Michael Kirsner:
CLASS OF 1958
Lafayette High School 400Class of 1958
Brooklyn, NY
Marlboro Public School 177Class of 1953
Brooklyn, NY
Michael's Story
Life
THE SHORT END OF THE STORY IS THAT I GOT DRAFTED IN 1964 AND STAYED IN FOR 21 YEARS. MY LAST FIVE WERE SPENT IN NEW HAVEN, CT. WHERE I WENT TO SOUTHERN CT STATE UNIV AFTER ARMY WORK AND GOT MY MASTERS IN MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY. I SETTLED IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND AFTER A FEW YEARS AS A THERAPIST FOR A SMALL AGENCY I STARTED MY OWN ORGANIZATION: THE FAMILY THERAPY INSTITUTE. I'M VERY PROUD OF HAVING ASSOCIATES WHO GET THEIR OWN CLIENTS BUT WILL SEE PEOPLE ON A SLIDING SCALE SO THAT ANYONE CAN COME TO OUR PLACE AND GET SOLID, LASTING MENTAL HEALTH.
MY WIFE IS INVOLVED WITH THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AS A PRECINCT CHAIRPERSON AND I'M HER GOFER, AND THATS OKAY WITH US.
BOTH OUR SONS ARE IN SERVICE, ONE AIR FORCE, ONE ARMY. WE DIDN'T ENCOURAGE THEM TO JOIN. THEY JUST SAW THE GOOD PARTS OF THE MILITARY FAMILY AND WANTED TO TRY IT THEMSELVES.
MOST OF MY RELATIVES AND FRIENDS ARE ON THE TWO CO...Expand for more
ASTS, AND WITH A WIFE THAT HATES TO FLY, WE GO ON ONLY SPECIAL TRIPS ON SPECIAL OCASSIONS WITH SPECIAL MEDICINES FOR THE FLIGHTS.
I HAVE BECOME A BIT OF A RECLUSE WHILE COMPLETING A SHORT BOOK CALLED "INCEST'S OTHER VICTIMS". OBVIOUSLY FOR A SMALL SPECIFIC AUDIENCE. I DO ENJOY WRITING TO CORRESPONDANTS, SO IF YOU THINK YOU KNEW ME AND HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, WRITE AWAY. IN H.S. I WAS "MICKEY".
AFTER TWENTY-THREE YEARS OF DOING PRIVATE PRACTICE IN NORMAN, OK., I HAVE BEEN "DRAFTED" AGAIN. ACTUALLY THIS TIME I VOLUNTEERED TO WORK WITH ARMY SOLDIERS GOING TO, AND RETURNING FROM,IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN, AND THEIR FAMILIES. IN FT.CARSON, COLORADO. WE NOW HAVE A HOUSE IN COLORADO SPRINGS AND I START WORK NOV. 12TH. I HOPE TO STAY THREE OR FOUR YEARS AND THEN RETIRE BACK IN NORMAN WHERE MY WIFE HAS FAMILY.
TO MY OLD FRIENDS, AND NEW ONES THAT I HAVENT MET YET, I WISH, THAT ALL YOUR WISHES, COME TRUE.
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