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ZITA WEBER PH.D.

Dr. Zita Weber currently is a social work academic at The University of Sydney, Australia. She was a therapist, couples counselor and family therapist during her professional practice years. As a therapist, she ran self-esteem groups for women, parent training groups and ‘busting-your-blues’ workshops. Zita worked in the mental health, rehabilitation and child protection arenas.

She is the author of over a dozen academic publications and continues to present papers at international conferences. Zita has written for The Austin-American Statesman and Big Beautiful Women and had short stories published in the Texas literary journal, Shotgun Blast. Zita was interviewed extensively on radio in Boston and Austin on her research into women and depression and relationships and sexuality.

Zita was a visiting academic at Boston University (1993, 1997, 2000, and 2004) and The University of Texas at Austin (1995). She continues to conduct research in the area of mental health, loss and grief and relationship issues.

Since 1997, Zita has had five non-fiction books published in Australia: Back from the Blues (1997), Out of the Blues (2000), Good Grief (2001) and The Best Years of a Woman’s Life (2003) and Skills for Human Service Practice (with Agi O'Hara)(2006). The Best Years of a Woman’s Life (2004) also has been published in Britain. Zita has extensive media experience in promoting these books and has been a regular guest on radio shows and appeared on television, including Good Morning Australia, Sunrise, Mornings with Kerri-Anne and Denise.

Zita was born in Hungary and lives in Sydney, Australia.