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Clyde Dee

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Raised in a private school, Clyde Dee, sought refuge in an inner city community to hide a history of anorexia. Working his way through, Clyde has learned to champion the untold story. Now a licensed Mental Health Practitioner and an anonymous debut author, he works in an inner-city mental health facility. He additionally is working on a second book to help supporters and sufferers be curious about the universal qualities of a "psychosis." One day he hopes to help revolutionize treatment across diagnostic divides. ...more

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Clyde Dee I lead a very structured life and write regularly each weekend for approximately fifteen hours. I have learned not to be a perfectionist initially, bu…moreI lead a very structured life and write regularly each weekend for approximately fifteen hours. I have learned not to be a perfectionist initially, but to draft and draft. At this point I am exploring the marketing process for the first time and this may cut into my writing time a bit. My first draft of Fighting for Freedom in America was about six hundred pages, twice as long as it is now. It took me a year or so to draft that and a total of seven years to complete; though I did take a year off to develop my Special Messages book. So I haven't experienced writer's block per say, but I have had to sort through a lot of slop. (less)

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Clyde Dee I am working on a book on a theoretical approach towards working with people in "psychosis" which encourages them to tell their story and be more mind…moreI am working on a book on a theoretical approach towards working with people in "psychosis" which encourages them to tell their story and be more mindful and communicative about their experiences. The work is inspired by the groups I run for the past eight years called Special Messages. I have developed what I argue is a universal process of things that message receivers can relate to that can be used to start up group conversations. In addition I present a system of coping skills that reinforce things that can be done to help a message receiver succeed in things they are motivated to succeed in. Central to this work is the concept that we who have experienced "psychosis" need to be viewed more like an oppressed culture, that we need to be taught to work with each other and that the key to doing this is to offer a space where we can be encouraged to express silenced experiences and realize that we are not as alone as we think we are when we are in crisis. I have just finished initiating an eighteen month grant program that experimented using these ideas to train peer counselors and we started up groups in many agencies across our city to promote more of a cultural view of "psychosis" across diagnostic categories. It was successful and I now am going back to drafts of my book and integrating things I have learned and changes I have made to the workbook curriculum. (less)

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Fighting for Freedom in America: Memoir of a "Schizophrenia" and Mainstream Cultural Delusions

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My Speech to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors Against Closing Highland Outapatient Psychiatric Program

Hello, my Name is Tim Dreby. I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and I have been working at Highland Hospital Outpatient Psychiatric Unit since 2002 approximately 24 years. I think back to so many stories of oppression and suffering that I have witnessed in our clinic. These are gut-wrenching stories. Stories I have never had the sense that the public see or understand. It is a place w

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Clyde Dee wrote a new blog post My Speech to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors Against Closing Highland Outapatient Psychiatric Program Hello, my Name is Tim Dreby. I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and I have been working at Highland Hospital Outpatient Psychiatric Unit s Read more of this blog post »
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“I finally understand what a person with a mental illness feels like, lives like, and how he fights for his sanity and his life every single day . . .This book has compassion, passion, understanding, and a force of will that will allow any person to become better and make peace with themselves. Great job.”
― Reviewed by Rabia Tanveer for Readers' Favorite

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“An intensely personal and impressively well written memoir, "Fighting for Freedom in America: Memoir of a 'Schizophrenia' and Mainstream Cultural Delusions" is a compelling read from beginning to end.”
― Reviewed by Midwest Book Reviews

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“[Clyde's] story is fascinating because he is able to intellectualize what he was thinking and feeling at the time, even if he is discussing his paranoid delusional thoughts . . . As someone with a Master's of Science degree in a counseling field, I have found my greatest lessons have been from real people and not material in textbooks. As I read Clyde's story, I felt like I learned many lessons through what he has to share. My work will definitely be more beneficial by what I learned from him.”
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“This is the tale of what happens when a compassionate, honest, humble man is confronted by corruption, cruelty and malice. Readers get to share this metaphoric journey through the intricacies of the human mind. When Clyde is subjected to a harsh world he begins to make tenuous connections steeped in reality and becomes prone to the whisperings of his own secret understandings.”
― Reviewed by Debra Lampshire from the University of Aukland

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“Candid, compelling and above all accessible, Fighting For Freedom In America,makes a notable memoir that's sure to engender much reflection. Deserving of your attention it is highly recommended.”
― Reviewed by Book Viral Spotlight