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FN:Dr. Mark N. Abrahams
N:Abrahams; Mark;N.;;
NOTE:It is\, according to the Buddha\, the most optimal form of existence
in which to realize Enlightenment.
NOTE:Raised in a NJ suburb of NYC by liberal Jewish parents\, I was free t
o explore the outer world\, which was rich with fields\, brooks\, and woo
dlands. As a schoolboy I was also encouraged to experiment\, and my first
chemistry sets gave way to an expanding home laboratory in which I conduct
ed many experiments in chemistry\, biology\, and LASER holography.
College brought a whole new variety of explorations. The physical\, so
cial\, psychological\, and spiritual processes that I became intensely pre
occupied with in college fueled my passion for self-discovery. I entered a
nd completed educations in a theological seminary and in graduate school.<
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These important stages of my development were just the beginnin
g of my life. While love of learning has been my constant companion\, I re
alized along the way that I had a need to share the process of self-actual
ization in order to help others. My particular contribution to the mental
health profession of counseling draws from depth-psychology as well as fro
m existentialist schools\, from both Eastern and Western schools on the ph
ilosophy of mind. I am not a stranger to the physical disciplines of neuro
science\, but the philosophy of counseling\, based in education\, rather t
han a medical model\, does not treat the client as a patient. That is to s
ay\, despite physical correlates to states of mind\, unhappy people should
not be defined by whatever pathology from which they are suffering. The t
herapeutic assumption upon which I proceed is based on acknowledgement of
the client's essential wholeness\, not on a diagnostic term for his/her d
is-ease. Individuals are NOT their disease.
NOTE:I consider myself first and foremost to be a philosopher of mind. My
professional counseling credentials are vehicles by which I can practice m
y own version of Socratic midwifery\, which is to say\, not to lay an auth
oritarian trip on my clients\, but rather to facilitate the birth of their
own self-realization. The instruments that I employ in the service of suc
h midwifery are derived from the disciplines of philosophy\, religion\, ps
ychology\, and hypnosis.
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TEL:305-653-4841
TITLE:Counselor/Therapist\, PhD\, MTS\, LMHC\, NCC\, CCMHC\, MAC\, NBCFCH
URL:http://www.drmarkabrahams.com
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