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Dr. Cullen Hardy obtained his Doctor of Psychology degree in Clinical Psychology (Psy.D.) in 2015 from Antioch University New England in Keene, New Hampshire. Dr. Hardy trained in community mental health centers throughout New England where he worked with clients suffering from a wide range of issues such as anxiety, depression, grief, loss, trauma, eating disorders, self-harm, and vocational issues. Cullen also works with couples to help them improve their intimacy and relationship. We have conducted an interview with him. How does using an integrated approach while incorporating Cognitive Behavioral methods and a narrative perspective empower your clients? Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is what many people think of as “traditional therapy.” Without going into a long explanation about what CBT is and how it works, the basic (very basic) premise is that if one changes patterns of thinking or behavior then this can affect the way someone feels. Put another way, if you change m...

Marina Dutzmann Kirsch is a graphic and book designer, author, and public speaker living in Kensington, NH. She also serves as an Area Director in Toastmasters International, a worldwide non-profit that helps members build their public speaking and leadership skills. We have conducted an interview with her about her book & events— Flight of Remembrance —the true story of her family in WWII Latvia, occupied Poland, & Germany. What was the 'existential dilemma' in this book? According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, existentialism centers "on analysis of individual existence in an unfathomable universe and the plight of the individual who must assume ultimate responsibility for acts of free will without any certain knowledge of what is right or wrong or good or bad." This was certainly the case for my family during WWII. In late 1939, my father, Rolf Dutzmann, a Latvian aeronautical engineering student, faced a life or death situation that would ch...