Midnight Musings: Rules to Stay Alive (A Whitaker Roundtable)

Roundtable Participants:

Hannah Bousek, MA, LMFT (she/her)

Hannah Bousek is owner of HB Psychotherapy, PLC located in Iowa City. She is a practicing MFT and grief support specialist. Her specializations include grief and compassion fatigue.

Learn more about Hannah here.

Marshall McElhinney, MA, tLMFT (he/him)

Marshall McElhinney, MA, tLMFT (he/him) is a licensed MFT in private practice at Waxwing Psychological Services in Cedar Rapids, IA. He’s also the other half of the Becoming Man Podcast (check it out here).

You can learn more about Marshall here.

John-Paul Blix, MA, tLMFT (he/him)

John-Paul Blix is a licensed MFT practicing in the Cedar Rapids area. He is a Site Coordinator with Covenant Family Solutions—a practice with multiple locations in Iowa. J-P serves on the board for Better Tomorrows ECI and helped co-create the Role 4 Inspiration program.

Learn more about John-Paul here.

* Any ‘eaten by cannibals’ tattoo art ideas can be submitted to marshall@waxwingpsych.com. Thank you in advance for your contributions.

** quag·mire /ˈkwaɡˌmī(ə)r/: an awkward, complex, or hazardous situation

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Jenkinson, S. (2015). Die wise: A manifesto for sanity and soul. North Atlantic Books.

Lucas, G., & Wheatley, D. (2005). Star Wars: Episode III-Revenge of the Sith.

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May, R., & Yalom, I. (1989). Existential psychotherapy. Current psychotherapies, 363-402.

Napier, A. Y., & Whitaker, C. A. (1978). The Family Crucible. Harper & Row.

Whitaker, C. A., & Ryan, M. O. (1989). Midnight musings of a family therapist.

Whitman, W. (1892). Song of myself (1892 version). Poetry Foundation.

Whyte, D. (2003). Everything is waiting for you. Many Rivers Press.