A petition for mental health professionals

Therapists for Social Responsibility has created an online petition calling on our public leaders to support policies, legislation and programs that reflect the core principles and values of the mental health profession and to oppose those that do not. I signed it. Read and sign the petition:A Call To Public Leaders To Enact Policies, Legislation …

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Article: How Teenage Rebellion Has Become a Mental Illness

Big pharma has some new customers. Not complying with authority is now, in many cases, labeled a disease. While there are several reasons for behavioral disruptiveness and emotional difficulties, rebellion against an oppressive environment is one common reason that is routinely not even considered by many mental health professionals. Why? It is my experience that …

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War and the Soul – a workshop I’m taking in Seattle

War and the Soul: Healing Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome Friday, February 8th at Antioch College in Seattle This workshop helps mental health professionals explore the inner world of combat and the universal dimensions of veterans’ wounding as revealed through history, archetypal psychology and cross-cultural perspectives. Participants learn about Post-traumatic Stress Disorder as an identity disorder and …

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More ear tests on Friday

FYI, tomorrow afternoon Alec and I go to Seattle and will spend the night at af friend’s house so we can get up really early and drive across town to the University of Washington Medical Center for me to have another MRI and a balance test because of my continuing ear problem – mild vertigo …

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FIERCE! in New York City / Save the Christopher Street pier and the West Village from re-development and gentrification.

I’m originally from NYC and I just found out about this organization. It looks like they are doing some great things. FIERCE! – Fabulous Independent Educated Radicals for Community Empowerment. FIERCE! is a community organization for Transgender, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two Spirit, Queer, and Questioning (TLGBTSQQ) youth of color in New York City. We are …

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Oh lordy? Oy vey!

(Seattle, Washington) A group of conservative religious leaders have formed a corporation to organize a shareholder revolt against what they call Microsoft’s funding of the gay agenda. and Ken Hutcherson, quoted: “We are not trying to hurt Microsoft or their shareholders nor are we calling for a boycott of their products or services. We are …

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