HOPEISNOWHERE

David Eden – Tim Dustrude photo

You can read the title of this post a couple of different ways – How did you read it? Do you see the glass half-full or half-empty?

This month marks 30 years that David Eden has been a therapist in town. He first arrived in October of 1984 – he had been working on his Doctorate at Oregon State University when he saw an ad for a part-time job with Community Mental Health here on the island. “I’m pretty sure that I’m the longest lasting therapist in the county” he says. The first headline he saw in the local paper after he arrived said “North Islands has hired a Marriage & Family Therapist”, and that would be David.

He just recently attended a conference in Vancouver, WA called “Divorce Busting”, which featured the speaker Michele Weiner-Davis, author of the book by the same name. David is excited to begin using principles covered there in his practice here. He calls it the Psychology of Hope and some of the topics covered included:

• Restoring hope to “On the Brink” couples
• “It takes One to Tango” – Couples’ therapy with Individuals
• Healing from Infidelity

In addition to his work as a therapist, David will also have a speaking engagement; Next month he will be presenting for the PTA doing a talk on “Alternatives to Spanking” which may interest many parents of young children. The talk will be on November 18th at 5:30 pm at the Elementary School.

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