Rita and I got our copies in the mail two days ago. Thanks to Bryan Cochran, the book is better than ever, and the cover is more beautiful than ever. Bryan asked Brian Christianson, a local photographer in Missoula, Montana permission to use one of his photos and, wow, it looks great.

The feeling of opening a box, getting out a book, and holding it in my hands never gets old. And, when the book has your name on it, the feelings are magnificent.

I feel like Steve Martin in the old classic film, The Jerk, when he gets a new phone book and finds his name in it.

Our books are for students in the mental health professions and mental health professionals, so they will never be bestsellers. Nevertheless, we get some sweet, meaningful, and validating feedback—which I treasure. Here’s the latest, forwarded to me by a former doctoral student at the University of Montana who is now a professor and who is already using our book (which is very kind and affirming). One of her students wrote,

“. . .let them know their text is easy to digest and has this magical ability to pull the reader in. There are moments in the first chapter where I felt like I was part of the authors’ lived experience. That feeling makes it easy to read and learn! I have enjoyed the text so far.”

Hopefully the magic will continue beyond the first chapter.

I’ll try to be more consistent in posting a few excerpts from the book on this blog. . .despite the fact that I’m not all that great at consistency! If you’re interested, you can find the text online.

Have a great weekend.

John SF