This author has lived a diverse existence. Years of training and work in teaching/education and mental health have been balanced with work in industry. Short excursions into the world of finances b...vizualizați mai multeThis author has lived a diverse existence. Years of training and work in teaching/education and mental health have been balanced with work in industry. Short excursions into the world of finances broadened his perceptions of the world. This also expanded his empathic understanding of the world for those that he met on his journey.
The author has lived for shorter periods in Central America and Africa and eastern Montana (USA). He lived in Michigan (USA) for most of his early life, and then nearly thirty years in western Washington (USA). He has traveled in Europe and Canada. He has a B.A. degree in Psychology from Michigan State University, at Northern Montana College he later received a teaching certificate, and then an M.C. degree in mental health counseling from Seattle University. This was augmented with a Certificate for Gestalt Therapy. He obtained his political education in the anti-war, civil rights, and environmental preservation struggles beginning in high school in the mid 1960's.
The author has remained idealistic. This idealism keeps him motivated to work for positive changes in the world.vizualizați mai puține