In this psychotherapist memoir, the third part of a trilogy, it is my intent to preserve some bits of history which may also be of interest to others: a 50-year stretch of the practice of psychotherapy, with its shifting policies and nomenclature; some pieces of personal history which I have tenaciously held onto since toddlerhood; glimpses of people significant to classmates from George Washington High School in Charleston, West Virginia; snapshots of city blocks in Chicago and Nashville, now much changed, to name a few topics contained herein.
A brief but detailed sample of how to do a form of therapy that I have found to be especially valuable is included, as is a faithful rendering of speech patterns doomed to extinction—specifically that of older black women in the South. Our world has changed rapidly just in the last six months of Covid-19 shutdown, with more changes and losses certain to happen soon.
The first two volumes in this series are Memory Work: A Self and Family Portrait, and Reality Is Magic: True Tales, both of which are available on Amazon in print and Kindle versions. Filled Gaps is more personal, and thus is available now only to a limited audience.
