Dr. I WannaWanna Manifesto®

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I received my doctorate in clinical psychology and worked as a psychologist and clinical psychologist in both public and private practice. I spent over 20 years and over 50,000 hours, in the chair, listening to, empathizing with, and helping many people. During that time, I counseled well over 1,500 patients in individual, group, marital, and family therapies. I made it my mission in life to jump into the middle of their greatest traumas and pain, unafraid to share those moments with them, as and until, they achieved relief.

 

Unfortunately over the years, I foolishly took on the belief that I was responsible for fixing their dysfunction rather than just helping them fix their own. I did a fabulous job of helping many patients get better. They got better; I burned out, thereby suffering the consequences of my own folly.

 

We all have successes and make mistakes; we are human.

 

“It is what we do with our successes and our failures that determines our character.” Dr. I WannaWanna®

 

I had a choice to fight my mistakes and project responsibility elsewhere or to own them. I chose to accept my responsibility and to clean them up with integrity. I have and I am proud of it. Thankfully, I have learned much over the years. I trust, some of “It” will be of value to you.

 

All that said and done, I found my true passion as I transitioned from being a clinical psychologist into personal development business coaching.

 

Coaching affords me the ability to work with the “coachable”. You know: “normal people” who have the ability to succeed, the willingness to develop a realistic plan and who are capable of developing the support necessary to succeed. Coaching allows me the luxury of referring the “diagnosably impaired” to qualified licensed mental health professionals for psychotherapy. Win/Win Wins.

 

As a Coach, I have maintained my keen sense of caring about others. I use many of my professional skills, with a new focus. I now work with people who, like me, seek personal and professional change, pleasure, meaning and joy; people who want to live with complementary relationships in complementary environments so that we will sustain all that we are and want to be. We respect each other’s rights to be what and who we are.

 

My career has changed over the years from methadone counselor to clinical psychologist to personal development business coach, “BuT” certain principles remain true: You, the reader, and before you, the addict, the patient, the client and/or the person volunteering to be coached, know the truth of your world, your existence, your values, passions, strengths and weaknesses better than I ever will, and, if you let me in on your truth, I believe I can most likely help you.