Valerie Lumley Knihy

This is a "telling" book, rather than a dry report, where I use my personal experiences to elucidate and demonstrate known facts about the various dysfunctions in family and personal relationships. I use the term inappropriate in the title because no therapist will ever share personal experience or information with a client. All they can ethically do is empathize, diagnose, treat, and educate.

This book is a special collection of selected poems and lyrics by Valerie Lumley and James Tippey, AKA Garland Andrews. The verses represent the events and relationships of their lives, are presented in chronological order, and are combined in two parts. They are soulful and intimate, and describe love in its many forms and diverse expressions. They also tell stories that are profound and real.