David Richo

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Pegasus Books Downtown welcomes back psychotherapist, teacher and bestselling author, David Richo. He will be joining us to discuss his newest book: Coming Home to Who You Are: Discovering Your Natural Capacity for Love, Integrity, and Compassion.


ABOUT THE BOOK
Coming Home to Who You Are: Discovering Your Natural Capacity for Love, Integrity, and Compassion.

Therapist David Richo draws on four decades of counseling individuals and couples to create a manual on how to nurture the best in ourselves and in our relationships. His core message: we already possess all the wisdom and compassion we need to have healthy relationships and a happy life—we just need to know how to bring forth our natural strengths and abilities, including kindness, understanding, and strength.

Topics include:
• How to care for ourselves as the basis of caring for others
• Finding freedom from fear
• Maintaining healthy boundaries in relationships
• Developing greater honesty with ourselves and others
• Letting go of regret

The book also includes practical exercises—including journaling, contemplation, and guided meditations—to foster inward growth and lasting positive change.


BIO
David Richo, PhD, is a therapist and author who leads popular workshops on personal and spiritual growth.

He received his BA in psychology from Saint John's Seminary in Brighton, Massachusetts, in 1962, his MA in counseling psychology from Fairfield University in 1969, and his PhD in clinical psychology from Sierra University in 1984. Since 1976, Richo has been a licensed marriage, family, and child counselor in California. In addition to practicing psychotherapy, Richo teaches courses at Santa Barbara City College and the University of California Berkeley at Berkeley, and has taught at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, Pacifica Graduate Institute, and Santa Barbara Graduate Institute. He is a clinical supervisor for the Community Counseling Center in Santa Barbara, California.

Known for drawing on Buddhism, poetry, and Jungian perspectives in his work, Richo is the author of How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving and The Five Things We Cannot Change: And the Happiness We Find in Embracing Them. He has also written When the Past Is Present: Healing the Emotional Wounds that Sabotage our Relationships, Shadow Dance: Liberating the Power and Creativity of Your Dark Side, The Power of Coincidence: How Life Shows Us What We Need to Know, and Being True to Life: Poetic Paths to Personal Growth.

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