Annita Sawyer, PhD

Annita Perez Sawyer, a Yale educated psychologist, has been in practice close to forty years. Her essays, stories and talks around the country illuminate lifetime consequences of childhood trauma, harm from fads in psychiatric diagnosis and treatment, stigma’s enduring impact, and the power of human connection to heal. Her prize-winning memoir, Smoking Cigarettes, Eating Glass, was published in 2015. Her website is www.smokingcigaretteseatingglass.com.