TRAINING AND BACKGROUND
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TRAINING |
I have worked in mental health since 1980, initially in inpatient settings
among the most seriously ill. Since 2004
I have worked in outpatient settings, first in clinical research and then with
the Mobile Crisis Outreach Team of Austin-Travis County MHMR. Details appear
below in my Curriculum Vitae.
My special interests include treatment of individuals with bipolar
disorder, PTSD, and/or alcohol and drug problems. I believe these people have been poorly
understood and served by the current system.
I am especially skeptical of personality disorder labels, having seen for
decades people whose ‘borderline personality’ disappeared when they got
effective treatment for Axis One disorders.
I am also especially interested in treatment of people with co-existing
mental health and alcohol/drug problems.
I believe that the mental health professions can do more to engage the
synergies of 12 Step work and other recovery activities with mental health
treatment. Current research demonstrates
the need to integrate the two realms of work, rather than keeping them mutually
ignorant and mistrustful.