FROM THE PSYCHIATRIST'S PERSPECTIVE

By John Lavernoich

A short story collection that's a sequel to TALES OF THE PSYCHIATRIST, in which the title character meets various people from various walks of life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: May 11, 2020
• ISBN: 9781716943171

John Lavernoich

JOHN LAVERNOICH is a free-lance writer who has written various articles for several publications, including the Comics Buyer's Guide. CODE NAME: CHAMELEONS is Mr. Lavernoich's first novel. Mr. Lavernoich currently lives in Winsted, CT.

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FROM THE PSYCHIATRIST’S PERSPECTIVE

A short story collection by

JOHN LAVERNOICH

Highroad Books

Winsted, CT

Copyright © 2020 by John Lavernoich and Highroad Productions.

All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review or scholarly journal.

First Printing: May 2020

ISBN#: 978-1-71694-317-1

Highroad Books

13 Wallens St.

Winsted, CT 06098

John Lavernoich’s official website:

johnlavernoich.weebly.com

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Dedicated – as usual –

to the memory of my parents,

ALPHONSE & ELIZABETH LAVERNOICH.

Their professions played an

important role in shaping mine.

AN INTRODUCTION FROM THE AUTHOR

  I’ve mentioned it before – but it does bear mentioning again: the book you’re about to read – and its predecessor, TALES OF THE PSYCHIATRIST – they were inspired, in part, by a difficult period in my life, one which goes back almost thirty years, in those pre-Internet and pre-Facebook days.  It was a time in which both my life and sanity were on the verge of total collapse – and in the summer of 1991, it almost did.  Not exactly a good situation for yours truly to be in at that time, whose biggest dream was to be a writer/author, inspired in no small measure by the accomplishments by two of my all-time favorite pop culture heroes, Alan Alda and the late Rod Serling.

  During the last few months of 1990, and almost the first-half of 1991 – I wrote several short stories about a psychiatrist coming across patients from various walks of life, partly as a form of therapy.  Oddly enough, at that time, I was seeing a therapist concerning my mental state.  (And today, I’m still seeing a therapist – though my mental health’s somewhat better than it was then, despite the significant number of emotional trials and growing pains that I had to endure during that particular time span.)

  Of course, when I first wrote the stories about the psychiatrist almost thirty years ago, I never considered compiling them into a book and getting it published.  For one thing, my life at that time was a bit chaotic – so much so that I thought that a permanent change of locale might do me a world of good, a decision that I now regret, mainly because I wasn’t thinking straight then.  For another, I was obsessed with jump-starting my writing career, which was a factor in part to yours truly attempting to move out west to Southern California.  (There were