Thank you all for your warm welcome! I apologize for not responding to your many kind messages sooner. (This week has been absolutely crazy for me, as I've been working about 60 hours, going to grad school, dealing with the fact that my grandfather is in the hospital, and I've just recently been picked to sit on a jury!) I expect things to calm down a great deal over the next few days, and I can begin really making a contribution to the forum.

As Dr. Grohol pointed out, I'm a grad student. In addition, I'm married to a wonderful woman, and I have a great daughter. Those of you who frequent the psychotherapy forum have probably read some of my contributions...I've been told that I write in an overly-formal way, so I hope that doesn't intimidate anyone. (It's just a carry-over from my day job, I think, and I'm working on being more personable with my writing.)

Anyway, great to meet you all. If you have any questions for me, send me a PM or post it here in the thread and I'll write back as soon as I can.

-Ben