Dr. Joanne Stern is the author of Parenting Is A Contact Sport: 8 Ways To Stay Connected To Your Kids for Life As a psychotherapist, Joanne has spent more than 20 years counseling families, parents, and teens. She specializes in relationships, drugs and alcohol, eating disorders, and grief and loss. A mom for more than three decades (including 5 years as a single mom), she lives in Aspen, Colorado.