This new therapeutic autobiography by Robert D. Brehm, MA, begins with a jolt. Robert is a child when his mother gets into a car accident. Robert goes flying out the window of her 1942 Ford. His strongest memory from the accident is when he shouted to someone who picked him up out of the road ditch. "Man, don't you ever do that again."
Now, Robert knows that was an attribution error-an error in perception that assigns blame to another. As Robert discusses the accident, he delves deeper into the concept of attribution errors and role-plays the scenario by using the empty chair technique.
This is just one example of how Robert uses his background in psychology to examine important moments from his life. He has spent forty-five years teaching and delving into the human psyche. This training has allowed him to look at earlier events with a practiced eye.
As Robert moves from that first formative experience to his later life as a teacher and counselor, he introduces other important psychological concepts. Part memoir and part psychology guide, The Story Has a Secret shows you how to apply the same perspective to your own life and examine the moments that forever changed it.
About the Author: Robert D. Brehm, MA, spent forty-five years in education. He is one of the few to have such a lengthy career in the state of Washington State education system.
Brehm has developed classes in interpersonal relations, stress management, introduction to psychodrama, interpersonal growth for couples, jog-o-therapy, eliminating self-defeating behavior, and career exploration. He has taught high school, college, and university graduate students.
He also introduced online counselor courses in 1995 through the website www.stressguru.com. He holds national certification as a counselor and psychodramatist. He holds License both as a Washington State mental health counselor and as a marriage and family therapist. Brehm continues consulting and writing.
