Jeffrey T. Leonards

Sigmund Fraud, Licensed Imposter

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Produktbeschreibung

Braydon Mitchell is a middle-aged psychologist whose own life is awash in challenges, personal and professional. While each working day is spent problem-solving with patients, his marriage is crumbling under the weight of personal tragedy and unresolved losses. Added to his worries are evolving changes in a health care industry that fundamentally threaten the livelihood that has taken him more than a decade to construct. His struggle to cope brings out self-defeating behaviors that expose not only his vulnerabilities but his standing as a respected clinician. In short, Braydon is on a collision course with reality. In an alcohol-fueled moment of insight, he realizes he is no less flawed and certainly no better than any patient who has ever paid for his counsel. Instead, he has been hiding behind a mask woven from the same tawdry parchment of the meaningless diplomas dotting his wall. Despairingly, Braydon Mitchell, the once-esteemed psychologist, sees himself as an impostor, referring to himself as "Sigmund Fraud." Which brings him to an existential crossroads. Can he achieve the authenticity he covets? Can he accept suffering without hiding from personal demons. This is nothing less than a battle for identity and purpose. To succeed, Braydon will have to confront the biggest therapeutic challenge of his life: himself.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Neil Investments Inc
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm
• ISBN-13: 9781667888507
• ISBN-10: 1667888501
• Artikelnr.: 67489597

Autorenporträt

Jeffrey T. Leonards, Ph.D. is a retired psychologist boasting a lifelong appreciation of creative literature. His own journey into writing for public consumption began in late adolescence with a published letter to the local newspaper. What followed came as a young graduate student when his first peer-reviewed monograph was published in a professional journal. Since then, Dr. Leonards has authored numerous guest commentaries and scholarly publications and was the former editor of The Maine Psychologist, a monthly trade issue. A relative newcomer to fiction, Leonards published a debut novel, Fräulein: Struggle for Identity on March 23, 2021. His second novel, Sigmund Fraud, Licensed Impostor, is slated for publication in March, 2023, while a third, currently in the works, is tentatively entitled Privileged Communications. Dr. Leonards has found novel writing to be a perfect medium for combining 37 years of clinical experience with decades of study in psychology, history, and existential philosophy. This is reflected in characters whose personal values come into conflict with unexpected life challenges. What decisions are made will further define identity and chart their course for personal meaning. When not writing, Dr. Leonards is a dedicated endurance athlete with over 160,000 miles of cycling--the equivalent of 6.5 trips around the earth over the course of 48 years. He is equally passionate about Nordic skiing, holds a first-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do, and was a volunteer ski-patroller at Sunday River Ski Resort. He also continues to play year-round ice hockey, as he's done for over 25 years. In 2001, he spearheaded Franklin County Maine's first indoor youth ice-hockey program, during which he successfully raised promotional grants from the NHL Philadelphia Flyers. Dr. Leonards resides with his wife and German Shepherd on the Saco River in Southern Maine.