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How To Be A Healing Presence Without Becoming Anxious, Power-Struggling, Or Referring the Mad Person To A Hospital   How It Works Starting this November in two-hour sessions on Sunday evenings, I will teach you a new model for understanding psychosis that will help you be able to relate with a person in madness in […]

Now Accepting Beacon, Magellan, Medi-Cal, and Optum Insurance Open for Business Name & Business: Tim Dreby, MFT Contact Email: tim@specialmessages7.com Contact Phone :510-778-9194 Website: www.timdreby.com Licensed in the State of CA (Y/N/NA)? Yes Clinical Licenses or Certificates: LMFT #45563 Willing to Work Via Videoconference? Yes, on the secure doxy.me platform Able to provide support with minimal use of medications, including tapering […]

This is an announcement that Quality Improvement of Solano County Health and Social Services (Provider #57883) is offering Redefining Psychosis in two parts – 9:00 am – 12:15 pm on Thursdays, May 14 and 21, 2020.   For details regarding registration, please see attached Registration Form. This is a 2-part training.  It is recommended that participants attend both days, […]

I will be presenting a workshop at the annual California Association of Social Rehabilitation Agencies. This will be the first part of my six hour training that can be downloaded here: Training Powerpoint. CASRA is an important local resource that has supported me over the years.  Click to view  2019 Flyer

Dear Tim, We had a staggering 1,023 entries in the 2018 TopShelf Indie Book Awards, and your book Fighting for Freedom in America: Memoir of a “Schizophrenia” and Mainstream Cultural Delusions has been selected as a Finalist in the category of Autobiography/Biography! Warm Regards, Keith Katsikas CEO & Publisher TopShelf Magazine

Bay Area Psychotherapist and Survivor of a Schizophrenia Diagnosis Launches Website to Sell Award-Winning Memoir and Training Services! In launching online store, author Tim Dreby comes out of the closet to promote his writing platform. Selling books and services independently marks a new beginning for the middle-age debut writer who works to redefine the manner […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE      Outskirts Press Releases New Memoir About Surviving a Diagnosis of Schizophrenia: Fighting for Freedom in America by Clyde Dee   In the frontiers of America’s mental health institutions, fighting for freedom can become very personal. September 24, 2015 – Denver, CO and Oakland, CA – In Fighting for Freedom in America, released […]

TITLE OF PRESENTATION: Changing the Treatment Paradigm Locally for Those who Experience Psychosis SYNOPSIS: This workshop outlines how diverse persons with lived experience provided outreach, made presentations and ran groups in ways that honored their lived experience with “psychosis.” Imagine how a system populated with such specialists might improve treatment for those who might otherwise […]

In the company of his own fellowship A coldness impales the male persona As he stands in a barren winter field Where the rapidly shifting wind throws his Chilled stiff body into nothingness. He stands trying to conceal his shiver. Above the infinite eye of the night Glares down upon the stupid smallness Of his […]

Winner of four categories!!!  Director’s Choice Award for Outstanding Human Relations Life Adjustment Indie Book. Gold Winner, Inspirational Human Relations Indie Book Silver Winner Problem Solving Human Relations Indie Book Bronze Winner,  Self Reflection/Memoir Human Relations Indie Book https://www.onlineprnews.com/news/790392-1481400543-memoir-on-schizophrenia-wins-big-in-human-relations-indie-book-award.html http://humanrelationsindiebookawards.com/book-categories-and-results.php

Author, Clyde Dee, wins in four categories to add to growing list of awards for his memoir about surviving a “Schizophrenia” diagnosis! Clyde Dee, author of Fighting for Freedom in America: Memoir of a “Schizophrenia” and Mainstream Cultural Delusions (Outskirts Press,) was selected a multi-winner in the first annual (2016) Human Relations Indie Book Awards. […]

Honorable Mention Non-Fiction Biography https://readersfavorite.com/2016-award-contest-winners.htm#cat64 https://readersfavorite.com/book-review/fighting-for-freedom-in-america

Dear Editors: I wanted to thank the Daily News for covering the Deborah Danner shooting in a way that bears witness to experiences of stigma, oppression, and extreme isolation that Ms. Danner went through. As a licensed mental health practitioner who has been exceedingly lucky to be able to provide services to extraordinary individuals like […]

For Immediate Release:  September 24, 2016 Reader’s Favorite recognizes “Fighting for Freedom in America” in its 2016 international book award contest. The 2016 Readers’ Favorite International Book Award Contest featured thousands of contestants from over a dozen countries. Oakland, California. Readers’ Favorite has become the fastest growing book review and award contest site on the […]

Goodreads Book Giveaway Fighting for Freedom in America by Clyde Dee Giveaway ends September 11, 2016. See the giveaway detailsat Goodreads. https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/widget/193006 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27013994

http://www.midwestbookreview.com Reviewer’s Choice Fighting for Freedom in America Clyde Dee Outskirts Press, Inc. 10940 S. Parker Road, #515, Parker, CO 80134 www.outskirtspress.com 9781478759928, $20.95, PB, 328pp, www.amazon.com Critique: An intensely personal and impressively well written memoir, “Fighting for Freedom in America: Memoir of a ‘Schizophrenia’ and Mainstream Cultural Delusions” is a compelling read from beginning […]

As a Nation we need to learn about how to heal from mass shootings, not exacerbate them. Learning to learn from those who remain in back wards instead of further discriminating and devaluing them may help. So can groups that examine “psychosis!”   So often the public goes to catastrophes in order to learn its […]

Guest Blogger Don Karp, helps young adults recovering from schizophrenia with practical, science based self-care. Check out his free video, 7-Step Self-Hypnosis Process, by signing up here. His book, available on Amazon, is The Bumpy Road: A Memoir of Culture Clash, Including Woodstock, Mental Hospitals and Living In Mexico. He is a regular contributor to […]