: About Me

My passion is ...

Study of Tibetan Buddhism, archetypal psychology and history

I know too much about ...

There will never be too much to know. Study will engage me until my time to leave this planet arrives.

My parents always told me ...

"If you are going to do a job be sure to do it well."

My childhood ambition ...

My childhood ambition was to be a figure skater or an attorney.

My favorite memory ...

There are so many wonderful memories: Study at university, study in Europe, working with Native peoples from many cultures, being adopted into a Sioux family, the birth of my children. It is hard to choose one memory.

Why I write ...

That which I write just comes. It is part of being myself.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Books on Dharma, Archetypal Psychology, the contemplative path and mysticism. The History and Biography Chanels engage me often, as well as any bit of good cinema. Recently I saw Michael Moore's "Sicko," which was of interest. Also "Hairspray" was a good bit of comedy. (Laughter is really good medicine for me.) Of late I have been listening to recordings of Luciano Pavaratti and Jazz recordings by Dave Koz, Euge Groove, Diane Shuur, to name some

My first job ...

I was a teen-age Dental Assistant.

My best moment ...

Performing with my daughter at the first USA/Soviet Peace Demonstration in Gorky Park, Moscow in 1984.

My inspiration ...

The Tibetan Masters with whom I study and the Tibetan people for their resilience in overcoming the trauma of the Chinese invasion and annexation of Tibet into China. Others who inspire me include those who successfully transcend and transform trauma in their lives.

Sciences > Psychology Violent behavior: Born or raised?

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In the late 1980's I was the sole provider of mental health services in a remote, rural part of the US. Although specializing in adult assessment and treatment, I was occasionally called upon to assess and treat adolescents and school age children, as there was no other clinician available in the area. One day a school age boy was referred to me for outpatient treatment. In looking over his record at the clinic, it was clear that the boy was in severe difficulty with acting-out behavior. In the record was a psychological evaluation from a Neuropsychologist (in a distant metropolitan area) ...

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