Been listening once again to the audio book of ‘The Body Keeps the Score’ by the brilliant Dr Bessel Van Der Kolk. I already read the print copy and also took his certification pertaining program. He keeps on giving! There are new insights with every entry. He has inspired me and so many other clinicians […]
A few years after the publication of Refrigerator Rights, Glenn and I published an ebook. We called it Graduation Jolt. It talked about the particular challenge that college students inevitably face after their graduation. Although it’s something of a generalization, many, of not most students who attend college full time transition for their home life […]
Hearing words of wisdom is no guarantee that I absorb the feelings around these insights. What penetrates our feelings and moves us to become convicted? Is it an answered prayer? Is it an experience that pushes through our awareness? What is that surge of emotion we feel when we have an unexpected experience? What are […]
I have never been described as mellow. My ADHD has made me inclined to impulsivity and quick to lose my calm. I get irritated too easily and am terribly impatient. I know I am not alone with this characteristic. But being a mental health professional and a minister it has been a lifelong effort to […]
Anyone wanting to practice in the field of mental health aspires to get the training and the license to be in business. I have been a therapist in a variety of settings for several decades. But I never went through the arduous process of becoming licensed in any of the states I have lived: not […]
It was an arduous process getting this up and running but this blog is about my passion for mental health. I have been a psychotherapist for decades and my passion for the works has never diminished. In fact its growing and I am returning to a private practice that I will conduct online. The need […]
My renewed website will focus on my long held, passionate interest in mental health. In particular my career has focused on the challenge of wellness and positive mood – my own and others. Here I will be offering some updates about my work and, especially my podcast: Refrigerator Rights and the challenge of social isolation […]