Publications/Writings

Early on in my career as a pastor and pastoral psychotherapist, I published a half dozen sermons, several articles/papers and one book (1997). Much of this work is out of print but copies of my book, thank goodness, are still available ( Caring Beyond Words: The Power of Christian Symbols to Heal the Soul. Google it if interested.) The appendix to the book contained a journal article I published that was based on my research project during my days in pastoral analytic psychotherapy training. I have written a previous blog post about that project. It explored how pastoral psychotherapists felt about their own personal therapy.

My  book was about the interface of psychology and spirituality, and the power of symbols to speak to the unconscious mind. In the Ministry world there are three related professions that have to do with the integration of spirituality and psychology. They are: Spiritual Direction, Pastoral Counseling and Pastoral Psychotherapy. There are key similarities and differences in all three. I have been interested in all three in the past,  but my interest after I left the Pastorate became Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.

Since becoming a psychoanalytic therapist ( 1998) I have written two national/regional newsletter articles. One in TAP- The Newsletter of the American Psychoanalytic Association, and the other in the Atlantic Region Newsletter of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors. I have of course written regular articles over the years in our Valley Pastoral Counseling Center Newsletter and Blog. My most enjoyable writing while with Valley Pastoral Counseling was, The History of the Valley Pastoral Counseling Center. 

But most of my publishing of late ( 2021) has been self publishing on this Blog, "Plain Words from an Old Psychoanalytic Therapist." To date (2025) I have 113 posts! They reflect all my major interests including: family genealogy, human evolution, human development, psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic therapy, neuropsychoanalysis, family stories, psychoanalysis of religion, and my own personal and professional story, journey etc. If you are reading this post then you have discovered my Blog!

My other unpublished writings of consist of three training manuals of my notes, talks, charts, etc., that I have used in supervising pastoral, psychoanalytic and neuropsychoanalytic therapist students. My  most complete book/training manual is my last one entitled, "An Introduction to Neuropsychoanalytic Psychotherapy: Theory and Technique." I have learned over the years that in addition to doing my work, I enjoy teaching others how to do it as well. And for me that teaching often takes the form of writing. My Blog Posts/Lectures and my Book/Training Manual are both recent writing projects. My most recent writing, however, is an article I had 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. Thank you for reading my past work here on my Blog. I am not quite sure what I may publish here in the future!'