Bøger af Ron Breazeale

About the BookReaching Home at First Light explores the world one man experienced growing up in the "Atomic City" of Oak Ridge, Tennessee as a child with a birth defect. Ron Breazeale, Ph.D. speaks of his experiences growing up and wearing a prosthetic hook most of his life.About the AuthorRon Breazeale, PhD. is a clinical psychologist who has worked in the field of psychology for over 30 years. He writes about the things that he knows. He was born with a birth defect, the absence of a left hand, in the "Atomic City" of Oak Ridge, Tennessee. He has worn a prosthetic hook most of his life. He has worked briefly with the CIA. He and his wife adopted their one child a daughter in Peru when she was three months old in the middle of a major offensive against the Peruvian government by the Shining Path, a communist supported terrorist group. Most of Dr. Breazeale's wife's family died in the Holocaust.Dr. Breazeale has developed a number of training programs focused on the attitudes and skills of resilience. He lives and works in southern Maine.

A novel of suspense with twists and turns that give new meaning to "asylum seeker" as the three main characters confront challenges to their resilience in the shadow of Trump

A fictional novel of suspense that affords a deeply human view of disability and the struggle we all confront to surmount our differences and discover our strengths.

The Uninvited Traveler: In the Shadow of TrumpBy: Ron Breazeale Ph.D.Lou, a middle-aged bookkeeper who hates his job and his life, decides to leave the Northeast behind, including his wife and two adult children, to head south to create a new life in Florida. While attempting to ask his old girlfriend, Jay, to flee with him, the two are carjacked by Thomas, who seeks asylum for himself and his people.Their journey south takes them not just to Cocoa Beach, Florida, but also to the jungles of Peru, and finally to the Bermuda triangle. The story twists and turns, giving new meaning to "asylum seeker," as the three confront challenges to the resilience in the shadow of Trump.About the AuthorDr. Breazeale is a clinical psychologist who has worked in the field for over thirty years. He has developed and administered numerous mental health and substance-abuse programs, and has written extensively in the field of psychology.Breazeale writes about the things he knows. He was born with a birth defect, the absence of a left hand, in the "Atomic City," Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where his parents lived and worked. He has worn a prosthetic hook most of his life. Having grown up in the South as a child with a disability, Dr. Breazeale has focused much of his clinical practice and writing on those with a disability and their families. He worked briefly for the United States Government. He and his wife adopted their daughter in Peru when she was three months old in the middle of a major offensive against the government by the Shining Path, a communist-supported terrorist group. Most of Dr. Breazeale's wife's family died in the Holocaust.Dr. Breazeale has developed a number of training programs. Most recently, "Duct Tape Isn't Enough" focused on the attitudes and skills of resilience.He is married and has one child. He lives and works in southern Maine.