For almost twenty years,I was a faculty member in the Departments of Psychiatry and Family Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center.
During that time I learned how to write in a disciplined way. While I was not writing fiction, I was, nevertheless, learning how to structure a convincing narrative, use effective language, integrate feedback, edit my work and complete projects in a timely fashion.
Most of that work would be of little interest to you, but I have included some of the titles that I feel have been most influential in my development as a writer.
Psychology Today Magazine Blog
From 2013-2020, I wrote numerous articles for Psychology Today Magazine.
These articles can be read online in my blog titled Going Out Not Knowing.
Professional Books
Family-oriented Primary Care: A Manual for Medical Providers (1990), by Susan H. McDaniel, Thomas Campbell and David B. Seaburn (Springer-Verlag).
Models of Collaboration: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals Working With Health Care Practitioners (1996), by David B. Seaburn, Alan D. Lorenz, William B. Gunn, Barbara A. Gawinski, and Larry B. Mauksch (Basic Books).
Other Publications of Influence
The Transgenerational Development of Chronic Illness Meanings, (1993) by David B. Seaburn, Alan Lorenz and Diane Kaplan, Family Systems Medicine, 10 (4): pps. 385-394
Hubris and Psychotherapy: A Personal Exploration, (1993) by David B. Seaburn, Voices, 29(2): pps. 79-86.
Family Systems Therapy in a Primary Care Setting: The Rochester Experience, (1993) by David B. Seaburn, Barbara Gawinski, Jeff Harp, Susan H. McDaniel, Dael Waxman and Cleveland Shields, Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 19(2): pps 177-190.
A Mother's Death: Family Stories of Illness, Loss and Meaning, (1996) by David B. Seaburn, Alan Lorenz, Thomas Campbell and M. Winfield, Families, Systems and Health, 14(2): pps. 210-221.
The Family Experience of "Sudden Health": The Case of Intractable Epilepsy, (2004), by David B. Seaburn and Giuseppe Erba, Family Process, 42(4): pps. 453-468.
The Role of Family in Resolving Bioethical Dilemmas: Clinical Insights from a Family Systems Perspective, (2004), by David B. Seaburn, Susan H. McDaniel, Scott Kim and Daisy Bassen, Journal of Clinical Ethics, 15(2): pps. 123-134.
Physician Responses to Ambiguous Patient Symptoms, (2005), by David B. Seaburn, Howard Beckman, Susan H. McDaniel, Jordan Silberman and Ronald Epstein, Journal of General Internal Medicine, 20: pps. 525-530.
Creative Non-Fiction
If you would like a copy of any of these articles, contact me at dseaburn@gmail.com
When a Client Suicides (1985) by David B. Seaburn, Voices, 20 (4): pps. 58-66.
An Epistemological Tail...or Tale (1985) by David B. Seaburn, Voices, 21 (2): pps. 52-54
My Father's Death: Part 1 (2001) by David B. Seaburn, Familes, Systems and Health, 19(1), pps. 103-116.
My Father's Death: Part 2 (2001) by David B. Seaburn, Familes, Systems and Health, 19(2), pps. 211-220.
Hallway Therapy (2007) by David B. Seaburn, Psychotherapy Networker, Jan/Feb, pps. 52-58.
Winter Passage: Acknowledging Spirtuality in Life's Final Journey (2007) by David B. Seaburn, Psychotherapy Networker, Sept/Oct , pps. 43-55, 58.
The Stories We Live (2011), by David B. Seaburn, Psychotherapy Networker, July/August: 46-50.
More More Time: Discovering the Endless Present (2013), Psychotherapy Networker, Sept/Oct, 79-80.
Defying Nature's Odds: Life is the Grand Exception (2014), Psychotherapy Networker, Sept/Oct, 71-72.