Douglas Holwerda is a 70 year-old American psychotherapist who has lived and worked in Vietnam since 2011 with both foreign and English-speaking Vietnamese clients. He has also written a book. It is entitled, "Living From the Inside Out: from Self-awareness to Self-acceptance". Part one of the book has the title, "Begin Within". It is a guide to how we might come to know ourselves, to gain self-awareness in order to address some of the problems we face and to realize the potential to be our whole true self. It blends ideas and methods that come from both Eastern and Western traditions.

In addition to the work he does , he is an amateur artist, unskilled but playful. He plays pool and swims most days in the South China sea.

www.empowermentpsychology.com

the book "Living From the Inside Out" can be ordered from the website