Reflections of a Cynical Clinical Psychologist - Paperback

by Max Heinrich (Author)

In real time accounts from the 'front line', this book gives the reader a participant experience of the daily ups and downs of the mental health professional, calling attention to the human realities of the system's dysfunction.

Author Biography

Max Heinrich, PhD., is a clinical psychologist who earned his PhD from Cornell University in 1968. He has worked primarily with the seriously and persistently mentally ill in hospital settings. For most of that time he directed various inpatient and outpatient services. He has won local, state and national awards for public advocacy on behalf of his profession. Currently his week is divided between treating patients and teaching students on a psychiatric inpatient unit in a public hospital, as well as maintaining an extensive private practice.