Hello and welcome!
My name is Frank Trupiano, and I am a psychotherapist working in Gretna, Lousiana. My office is only a hop and skip from downtown New Orleans– near the famous Superdome and French Quarter.
People in New Orleans are noted for knowing how to pass a good time. We have a reputation of being some of the most easy going people in the world. But like everyone else, we have our share of heartach and problems. I know most everyone has heard of Katrina and the devestation it caused.
In this blog, I could tell you a lot of first-hand stories about that Hurricane and how it hurt people. You see, I worked as a trauma specialist during the aftermath. I gave basic psychological first aid to employees of at least 50 major corperations in the area. That’s not to mention the number of people I treated at my office for depression, PTSD, and anxiety, etc., related to the storm. I could go on and on about Katrina and the emotional toll on people’s lives. But that’s not the purpose of this blog.
A Forum for Personal Development and Counseling Information
My purpose in creating this blog is to create a forum for people to gain information about personal development and counseling. As pychotheapist with 20+ years of experience, I have helped countless people make significant changes in their lives. And sometimes, it was a simple coping technqiue that did the trick or some simple concept I taught them.
The fact is we have more information and technologies available to us that can rapidly change lives then ever before. Over the years I have collected a number of these techniques that have helped people overcome challenging life-situations.
I dedicate this blog to all the people that have allowed me the honor of being their theapist over the last 20 years and to everyone who is a seeker of truth and who wants to contribute their knowledge to this forum.
So who will be the first to contribut to this forum. Ask a question about a problem you may be having. It could be on any topic: marriage, family, relationships, anger managment, depression, stress management, phobias, addictions, weight lost, etc.,
Or fill free to provide some information on something of interest in the personal development field: Maybe somthing that has been of value to you.? Are you an expert in some form of therapy?
Frank A. Trupiano, LCSW