My parents taught me to care about others, and my working life has been dedicated to serving those who have had troubled lives. My career of counseling families and individuals began almost four decades ago, and continues.

Along with Jay Efran, Temple University psychology professor emeritus, and former president of the Pennsylvania Psychological Association, I wrote a book for those with alcohol and drug addictions, The Tao of Sobriety. Renowned psychologist Alan Marlatt, director of the Addictive Behaviors Research Center at the University of Washington, wrote the introduction.  I have also written two yet to be published works, as well as journal articles.

I retired from my agency position in 2006, and began a limited private practice. I am currently offering individual and family counseling, as well as an emotional management group.

I created The Middlepath.net, in part, to further universal compassion based upon pragmatism and science. I am particularly concerned about the wellbeing of children. The majority of addictions and criminality will be eradicated when we as a community ensure the proper nurturance of our children.

I am committed, generally, to what I call a, “Sufficiency consciousness." This is in contrast to what currently rules humanity--a hyper competitive, patriarchal survivalism. Such a reptilian, dominat left brain consciousness, and the behavior it leads to, were necessary for the human race during our struggles to survive as a species. But now, what helped to get us here is iatrogenic—a medical term meaning that something once a cure has become a poison. I mean, who wants to keep living like we were in "Jurassic Park"?

I am a husband of forty plus years, a father of two adult sons, a grandfather, and a son of my beloved mother. If you want to know more about me, about my "interesting" past, you can read an excerpt from my memoir in progress titled, 'Wasted On The Way'. Click Here To View The Memoir. You will require Adobe Acrobat which you can download here if you do not have it.