Patrica Pasick, Ph.D
 
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With a focus on UNTOLD STORIES, I write about the unspoken, unnoticed, or unheralded narratives of peoples' lives.

I come to my work with graduate degrees from Harvard and the University of Michigan, and over 30 years as a psychologist, therapist, writer, teacher, and consultant. A long career has meant many experiences:

  • Creator and Project Director, Stories For Hope, for the Republic of Rwanda
  • Consulted to a primary school in Rwanda, the Kigali Parents' School, 2006-present
  • Trained professionals and graduate students
  • Co-Director, Narrative Family Therapy, Ann Arbor Center For the Family, 1996-2003
  • Faculty in Psychology, Fielding Institute, Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, 1995-1999
  • Authored articles for professional journals and books, most recently:
 
Origins of Leadership Stories from the men and women who led Rwanda's astounding recovery as a nation after the 1994 genocide. (Origins of Leadership: Personal Stories From the Top 100 Leaders in Rwanda, in process)
Almost Grown How today's young people, and their parents cope with the celebrations and anxieties of leaving home. (Almost Grown: Launching Your Child From High School To College, W.W. Norton, 1998)
Our Unclesâ Words Stories of the prejudice faced by Filipino-American men in the U.S. Navy. (chapters in In Our Uncles' Words: We Fought For Freedom, T-Boli Publications, 2006)

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News

  • An Emmy award-winning producer begins talks with Pat about a documentary of her work in Rwanda.
  • Pat begins a writing collaboration with the brother of a Rwandan genocide victim.
  • On a fifth trip to Rwanda, Pat obtains fund for the pilot of Stories For Hope.
  • Pat meets Dave Isay, founder of StoryCorps, and makes her own tape with son Daniel, in Lower Manhattan.
  • The President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, receives Pat's draft of "The Origins of Leadership: Personal Stories from the Top 100 Leaders in Rwanda.
  • "Re-Storying Rwanda" The Republic of Rwanda considers Patricia's proposal to bring a mobile storytelling unit around the country, as a therapeutic aid for Rwanda's first generation to be born after the genocide.
  • Patricia makes a third visit to Rwanda, delivering over $4500 in donations to 15 school children needing tuition assistance, penpal letters from three Michigan schools, and a mental health proposal to the Ministry of Youth, Sports, and Culture. Work on leadership stories continues.
  • Presentation to Northville Public Schools on The College Transition
  • Visit to StoryCorps headquarters in New York.

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