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Manic Ministers

An Allegory of Our Understanding of Psychiatry and Reverential Formats.

By: Wilford Spradlin

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Manic Ministers

An Allegory of Our Understanding of Psychiatry and Reverential Formats.

By: Wilford Spradlin

Dr. Spradlin in a wonderful allegorical tale of international intrigue, death, sex, and romance poses the questions we all ponder about life-its meaning, who are we, what is the ego, and the place of the reverent. In this fast-paced and unique story, a naïve psychiatry resident is confronted by three frames of reference-intellectual, emotional, and egotistical-as everyone is throughout life. Dr. Spradlin adroitly intertwines the action-packed tale set in a psychiatry ward in a veterans' hospital and rural Virginia with the psychotherapy process of mutual exploration by patient and therapist dealing with philosophy, religion, psychology, and also mysticism. The interplay of these basic concepts of self-exploration in this at times violent tale not only captures the reader's attention but leaves the reader to ponder these inevitable human questions long after finishing the book.

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0595444296

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Time for Eternity

By: Susan Renee,Wilford W. Spradlin

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Time for Eternity

By: Susan Renee,Wilford W. Spradlin

Joe Pitts, a brilliant if somewhat obsessive and cynical graduate student from a wealthy dysfunctional family lashes out under pressure against what he sees as the hypocrisy of society and the futility of his life in it. Briefly committed to a psychiatric ward in the aftermath of an altercation with one of his professors, he meets Dr. Margaret Wright, a resident and Susan Holland, a somewhat mystical nursing student. Just as Joe begins to believe that his intellect and his Ego can overcome what he sees as a minor troubling interlude in his life, he receives a shock. It is a diagnosis of terminal testicular cancer. With the aid of Dr. Wright, Susan, Roberta Turner, a philosophical fellow student and Dr. Shultz, the very professor with whom his altercation began this odyssey, and a man whose wife has just made the final passage, Joe learns in the hospice to revere his own, now fleeting existence and gains the humility necessary to face the next and final stage of his life.

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Manic Ministers

An Allegory of Our Understanding of Psychiatry and Reverential Formats.

By: Wilford Spradlin

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Human Biosociology

From Cell to Culture

By: W.W. Spradlin,P.B. Porterfield

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Human Biosociology

From Cell to Culture

By: W.W. Spradlin,P.B. Porterfield

There is growing evidence that an amalgamation of systems theories and communication and information theories will become the leading conceptual model for addressing human behavior. In this book we have used a theoretical frame which focuses on the coding, storage, and movement of information within and among open systems. We believe this to be a productive working concept which allows the student of human behavior to avoid the mind/body dichotomy. This conceptual framework also allows the integration of the biologic and sociologic aspects of human behavior. Using this theoret ical model we may see science and art as a continuum of imaginative ways of organizing information. Hence, the primary aim of this text is to provide a conceptual frame for students of human behavior which utilizes systems theories and information and communi cation theories in an integrated approach which is both theoretical and practical. It is written for the student in the behavioral sciences who may be planning a career in medicine, social work, psychology, nursing, guidance and counseling, the ministry, or other health and service professions. In addition, students in biology, sociology, and philosophy may benefit from this conceptual ap proach. It is also written for the practitioner who is cur rently delivering counseling and other health services to a variety of clientele.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461261481

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A Prayer for Rose

By: Wilford W. Spradlin,Susan Renee

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A Prayer for Rose

By: Wilford W. Spradlin,Susan Renee

Rose, a timid, sweet young woman and secretary to Reverend Howard, demonstrates her complete devotion to the old minister not only by caring for his terminally ill wife, but also by marrying the old widower in order to care for him. Reverend Howard never initiates romantic involvement with his young wife. He does have compassion for Rose and in appreciation for her loyalty, the Reverend initiates the adoption of a child to bridge the gap that lies between he and his wife. Even with a child, Rose continues to find herself in a lonely marriage and becomes filled with frustration and confusion. A long-standing conflict between the minister and his son is resolved in a paradoxical way which costs Rose her life rather than her virginity. www.a-prayer-for-rose.com

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1467856371

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Time for Eternity

By: Susan Renee,Wilford W. Spradlin

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By: Susan Renee,Wilford W. Spradlin

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Rage to Reverence

By: Wilford W. Spradlin,Susan Renee

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Rage to Reverence

By: Wilford W. Spradlin,Susan Renee

In this allegorical novel, two people, from entirely different backgrounds and lifestyles, become so frustrated with the severity of the acute circumstances of their lives that they attempt to terminate their existence through suicide. Their failed efforts result in their being detoxified in the same E.R. and evaluated on the same psychiatry ward. Vera and Bryan explore the circumstances that led to their actions with two psychiatry residents and the attending physician,Dr. Saunders. The normally adroit and firm attending physician unexpectedly reveals the depth of his personality. By doing so, he leads not only the patients but also his residents on a journey of personal transformation from states of dysfunction to states of reverence and serenity. www.rage-to-reverence.com

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1463464649

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Book's by Wilford Spradlin

Manic Ministers

Manic Ministers

Time for Eternity

Time for Eternity

Manic Ministers

Manic Ministers

Human Biosociology

Human Biosociology

A Prayer for Rose

A Prayer for Rose

Time for Eternity

Time for Eternity

Rage to Reverence

Rage to Reverence

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