Dr. Charlene "Charlie" Stone is the main character in Deadly Compulsion. She is a psychologist who works part-time for an Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) for substance abuse. At first glance, she looks like Barbie-goes-to-the-office, but underneath is a keen intuitive mind and a deep compassion for people. In fact, she cares too much, and this is one of her debilitating flaws. Backstory Charlie decides to become an FBI trained community profiler after a teen named Jennifer

I created this website with minimal help from my techy, husband. For those of you who write code or feel like a computer is an extension of your body, you can't appreciate this accomplishment. My traumatizing event with computers occured my sophomore year at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. At that time in ancient history, the school bought computer time from companies in Birmingham. I won't reveal the name of the company, but one of it's cruel employees was the perpe

I'm often asked, why did I write Stop the Craziness: Simple Life Solutions. My client's asked me to write a self-help book that included much of the helpful information I shared with them in therapy. They were disenchanted with many books of this nature that spent hundreds of pages describing the problem, but offered no solutions. The idea intrigued me, since I had a strong desire to share my knowledge and skills with a wider audience through speaking and writing. I asked my