Writings Over the Years

 In my first career as a minister/pastor, I was fortunate to be able to publish several sermons and  journal articles. I further published  a journal article that had been a  chapter in my Doctor Of Ministry Degree Research Project, " The Use of Christian Symbols in Spiritual Formation". 

Once I became a psychoanalytically oriented pastoral  psychotherapist and a LPC, I published an article in the Journal of Pastoral Care entitled, " The Perceived Effect of the Therapeutic Experience of Pastoral Counselors on Spiritual Formation". Later on I used that article plus some chapters from my D. Min. project, to publish  my first Book, Caring Beyond Words: The Power of Christian Symbols  to Heal the Soul. 

This book explored  the intersection of psychology and religion, illustrating how religious symbols can reveal derivatives of unconscious psychological processes.   

Since becoming a psychoanalytic therapist, I have written a couple of national  newsletter articles. One in TAP- The Newsletter of the American Psychoanalytic Association, entitled "Psychotherapists find a Home in the American Psychoanalytic  Association".

But most of my writing of late has been on this Blog, "Plain Words from an Old Psychoanalytic Therapist." To date (2025), I have 81 posts! They reflect my major interests including:  human evolution, human development, psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic therapy, neuropsychoanalysis, psychoanalysis of religion, pastoral counseling,  and my own personal and professional journey etc. If you are reading this post then you have discovered my Blog which includes my" Seven Introductory Lectures on Neuropsychoanalysis/Psychotherapy".

My other "unpublished" writings consist of  training manuals of my notes, talks, charts, etc., that I have used in supervising psychoanalytic and neuropsychoanalytic therapists/ students. My  most complete book/training manual is my last one entitled, An  Introduction to Neuropsychoanalytic Psychotherapy.   

My most recent writing is an article I was happy to have published in The American Psychoanalytic Association Psychotherapist's Newsletter, entitled: "My Journey from Pastoral Counselor to Neuropsychoanalytic Psychotherapist". It was published in the Spring 2025 edition. 

I am not sure  what I may write about in the future. But whatever I do write will likely show up here on my Blog. So keep checking out this Blog from time to time, and you will find out!