Becoming a Father: The Real Work of a Man's Soul

by John L. Hart

The two central tenets of John L. Hart's fascinating work, Becoming a Father are that a father is crucial to the emotional and social development of children and the act of fathering is important to the life and soul development of men. National reviews.

250 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1998

About the author

John L. Hart Ph.D has been a practicing psychotherapist for more than forty years, starting in Vietnam where he was a psychology specialist . He received his doctorate from the University of Southern California and maintained a private practice in Los Angeles for twenty years. He is a internationally respected teacher and has been a consultant to the nation of Norway for their Fathering Project. His Chinese Brush paintings which appear in There Will Be Killing can be found in Hawaiian art galleries. John divides his time between the Big Island of Hawaii and Vancouver Island where he is the Executive Director of SpiritBearArtFarm and an adjunct associate professor at the University of Victoria.