the inner world turned out

Petter and Thea are not only a married couple, but psychotherapists--a psychologist and a psychiatrist, respectively. Between them they treat a number of patients with wide-ranging mental health issues, all the while trying to keep their own lives from becoming train wrecks in every sense of the word. At times dramatic, at times sad, and much of the time even funny, this novel presents Petter, Thea, and a revolving cast of characters in a series of episodes and sheds a very real and touching light on the lives of patients and doctors alike.

Perfect for anyone who has either engaged in therapy or wondered what it was all about. There is hope, and there is humor to be found in the darkness!

Dr. Scott Lingen is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in private practice. He earned the Degree of Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) from the Wright Institute, Berkeley. He completed both his predoctoral internship and his postdoctoral residency in San Francisco, California, at the Sutter Health California Pacific Medical Center, CPMC, one of California's largest and most prestigious hospitals. During his residency, he held the position of Chief Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow. In addition to his work as a psychotherapist, he specializes in the field of Diagnostic Psychology. He is a contracted Diagnostic Psychologist for the US Department of Labor, and he has also worked as a contracted Diagnostic Psychologist for the US Department of Veterans Affairs, having personally conducted over seven hundred face-to-face psychiatric evaluations of active duty US military personnel and military veterans who have fought in wars ranging from World War II to Afghanistan. He has taught as an Adjunct Professor at Golden Gate University in San Francisco, where he received the Stanley Price Award for outstanding instruction to his students, and is an adjunct faculty member at CPMC, instructing psychology doctoral interns and psychiatry residents in Psychiatric Clinical Laws and Ethics. He lives with his wife and soul mate of forty-five years, Laura, in the beautiful Alhambra Valley of Northern California.