Larry Robinson psychotherapist and life
counselor talks about his new book “Mirror, Mirror: Reflections of Self:
365-Day Life Journal” with Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson host of
OUTTAKE VOICES™. Robinson’s book evolved from 35 years of
counseling both LGBT and heterosexual clients and from his Facebook page
entitled “Mindful Thinking” that is followed by over 165,000 globally.
The emotional growth that can be achieved through this book is truly
unique. “Mirror, Mirror” is not a self-help book, it’s a help yourself
book. After each of the 365 lessons readers will find a question to
answer and space is provided for their answer. You can work on these
lessons alone or with a partner. Readers can then return to it any time
and check their progress and each time they go through its pages, they
will discover something new about themselves. We talked to Larry about
his inspiration for writing “Mirror, Mirror” and his spin on our LGBT
issues.
When asked about his involvement with our LGBT community Robinson
stated, “My involvement goes back at least forty years as my first
volunteer job was at a place called The Homosexual Health Center on
Boylston Street in Boston where we did volunteer counseling with gay and
lesbian men and women. It was operating for about five years and then
it shutdown and that’s when I decided basically to go into my own
business. Probably it was 1981 that I did some volunteer work for The
AIDS Action Committee and I got my first AIDS patient and it wasn’t even
identified as AIDS then in ’81, it was called gay cancer. Unfortunately
so few people were out at that time. My client was diagnosed with
whatever they believed it was and he died about three weeks later, it
was very quick. From there I worked with many gay men who were infected
with the AIDS virus, who were all HIV positive and unfortunately they
all died. I think my job basically at that point wasn’t about how to
live, it was more about how to die because the death rate was so
enormous at that time. So my hand has always been involved in the
community and I think I’ll always be involved. I work now with gay
couples, singles, I think it’s part of my life to help people feel
better about who they are.”
Larry Robinson has a Master of Education in Counseling from Boston
University, is a clinically certified forensic counselor working with
the Essex County District Attorney's office in the Juvenile Diversion
Program and is a certified divorce mediator. He is the founder of
Mindful Thinking that focuses on change and living in the now. His new
book, “Mirror, Mirror: Reflections of Self” published by Xlibris, was
written with this in mind and with the intention of helping people
across the world change and better their lives.
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