Up Above and the Runaway - Susko, Michael A.

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Résumé :
Zoe and Tod meet Mac, a homeless person, who they knew as Rock Man from an otherworldly experience. They all try to help a runaway teenager, who has dissociated into a symbolic world. Things become even more complicated when their lives intersect with a doctor, in need of a human subject for a risky experimental procedure. In the end something uncanny happens, which show Zoe and Tod that their fantasy had some basis in reality. This story explores the meaning of symbolic worlds, the danger that others can pose in not understanding them, and how resolution and true healing can occur....

Biographie:
Michael Susko, who has an M.S in Counseling Psychology, has been active for several years in advocacy for re-envisioning mental health care. Attending conferences and workshops, he has presented on the meaning of symbolic experiences and modes of healing which would be effective. In 1991 he edited Cry of the Invisible, a collection of oral histories of persons who were psychiatrically labeled. For years he chaired and served on the board for Maryland Disability Rights, to help insure the rights of persons with disabilities....

Sommaire:
With an interest in interdisciplinary studies, the author majored in Philosophy and obtained a Masters in Counseling Psychology. He has taught college courses, including Archetypes in History, the History of Madness in Western Civilization, and Symbolism of Indigenous Cultures. In reading history over his lifetime, a generational scale has proven to be highly useful, and he wishes to share this work to make history accessible to all....