AjSaylor

Not a problem. I don't mind questions at all.

Yes, I know of an LISW that works for the state Bureau of Voc Rehab that is Deaf and uses ASL, and also a CRC that works for an agency that uses ASL. Since I'm fluent in ASL, it really doesn't affect me.

I arrange accommodations for several deaf students at the college where I'm working on my Ph.D., and several of them prefer ASL to oral langauge, so I am always sure to sign with them. I also do a group session once a week with my deaf students, and it is always conducted in ASL.

I am very Gestalt based in my theory. (Not quite as in your face as Fritz Perls, if you have seen the video of him in any of your psych classes), but still very much a Gestalt practitioner. I will also integrate some Dyadic Behavior Therapy, but then; it is founded on Gestalt principles; and some of the empowerment principles from Feminist Theory. I prefer a strong Gestalt foundation because it fits with my world view and my perspective of how change occurs in the individual.

Just thought of another one! The Lives of Billy Milligan is a case study of an individual with Dissociative Identity Disorder.

I saw in a General Chat thread that you were looking for a book of case studies for abnormal psychology. I would suggest Love's Executioner and other Tales of Psychotherapy by Irving Yalom. He is a clinical counseling psychologist that practices from and exitential theoretic premise, and the book is a collection of cases that he has treated.

Yes. I have an undergraduate degree in psychology and a master's degree in counseling. I have my LPC and my CRC, and am working on my Ph.D. (Way too many intitials, lol!)