Our guest today is a distinguished woman from Virginia who is so modest and humble that it was almost impossible for me to get her to talk about her interesting career as a clinical psychologist. She thinks of herself as a person in recovery first and she is always ready to help a newcomer. Click the links below to read more about the topics discussed in this interview. Email me with any questions: iammaxariel@gmail.com

Jo Lynn's email: jolynnmcclain@gmail.com

Clinical Psychology:

https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-clinical-psychology-2795000

Recovery Dharma:

https://recoverydharma.org/

Secular 12 steps:

https://aaagnostica.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Secular-12-Steps.pdf

Women’s support groups:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/angelachan/2024/01/31/overcoming-challenges-together-the-benefits-of-womens-support-groups/

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3584580/

Friendship:

https://www.apa.org/monitor/2023/06/cover-story-science-friendship

Helping others:

https://mha.gbtesting.us/resources/help-others/

Plain Language AA Big Book:

https://onlineliterature.aa.org/Plain-Language-Big-Book

AA Big Book:

https://www.aa.org/the-big-book

Peer review:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4975196/

Reading:

https://nesslabs.com/benefits-of-reading

12 Step Facilitation Treatment:

https://www.recoveryanswers.org/resource/twelve-step-facilitation-tsf/

Bill Wilson quotes:

https://aaagnostica.org/2016/02/06/relevant-quotes-for-secular-aa/