You Worked in a Shelter for Homeless People in Harlem

In the early nineties, i saw people who clearly didn't haves mental healfh support on the streets. It really ignited something about needing to understand and think about what kind of treatment can be brought to bear. I was fortunate to get a place on a clinical psychology training course in london. And one of the first patients i have was an elderly lady. She had a disorder that we call agraphobius, her fear of going outside. Her husband was very ill suddenly, and she would need to learn very quickly how to become independent and leave her house again. So i looked at the manuon very long involved going steps from the house over many, many weeks