Ester Leutenberg has worked in the mental health profession for many years as an author, publisher and as an advocate for those suffering from loss. She personally experienced a loss when her son Mitchell, after struggling with a mental illness for eight years, died by suicide in 1986.

Soon after, as a way of both healing and helping others, she co-founded Wellness Reproductions & Publishing with her daughter Kathy Khalsa. Ester began developing therapeutic products that help facilitators help their clients. She is the co-author of the SEALS series for teenagers as well as Meaningful Life Skills for older adults, and the eight-book Life Management Skills series for adults.

Ester, a breast cancer survivor since 2003, has counseled other survivors in overcoming body-loss issues. Her involvements with Survivors of Suicide, the Coyote Task Force in Tucson, various support groups in Sun City Oro Valley and volunteering at two hospitals are among many ways she continues to feed her passion of helping mentally ill people, their facilitators and their families.

Ester has co-written the following, published by Whole Person Associates:

SERIES:

• Coping with Behavioral Addictions Series
• Coping Workbook Series for Facilitators (10 books)
• Erasing the Stigma of Mental Health Issues Through Awareness Series (8 books)
• Mental Health & Life Skills Workbook Series for Adults (12 books)
• Mental Health & Life Skills Workbook Series for Teens (14 books)
• Mind-Body Wellness Series (5 books)
• Transitional Life Skills for Teens Series (10 books)
• Working with Families Series

STAND-ALONE BOOKS:

• Suicide & Self-Injury Prevention Workbook
• Teen Suicide & Self-Harm Prevention Workbook
• Mindfulness Skills Workbook: Remedies for Worry, Anxiety & Stress
• Teen Mindfulness Skills Workbook: Remedies for Worry, Anxiety & Stress
• Veterans - Surviving and Thriving after Trauma
• Life Skills to Help Teens Balance Way Too Much
• The Complete Caregiver Support Guide
• Motivation - Identifying strengths, interests, abilities, hopes and dreams
• Creating a Healthy Balanced Life
• GriefWork - Healing from Loss
• GriefWork for Teens - Healing from Loss
• The GriefWork Companion - Activities for Healing
• Breaking Up is Hard to Do - Support for Partners Ending a Committed Relationship

ALSO DISTRIBUTED BY WHOLE PERSON:

• Life Management Skills Series