About the Author
Helen Smith Barnet, Ph.D.
Dr. Helen Barnet has investigated divorce for more than 30 years. In 1990, she published one of the first studies on adult divorce stress and adjustment in the Journal of Divorce and Remarriage. Over the years, she has researched the breakup of over 700 marriages, most of which were re-weds. Her self-help book— Divorcing Again? –is based on this ground breaking work on remarriage splits. As a psychologist, she has dealt with family transitions in various therapeutic settings as well as taught psychology at Connecticut College, Sacred Heart University, and the University of Connecticut.
Dr. Barnet has three psychology degree starting with a B.A. from Smith College. The other two include a M.A. (University of Vermont) and a Ph.D. (New School for Social Research). In addition, Helen has a Sixth Year School Psychology Certificate (Southern Connecticut University)
She is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA), Florida Psychological Association (FPA), and Southeastern Psychological Association (SEPA). Dr. Barnet is a past president of the Brevard-Indian River Chapter of FPA.
For fun, Dr. Barnet enjoys beach walking and aquatic activities such as swimming . To do these, she lives near the ocean year-round spending ten months in Vero Beach, Florida and the remaining two in Narragansett, RI. Her second favorite pastime is flower arranging—both traditional American designs and Ikebana. With her late husband Stephen, she has one son, Bradford. Bradford and his wife Bri have two sons, Cooper and Oliver.