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My Reason For Being Here

I'm here to introduce myself and my work to you. It's your chance to talk back.

(See "Contact Dr. Affinito")

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My fervent hope is that you will join me in active conversation.

Travel with me as I watch my own career morph from psychology professor to therapist to author, always carrying with me a bit from the preceding phase.

As I move through these changes, I continue to be concerned for issues of social justice. that's why you'll see links to Heifer International, Bread for the World, and Lutheran World Relief at the bottom of this page, just a few of the causes i like to see supported. Let's have your suggestions too.

Please note the links to Facebook, Twitter, and my blog right here, or via the buttons at the bottom of the menu bar on the left. They will keep you pretty much posted on what I'm thinking and doing as I try to support it all - the publication of my books, the airing of my views, and my support for the really important things - like your thoughts on forgiveness and all the related (and sometimes unrelated) things that come up.

Do enjoy the grab bag. Who knows what you may find there.

I'll be asking you for your opinions along the way, especially as I work on "riding in the back seat: a time travelogue - 1929 to sometime in the 21st century."

The bright people who created this site have made it easy, I think, for you to check to the left of the page and click on the things you may want to know and react to.

Finally, in the interest of full disclosure, I'd be lying if I didn't admit that I really want people to buy and read my books.