Author Archives: CJZ

I came of age as a mental health professional in San Francisco, arguably the most politically conscious city in the United States. Since then I’ve spent a decade on campus at a large university serving students in the 21st century. I’m aware that some people consider the word “crazy” to be ableist, i.e. a slurContinue reading “I do not use the word ‘crazy’ lightly”

Sometimes there was a problem with souls in the household. Mr. Bear and the dolly bought a white onion and left it sitting on a shelf for too long. It was intended for dinner one night. It was intended for a stir fry. But they forgot it, ignored it too long. Her Katness noticed itContinue reading “Charlie the Onion”

The MetaFiction Cycle is a trilogy of interlocking books that I’ve been working on for several years, about the influence that stories have had on my life for good and for ill, and what I’ve learned in my calling as a therapist, a professional witness to the stories of others, over the last two decades.