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About the AuthorChristopher J. Mruk, PhD, was trained in general learning and cognitivepsychology at Michigan State University, where he received his undergraduatedegree in 1971, and in humanistic clinical psychology atDuquesne University, where he received his graduate degree in 1981. Hisfirst clinical position was working in a closed inpatient psychiatric unit atCottage Hospital in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, which led to supervising anoutpatient heroin addiction treatment program in Detroit. From there, hebecame a therapist in a 24-hour comprehensive psychiatric emergencyservice in Lansing, Michigan, which was one of the nation’s first modelsrecognized by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). He thenprovided a wide range of psychological testing and therapeutic services invarious community mental health centers, which led to directing theCounseling Center at St. Francis College in Pennsylvania. After doingsome private practice, he now works as a consulting psychologist toFirelands Regional Medical Center in Sandusky, Ohio. He is licensed as aclinical psychologist in Ohio and Pennsylvania.Dr. Mruk’s academic experience includes more than 20 years ofteaching psychology and training mental health professionals. Currently,he is a full-time Professor of Psychology at Bowling Green StateUniversity Firelands College in Ohio, where he has received the college’sDistinguished Teaching and its Distinguished Creative Scholarship awards.His publications include a number of academically oriented refereed articles,several invited chapters, and Zen and Psychotherapy: IntegratingTraditional and Nontraditional Approaches (Springer PublishingCompany, 2003), a book that he authored with Joan Hartzell, RN, MA.Dr. Mruk may be reached at cmruk@bgsu.edu.ii