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Please welcome, Frank Pasciuti, Ph.D. and his book, Can I Be Frank? Poetic Insights that Empower and Inspire to this Guest Pop session!

Can I Be Frank is packed with eighty-eight free verse poems on life that reach deep into the human experience. Through a rich tapestry of metaphor and analogies, each page emerges as a mini poetic lesson on relationships, emotions, spirit, and the many challenges we face in our daily lives. The positive tone and insights of each poem feel they they come from not only a therapist who understands you but also a good friend with an encouraging pep-talk, providing comfort and guidance.

Book Summary:

“Psychotherapists often use analogies and metaphors to capture the essence of what a client may be expressing, or to enhance insight into the overall focus of their therapy. Poems can do the same thing. This book contains a collection of lively, reflective poems that offer helpful advice on a variety of subjects, including feelings, relationships, spirit, and perception.”

excerpt from book (page 38 )

MY HUMBLE TELESCOPE

I set my sights on inner space,
that region of our mind, 
where it is said so much exists,
to seek what I might find.

I've heard an inner vision
will enable me to see,
a view of cosmic consciousness 
that's beheld consciously.

I'm told it’s vast and like the stars
that fill the night time sky,
it stretches toward Infinity,
beyond what meets the eye.

I humbly ask that I perceive
some part of what may be,
and understand the scope
of that which is revealed to me.

©Frank Pasciuti, Ph.D., Can I Be Frank 2024

About the Poet

Frank Pasciuti is a licensed clinical psychologist and certified hypnotherapist. He is founder and president of the Associated Clinicians of Virginia, where he provides psychotherapy and organizational development services to individuals and businesses. Dr. Pasciuti is chairman of the Institutional Review Board at The Monroe Institute, and he collaborates on research related to NDEs, psychic phenomena, and the survival of consciousness at the University of Virginia School of Medicine’s Division of Perceptual Studies. You can learn more about Dr. Pasciuti’s other work on his author page here.

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