Dr. Karasu is a psychiatrist, educator and psychotherapist with extensive experience treating depression and personality disorders. He chaired the American Psychiatric Association鈥檚 (APA) national task force on the treatment of psychiatric disorders, which produced a seminal, four-volume report describing the therapy for each disorder. He also chaired the APA鈥檚 work group on major depressive disorders, whose findings were published in the Practice Guideline for Major Depressive Disorder in Adults. Dr. Karasu is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the APA and the recipient of the APA's Presidential Commendation and the American Society of Psychoanalytic Physicians鈥� Sigmund Freud Award. A prolific writer, he is the author or editor of 21 books, two of them are bestsellers, The Art of Serenity and The Spirit of Happiness. He is the author or co-author of more than 100 peer-reviewed publications, a member of the editorial boards of nine journals, and editor-in-chief emeritus of the American Journal of Psychotherapy.
This poem gives me hope: " Ring the bells that still can ring, Forget the perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets through." --- Leonard Cohen
Another great quote: "Faith requires no understanding; in fact it is undermined by such efforts. Faith needs just devoted and trusting believers; it needs steady allegiance and fidelity. Faith is spawned not by knowing but by unknowing. The knowledge of God is no knowledge. It is a mystical experience."