_Sky:

I'm back home. My first grandchild is married (a great kid and a charming wife). I have used two days to read my backup of email. Now, I'm responding to the important email.

I want to respond to _Sky's comments about my book. It is a long book and covers many, many common human problems. My experience with 3000 students who have taken the class for college credit is that many of them need to interact with other self-helpers in order to grasp the basic methods of changing yourself. There are so many self-help methods (see Chapters 11 to 15) and individuals prefer different methods. I still think in terms of thinking about the behavior, the feelings, the skills, the thoughts, and the insights--all these parts are important in almost every problem.

I have always felt that the group interaction--sharing ideas about self-helping--is very important. Good luck to you all.

drclay