Santa Psychologist: a Collection of Holiday Poems

By Wayne P. Sisson MA

Imagine Santa in a dual professional role as a psychologist. Let your Happy Holidays begin by reading this unique, humorous, and heart-felt series of Santa and Christmas related mental health poetry. Learn what gifts of mental health Santa, the psychologist, will give to his patients; what gifts of well-being he will give to the parents of the children (who typically receive the gifts). And, Santa contending with: resiliency; creative problem solving; HIPAA regulations; and, yes, read his modified 12-Step program for “Naughty & Nice” behavior.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Nov 30, 2017
• ISBN: 9781532037832

Wayne P. Sisson MA

Wayne Sisson, MA, has numerous years of experience doing mental health and addiction counseling. In addition to his professional work, writing poetry has been a creative passion. His poetry offers a poet’s unique view of mental health issues. This series of nine poems has a novel, and one of a kind, focus on Santa, Christmas, and mental health themes.

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ISBN: 978-1-5320-3782-5 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5320-3783-2 (e)

iUniverse rev. date: 11/30/2017

Table of Contents

A Saint Nick Gift and Wish to You, the Parents - May You Have a

With so much of the Santa story focused on children, this poem focuses on what "gifts-of-well-being" Santa would give to the parents.

If Santa Claus Were a Psychologist:

These Might be the "Gifts-Of-Mental-Health" He Would Give to His Clients!

A poetic and heart-felt manner which suggests there is hope for a positive "evidence-based-outcome" of the therapeutic process for a variety of psychological