Roberta Russell
Hello, I'm Roberta
Russell. I think of myself as a student of life and would like to share some
endeavors, intermingle and learn from the fellow travelers that I may meet
through this forum. I enjoy thinking of this site as an academy where I might
share what I have learned from the great teachers that I have known and receive
feedback from those who read it.
At the best of times I am a writer, and
particularly enjoy the study of the active ingredients and documented results in
psychotherapy. I’ve written a book on the subject with the late British psychiatrist, R.D. Laing called R.D. Laing & Me:
Lessons in Love, in which we were also both characters. It was published
in 1992 by Hillgarth Press (212-758-6389). I have
also written a more academic book, Report on Effective Psychotherapy:
Legislative Testimony, 1981, 1994, Hillgarth
Press.
- To hear what the critics have said about R.D. Laing & Me: Lessons
in Love or about us, and about the story of my relationship with
R.D. Laing or to order the book, or for a free chapter go back to the
www.rdlaing.org site and follow the indicated steps.
The adventure of doing
this research-based novel verite with R.D. Laing has
led me to try therapeutic pairing with others and to conduct workshops around
the world in which well-intentioned people pair with each other in mutually
therapeutic alliances. If you want to hear more about this or to participate in
such an experiment in relationship follow the Mutual Alliance link in that
site. The results of this process can be very satisfying and cost-effective.
There is an element of uncertainty here, but perhaps one may find a friend.
To learn more about the findings reported
in my first book, Report on Effective Psychotherapy: Legislative
Testimony, and to see how these results underpin most of my other
activities follow that link at the www.lifetalk.org
site.
· I am also have been a host of a New York City
cable television show called Lifetalk (Video: Harold
Krieger) which features interviews with movers and shakers in controversial
areas of psychology, nutrition, medicine, environment, and population growth. A
more detailed list of video shows available for purchase or possibly to show on
your local television station is linked to that website, as well.
Bio,
Publications & Contact information
Roberta Russell is a licensed NY real
estate broker. She is currently the author of a weekly column for The Meredith News, Lifetalk with Roberta Russell, formerly published in the Lake Placid News and The Adirondack Daily Enterprise. She is the author of R.D. Laing & Me: Lessons
in Love with R.D. Laing, Hillgarth Press,
1992, Shinyosha (in Japanese, 1994) Ediciones de la Flor (in Spanish,
1995) Editora Siciliano (in
Portuguese, 1997) and the author of Report on Effective Psychotherapy: Legislative Testimony (Hillgarth Press, 1981, with 1994 Update). She has been published in Psychologie Heute (
Ms. Russell is the originator of The New
York Calorie and Exercise Logging Groups and also Mutual Alliance Therapy
Workshops which have been commended by a 1994 Social Innovations Award
(U.K.). She is currently interested in forming mutual alliances for healthier
living.
(photo: Harold
Krieger)
Roberta Russell
404 East 55 St.
New York, NY 10022
russellk@sprynet.com
