • Steiner, A. (2026). The psychotherapist’s professional will: guidelines for managing planned and unplanned absence, Plan Ahead Press.
  • Steiner, A. (2024). Help your group thrive: workbook and planning guide – Chinese language translation, published by Green Pastures, Hong Kong.
  • Steiner, A. (2020). How to create and sustain groups that thrive: therapist’s workbook and planning guide, 3rd edition: Routledge Books, London.
  • Steiner, A. (2012). The therapist’s professional will: guidelines for managing planned and unplanned absence: downloadable system. No longer available.

Articles

  • Steiner, A. (2014, November/ December). Your therapist’s professional will – if not now, when? The Therapist Vol. 26, No. 6, 47-56.
  • Steiner, A. (2011, November/ December). Preparing your clients and yourself for the unexpected: therapist illness, retirement and death. The Therapist Vol. 23, No. 6, 47-56.
  • Steiner, A. ( 2011, July/August) Therapists need a strong back-up plan The National Psychologist, 20-21.
  • Steiner, A. (2011, March/April). The therapist’s professional will: A back-up plan every clinician needs. GROUP. (Special Issue 35: The Aging of Group Therapists).
  • Steiner, A. (2011 July/August) Therapists need a strong back-up plan. The National Psychologist.
  • Steiner, A. (2009, Spring) “Is your motto “Be Prepared!?” Northern California Chapter of the National Speaker’s Association, Speaker Magazine.
  • Steiner, A. (2007). The empty chair: Making our absence less traumatic for everyone. New Therapist, Vol 48, 11-21.
  • Steiner, A. (2007). Audio CD with downloadable worksheets: The Therapist’s Professional Will: The Complete Guide.
  • Steiner, A. (2004, July/September). The therapist protection plan: Preparing for expected and unexpected absences from practice. The California Therapist.
  • Steiner, A. (2003). Preparing your clients and yourself for the unexpected: Therapist illness, retirement and death. www.PsyBC.com
  • Steiner, A. (2002). The empty chair: Making our absence less traumatic for everyone. Psychotherapy.net.
  • Steiner, A. (2001, Jan/February). When the therapist has to cancel. The California Therapist, 52-54.

Chapter Contributor

  • Skilled Empathy Through Therapeutic Attachment: for Beginning and Experienced Therapists, Gollnick, Laura E., Wellness Plus Publishing, CA, 2004.
  • Believing in Ourselves: A Celebration of Women, Nancy Carson (Editor), Jennifer Jones (Photographer); Kansas City: Andrew McNeil Publishing, 2002.
  • Sometimes you just want to feel like a human being: case studies of empowering psychotherapy with people with disabilities, Blotzer, Mary Ann and Ruth, Richard, Paul H. Brookes, Maryland, 1995.