Personal
Born in Dunkirk, NY, he moved to Rochester, NY when his father returned from his navy duties in World War II. He considered being a priest, and spent nine years in the seminary and monastery. He was married for twenty nine years and raised three children. He is currently in a wonderful relationship and lives in Leroy, NY.
When he returned to the world at large after his monastery stay, he decided to explore psychology and switched from a philosophy major in the monastery to psychology and received his undergraduate degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He stayed in Buffalo to receive a master's degree in Rehabilitation Counseling. Then he moved to the University of Illinois for his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology. Along the way during his training, Gowanda Psychiatric Center and Chenute Air Force Base Counseling Center gave him practical experience.
Work Life
After graduating, he moved to Philadelphia where he worked for two years at Temple University Counseling Center. Next he spent two years at De La Salle In Towne, an experimental day treatment center for delinquent boys. Then he came back to Western New York and worked at Genesee County Mental Health in Batavia. Being in a rural area with limited resources, he learned to work with a great variety of people of all ages. After eleven years, he decided to return to Rochester where he grew up and took a job at DePaul Mental Health where he learned about family therapy, ending up as supervisor of the children's treatment program. By 1990, he felt ready to be more on my own and became an independent contractor at a practice in the Buffalo area. Eventually he moved the rest of the way into private practice and returned to work in Batavia. He has since retired from psychology practice and now writes full time. He also worked for three years as an AmeriCorps volunteer at GO ART! in Batavia, NY.
Writing
He began writing short stories in the 1980's for his own amusement and published one. In 1990. When he began private practice, he started writing a quarterly newsletter for his referral sources. Eventually he converted this to a biweekly newspaper column now published online as Sliding Otter News. These articles formed the basis of two of his books, Commonsense Wisdom for Everyday Life and: Navigating Life: Commonsense Reflections for the Voyage.
In light of his seminary and monastery background, he took an interes...
Are you sick of stress in your life?
Stress makes you sick physically, emotionally and spiritually. It seems like a national epidemic, increasing by the day. Yet it does not have to be that way for you personally or in your relationships. You can learn to control stress. Stress relief takes a little work. You have a number of stress reducers to use in managing stress. What are the steps to a more peaceful life?
In Release Your Stress and Reclaim Your Life, you will learn:
How to understand and make sense of stress
What stress is
Where it comes from
Whether you choose stress or it just happens
How stress affects you
What it does to your body
How it affects your mind
What it does to your emotions
How it affects your spirit
How to use stress
Stress is sometimes useful
How to avoid stress
How you can transform stress
Tools for managing stress
Nutrition, exercise and rest
Getting organized
Calming your emotions
Meditation, mindfulness and spirituality
There are no effective ways to find instant stress relief. I'm sorry I had to be the one to tell you. Yet the steps I just mentioned should help you understand your stress, place it in perspective and learn to transform it into a more peaceful life.
Título : Release Your Stress and Reclaim Your Life
EAN : 9781370664948
Editorial : Joseph Langen
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