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WELCOME to my on-line home. My goal is to offer you ideas, information, books, and natural health products that can improve your personal well-being and family interactions, and promote vibrant emotional and physical health. Thank you for whatever good you do in your sphere of influence. Each person is precious, and each is needed to make a better world.

Avery Hart is an award-winning author and clinical social worker-psychoanalyst working in private practice and for 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.

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 mother of Robert Clayton and Matthew Mantell. Avery is a proud member of Pequannock Valley Rotary Club, and a 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