In this exclusive Lantern Books sampler, stories from memoirists and experts in the field offer insight into what it takes to make a family and to keep a family together. "The Boy Steps Out" from Ashes to Gold by Brad Fern and Tom Lutz, a retelling of a Brothers Grimm fairytale, has startling applications to modern family life. "Reconnections" from Songs of My Families by Kelly Fern and "The Left Breast" from Clear Cut by Ginny Jordan are poignant excerpts from memoirs that describe the mother-child experience in the face of great uncertainty and tragedy. "An Invisible Girl: Lisa" from To Change a Mind by John A. McKinnon and "The Parent Process" from The Parallel Process by Krissy Pozatek present family therapy case studies that further illuminate the relationship between parents and children. These selections show that although the faces of family are many, they are all based on the important tenets of love, understanding, and forgiveness.
Brad Fern is a psychotherapist in private practice in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has been involved in mythopoetic men's work since 1986. He is the co-author of Ashes to Gold: The Alchemy of Mentoring the Delinquent Boy and Songs of My Families.
Tom Lutz has worked with adolescents and families for thirty-three years. He has been the clinical director of several Minnesota sex-offender programs and correctional institutions. He is in private practice in Hastings, Minnesota.
Kelly Fern was born in Geumsan, South Korea, and came to the United States when she was five years old. She graduated from the University of Minnesota with a B.A. in European Studies. She is a behavioral detection officer for the Department of Homeland Security and a French language interpreter. Kelly lives with her husband and their two children in Minneapolis.
Ginny Jordan, MFA, is a writer, poet, and psychotherapist. She is co-founder of BeadforLife, a non-profit organization that works with women in Uganda to help them raise themselves out of poverty. Ginny has three children and has recently become a grandmother. She lives and works in Boulder, Colorado.
John A. McKinnon, M.D., was educated at Harvard, Cambridge University, Case Western Reserve University, Yale, and Norwich University. He taught at the University of California, San Francisco, and directed psychiatry hospital programs in Texas and Montana. Disgusted with the mediocrity of "managed" care, he left traditional medical centers to co-found Montana Academy, a therapeutic school for troubled teenagers on a remote ranch near Glacier Park. His co-founder and wife, Rosemary, is also a therapist, and they have three daughters.
Krissy Pozatek, LICSW, has over ten years experience in wilderness therapy and adolescent treatment. She was educated at Middlebury College, Smith College School for Social Work, and NM Highlands Unversity, and is a licensed clinical social worker. In her therapy practice Krissy works with parents so that they grow alongside their child in treatment. She lives in Vermont with her husband and two daughters. The Parallel Process is her first book.
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Of Related Interest: Ashes to Gold The Alchemy of Mentoring the Delinquent Boy Brad Fern, MA, LAMFT, Tom Lutz, MA, LP, LICSW Book (Paperback) Price:$12.00
Clear Cut One Woman's Journey of Life in the Body Ginny Jordan Book (Hardcover) Price:$20.00
The Parallel Process Growing Alongside Your Adolescent or Young Adult Child in Treatment Krissy Pozatek, LICSW Book (Paperback) Price:$20.00
Songs of My Families A Thirty-Seven-Year Odyssey from Korea to America and Back Kelly Fern, Brad Fern, MA, LAMFT Book (Paperback) Price:$15.00
To Change a Mind Parenting to Promote Maturity in Teenagers Dr. John A. McKinnon Book (Paperback) Price:$23.00
Brad Fern is a psychotherapist in private practice in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has been involved in mythopoetic men's work since 1986. He is the co-author of Ashes to Gold: The Alchemy of Mentoring the Delinquent Boy and Songs of My Families.
Tom Lutz has worked with adolescents and families for thirty-three years. He has been the clinical director of several Minnesota sex-offender programs and correctional institutions. He is in private practice in Hastings, Minnesota.
Kelly Fern was born in Geumsan, South Korea, and came to the United States when she was five years old. She graduated from the University of Minnesota with a B.A. in European Studies. She is a behavioral detection officer for the Department of Homeland Security and a French language interpreter. Kelly lives with her husband and their two children in Minneapolis.
Ginny Jordan, MFA, is a writer, poet, and psychotherapist. She is co-founder of 
John A. McKinnon, M.D., was educated at Harvard, Cambridge University, Case Western Reserve University, Yale, and Norwich University. He taught at the University of California, San Francisco, and directed psychiatry hospital programs in Texas and Montana. Disgusted with the mediocrity of "managed" care, he left traditional medical centers to co-found Montana Academy, a therapeutic school for troubled teenagers on a remote ranch near Glacier Park. His co-founder and wife, Rosemary, is also a therapist, and they have three daughters.
Krissy Pozatek, LICSW, has over ten years experience in wilderness therapy and adolescent treatment. She was educated at Middlebury College, Smith College School for Social Work, and NM Highlands Unversity, and is a licensed clinical social worker. In her therapy practice Krissy works with parents so that they grow alongside their child in treatment. She lives in Vermont with her husband and two daughters. The Parallel Process is her first book.
Ashes to Gold
Clear Cut
The Parallel Process
Songs of My Families
To Change a Mind
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