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Avery Hart is an award-winning author,  clinical social worker-psychoanalyst working in private practice and Caring Family Community Services.  A Penn State graduate, she holds advanced degrees from NYU,  Yeshiva U, and CCNH.  She has special training in cognitive-behavioral therapy, hypnosis, Hans Kohut's self-psychology, and is a clinical supervisor to those entering the therapy field. 
 
In May, 2007, Avery was appointed by Governor Jon Corzine to represent the public on the NJ Board of Nursing;  In June, 2009, she was elected  to serve on the NJ State Democratic Committee. She is currently a candidate for Morris County Freeholder. 
 
Born Irene Wagner, and raised in Paramus, NJ, she won the Samuel French Best Short Play Award in 1983 for her play "Dreamboats", written under the pseudonym Avery Hart.  The prize was publication, the name stuck, and has remained with her since.  
 
Avery currently resides in Kinnelon, NJ, where she founded a grassroots, environmental awareness group: www.kinnelonconserves.com.  She has been married to Paul Mantell, the writer and actor, for over 30 years, and is the proud and happy mother of Robert Clatyon and daughter-in-law, Stephanie Jacobson Manteel, and Matthew Z. Mantell.  Avery is a proud member of Pequannock Valley Rotary Club, and humble practicioner of Nichirin (SGI) Buddhism.
 
 
Contact information: Avery Hart, 5 Cherry Tree Lane, Kinnelon, NJ 07405
Email: avery123@optonline.net
Cell phone: 973-519-4385
FAX: 973-492-3406
 
 
 
 
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