2014 – “Selection of Articles”

Published in the Westchester Guardian, 2014

SELECTION OF ARTICLES

      I am the author of 80 plus published articles and letters covering mental illness, faith, current events and satire. These include a standard column in The Westchester Guardian from January 2011 to July 2015, the national publication, My Daily Visitor on the daily spiritual meditations for the liturgical readings of November 2006, February 2008, February 2010 and October 2013 and Guideposts magazine in their December 2011 issue. My letters have been published in The Journal News’ First Person Column and its opinion/editorial pages from 2005 – 2011. Additional compositions have appeared in Behavioral Health News, Spotlight on Recovery and I was profiled in Our Sunday Visitor. Other works include the Catholic publication Stewardship, articles on Jazz and its history for the former magazine, Worthies

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 Publications

Title                                                                              2011             ___      ___  Date                    Page
Hearing Those Who Suffer                                                                                  Jan. 27th                13    
A Father’s Journey                                                                                                   Feb. 17th                       18
Differentiating Influences Upon the Mind                                                    March 10th             9
Anxiety, Pain & Faith                                                                                              April 7th                19
The Two Wolves (Part I)                                                                                      May 12th                       8
The Two wolves (Part II)                                                                                     May 19th                        8
Suicide: The Pain                                                                                                     June 9th                              7
Triggers and the Toolbox                                                                                    July 7th                                6
Legislation, the State and Mental Illness                                                       August 4th                      6
Best and Bless-Faith M/I and a Bridge                                                           Sept. 8th                         14
Mindfulness and Being in the Moment                                                           Oct 13th                          12
Soft addictions                                                                                                          Nov. 17th              12
Judgmental Assumptions, Hidden Pain        ___                                __  Dec 15th               13

Title                                                                              2012             ______       Date                  Page
OCD. The War Within                                                                                            Jan 19th                         11
False Thinking. When the Brain Lies                                                               Feb. 16th                     14
Learning Daily Survival Skills through DBT                                                March 15th            11
How I Saved and Made Money-April Fools                                                  April 12th                     8
Stinkin’ Thinkin’                                                                                                       May 31st                 6    
Divine Providence                                                                                                   July 12th                 9
Cognitive Distortions I                                                                                          Sept. 20th               7
Baseball and Mental Health                                                                                 Oct. 11th                 5
Cognitive Distortions II                                                                                        Nov. 22nd               8
The Holiday Season Stress                                                                                  Dec. 20th              12
The Real War on Christmas                                                                                Dec. 27th               4

Title                                                                              2013        _____              Date                    Page
Newtown, Mental Illness and the Stigma                                                     Jan. 10th                  7
A Legend, a Saint and Geel, Belgium                                                              March 7th               9
Baseball Assistance Team                                                                                  March 28th           10
Brooklyn to Connect w/New Jersey-April Fools                                     April 4th                  8
Anxiety and a Change in Seasons                                                                    April 25th              10
A Village of 100                                                                                                      May 30th               13
The “A” List:  Famous People with Bipolar                                                 June 13th               13
It’s All about Love – L’Arche                                                                             July 11th                11
That Dreaded Schizophrenia                                                                            July 25th                 8
Notes from the Afflicted Ignorance about M/I                                        August 8th             9
Catherine de Hueck Doherty                                                                            Sept 5th                 13
Are the Conservatives Thinking Short Term                                            Sept 19th                8
Social and Civil Rights of Health Care & Relig                                          Oct. 17th               15
Annual Journey S.A.D.                                                                                       Nov. 21st                7
Saving Souls Hope Community Services                                                   Dec 19th                  5
The War for Christmas                                                                                      Dec 26th                 7
 
Title                                                                              2014                        ___ Date                  Page
Super Bowl Weekend and Presidents’ Day                                               Jan. 16th            1, 4
Eating Out and Questions on Food Quality                                              Jan. 30th              14
What is in our Medications                                                                             Feb. 27th                7
Changes in NYS Mental Health                                                                     Mar. 6th               14
Daylight Savings Time, A Nonsensical Look                                          Mar. 20th            15
April Fool’s and the Ukraine                                                                          April 3rd              18
Seeking Faith and Baseball                                                                             April 17th              9
Easter Reflections in a Secular Culture                                                    May 1st                   7
Baseball Cards as an Art Form                                                                      May 15th              11
Preparing for April 15th is a 12 Month Project                                     June 5th                11
The Washington Redskins: The Power of a Name                              June 19th             10
The Early Intervention Programs: Unintentional Error                 July 3rd                   6
Your Local Library: Where Everyone Says Hello                              July 17th                 7
St. Elizabeth Seton: A Westchester Saint                                               August 7th           10
Suicide: Some Thoughts                                                                                August 28th         11
Pope Francis: It Has Always been About the Poor                            Sept. 11th                8
Martin Luther King: A Eulogy for Peace                                                Oct. 30th                 5
Season Affective Disorder: My Annual Look                                       Nov. 6th                  6
Fr. Solanus Casey                                                                                              Nov. 27th               7
Dr. King and the Nobel Peace Prize                                                          Dec. 11th                 7
The Real War on Christmas                                                                         Dec. 25th               3

Title                                                         2015                       Date           Page
MLK, Selma and a Speech                                                                            Jan 15th                  7
Libraries, Our hidden Treasure Part I                                                    Feb. 19th                6
New Roc. Public Library Part II                                                               Feb 26th                 6
White Plains’ Hidden Treasures – Library                                           March 12th           6
Meals on Wheels – New Rochelle                                                             July 23rd              6

MY DAILY VISITOR (Ceased operations 2014)
Meditations on the Church’s Daily Readings for the Month of November 2006
Meditations on the Church’s Daily Readings for the Month of February 2008
Meditations on the Church’s Daily Readings for the Month of February 2010
Meditations on the Church’s Daily Readings for the Month of October 2013

SPOTLIGHT ON RECOVERY
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder                                                                Winter 2013
Mental Illness Today – A New Face                                                        August 2015
While You’re Sleeping                                                                                   Summer 2016

St. VINCENT’S HOSPITAL NEWSLETTER
Mental Illness: Pain and Hope                                                                   March 2016
Volunteerism and Mental Health                                                             April 2016
The Pain of Stigma                                                                                         May 2016
The Two Wolves                                                                                             June 2016

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEWS
Aging and Mental Illness: A Consumer’s Perspective                     Winter 2014/15

*CATHOLIC NEW YORK – Letters to the Editor
The Stigma and Mental Illness                                                                  April 3rd, 2014
Shared Experiences (Inter-faith relations)                                          April 16, 2015
Because I Believe                                                                                            June 9, 2016

*OTHER
City Voices                                                                       Nov. 2016         Work and Mental Health  Guideposts Magazine                                                  December 2011   Pass in On – Praying
The Journal News                                                         2005-2011           Letters to the Editor
Worthies Magazine                                                      Various 2006     Jazz and it’s History
*Not included in the current portfolio.