Janet Geringer Woititz, EdD, was the author of Adult Children of Alcoholics, which was on the New York Times bestseller list for over a year. She wrote several other books, including The Self-Sabotage Syndrome, The Struggle for Intimacy, Marriage on the Rocks, and Healing Your Sexual Self. Woititz was the director and founder of the Institute for Counseling and Training in West Caldwell, New Jersey.