Patrica Pasick, Ph.D
   
 
Practice Areas | Special Interests | Approach
Therapy | Special Interests
 
 

(Dr. Pasick notes: As of September 2006, my practice is closed while I turn full-time to writing. The following information describes my therapeutic approach to whatever activities I undertake as a psychologist.)

Dr. Pasick's special interests include:

  • The effects of life story on well-being
  • Family cohesion after traumatic experiences related to war and natural disaster
  • Mutil-racial families
  • Development and immigration
  • The high school-to-college transition

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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