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Darkness: The Secrets of a Blind Psychologist
Coming from the backwoods California mentality of Occidental during the Great Depression, I became an apple picker, dish washer, grocery clerk, high school teacher, hippy nightclub owner, radio personality, and a PhD psychologist, despite my failing vision and three failed marriages. I made numerous mistakes and false starts during my life, but I’ve finally found the secret of happiness.
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I was the product of a northern California working-class family, growing up during the Great Depression. I survived an abusive childhood to become a rebellious teenager. After I married a woman 19 years my senior, I struggled to be a high school teacher despite my failing vision. When I quit teaching and my marriage, I became connected with the counter culture of Santa Cruz, opening a hippy night club that quickly failed. My life radically changed when I married my second wife who eventually became a psychotic menace to our children. Depressed, I attended the University of Texas and was awarded a Ph. D. degree in counseling psychology. I went on to practice therapy, try my hand as a radio personality and eventually resolved the troubling issues in my life.
DEDICATION
I dedicate this book to my progeny.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
A special thank you to my daughter, my best critic and friend, to Charlie Poston for his portrait on the cover and his support, to Andy Whitehouse, editor par excellence and to Lovely Jane for her help and encouragement.
About the Book
I was the product of a northern California working-class family, growing up during the Great Depression. I survived an abusive childhood to become a rebellious teenager. After I married a woman 19 years my senior, I struggled to be a high school teacher despite my failing vision. When I quit teaching and my marriage, I became connected with the counter culture of Santa Cruz, opening a hippy night club that quickly failed. My life radically changed when I married my second wife who eventually became a psychotic menace to our children. Depressed, I attended the University of Texas and was awarded a Ph. D. degree in counseling psychology. I went on to practice therapy, try my hand as a radio personality and eventually resolved the troubling issues in my life.
DEDICATION
I dedicate this book to my progeny.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
A special thank you to my daughter, my best critic and friend, to Charlie Poston for his portrait on the cover and his support, to Andy Whitehouse, editor par excellence and to Lovely Jane for her help and encouragement.
235 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 15, 2016
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April 13, 2021
The Blind Psychologist
I liked everything about how Mr. Ryan explained his life as a blind man. He definitely has gone through hell and back.
I liked everything about how Mr. Ryan explained his life as a blind man. He definitely has gone through hell and back.
November 23, 2016
Excellent
Good flowing biography. I enjoyed the life stories and human lessons! Well written tale. I am honored to have read this story.
Good flowing biography. I enjoyed the life stories and human lessons! Well written tale. I am honored to have read this story.
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