Am I qualified to write on psychotherapy? My life has been unusually strenuous: below average parenting and socio-economic background. Above average psychological deficits. Above average achievement. Considerable experience as a mental health patient/client. Experience as mental health caregiver, support-therapy group leader, and mental health colleague. More than my share of messy personal relationships.
Extensive intense training in clarifying difficult woolly concepts (e.g. mental illness), elucidating underlying presuppositions, and exploring different viewpoints. My M.A. thesis was on: privacy of experience and knowledge of other minds. My Ph.D thesis was on: woolly/nebulous meaning.
As well as being a university philosophy teacher (alas never with the security of a permanent job) I ran a community philosophy group in Victoria, B.C. for a number of years - Diotima. I have two adult sons - one a university math prof in Delaware, the other in pharmaceutical research in Switzerland.
I am a poet, songwriter, musician (guitar/vocals), and racing cyclist. Currently I am focussed on writing up hundreds of music charts arranged for solo guitar and average male voice as an aid for musicians in general.
At age 69 I feel I have reached a stage where I have valuable insights on social issues, psychology, psychotherapy, philosophy, etc. which I would like to share with others before I die.
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