• People who are doing well and want to do better; who want to move past a deficit notion of themselves as depressed, lonely and not in control into the positive zone of self efficacy and  rational happiness;who want to get past some final barriers to achieve their goals in life; who want  some coaching to help understand themselves and their relationships in a compassionate realistic way; who want personal growth rooted in reality and not promising the impossible; who do not want to end up disillusioned when they find they cannot live in a human way with the "solutions" some approaches offer them.

• People who want help finding their "signature strengths" and pathways to creating "flow" and creativity;who want relationships built on friendship and love; who want to discover Gratitude as a prime agent of change, joy enhancement and the door to embracing forms of life engagement that expand not only personal horizons of happiness, but quite naturally evolve into interpersonal and larger structures of social compassion and loving concern for our fellow humans.

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I am an educator, life coach and mentor with three decades of experience as a clinician dealing with a very broad range of human problems. I have formal training as a psychotherapist from well regarded educational institutions as well as a special approach which can be very effective in giving you relief in a relatively short amount of time. There is no magic, but I am resourceful,  experienced and my approach, called the Option Method [See the excerpts from my Joybuilding Workbook and Joywords], is a down to earth, pragmatic way of giving you the tools to help yourself and to continue to grow because those tools have been created to reflect what it is really like to be human.

Working Online with someone is a new way to seek help. For a variety of reasons, many people prefer to consult  by phone, video phone, or e-mail. Busy schedules, difficulty with traveling to an office, fear of going out in public, privacy concerns, and 24 hour availability are only a few of the reasons given for using this approach.

With e-mail, much of the benefit for you will derive from the writing itself. You may have a simple one-time question, or you may choose to use this as a way to establish a longer term relationship using other modalities as well.

Telephone, videophone offer additional options from which to choose.

It may be a comfortable, convenient way for you to begin opening up to another person and trying out my approach to your problems. You may already be familiar with therapy and wish to choose this new option for the added convenience and privacy it offers. Many people prefer this approach to prevent having a mental health record with insurance companies.

My site is fairly extensive. Take your time and look it over carefully. If you want more information, you can contact me by e-mail and I will help you decide whether my approach might be of value to you. All the tools to educate yourself through this site, my books and the range of contact choices, e-mail, chat room, phone, or even video conferencing are at your disposal when you are ready. Just click on the titles in the left frame to get more information about any aspect of me or my approach to helping you. Remember, you can e-mail me without charge to find out more and you can read sections of my books both here at my site and at the publishers, iuniverse.com, to see if your issues are not helpfully addressed by what I have written. Just click on the "Order Books" button for more information. Enjoy your journey and I wish you the best whatever your decision might be.