Yours Rhetorically, Cold Blue Monster A Criminal Counseling Text-Moir

Providing therapy to clients who are involved in the criminal justice system can be a mind-altering experience. A therapist must sit in a middle space between remorse and reparation. In that middle space, if judgment is suspended and the therapist is willing to allow reality to be bent, magical stories can be told. These stories contain characters and adventures worthy of classic myth, yet they take place on the meanest of streets and in the darkest of alleys. These are the dark fairy tales of clients involved in crime and addiction, and just like in any fairy tale, they teach us how to be more human.
This book is for those treated with psychotherapy, a person ready to embark on a self-therapy journey, and anyone curious about the therapy process—especially when the person seeking therapy is someone who already has the deck stacked against them.

Alix McMurray believes that being an outsider is something that is chosen for you—not something you choose. Whether she is channeling her inner swamp witch or empathizing with her disenfranchised clients, Alix is familiar with being on the outside looking in and the fresh perspective that provides. She was born in Los Angeles, where she first honed her empathy skills by trying to understand her talented but tortured parents and then, later, her equally talented and tortured clients.
Working in mental health centers, hospitals, inpatient rehabs, halfway houses, jails, and in her own private practice, Alix has empathized with thousands of clients struggling to find meaning and significance. Since 2010, Alix has worked exclusively with justice-involved clients and has developed her own unorthodox therapy style based on hearing thousands of life stories.
When not conducting therapy, Alix finds solace in her gardens and occasionally writes short/flash fiction, speculative fiction, and poetry. "Yours Rhetorically, Cold Blue Monster" is her debut book.