Welcome to the Blog and Me!

Welcome to blog for Second Chance Service!

While I am rather busy at the moment getting Second Chance Services (SCS), and Freedom On The Inside (FOTI) off the ground, I will be using these pages to present, discuss and comment on specific mental health and drug and alcohol research and the industry in general.

You can find much more about me on the above linked pages, however, so you may understand the background from which I hale, I will note a bit about me here.

I am the founder and owner of Second Chance Services where we provide mental health and drug and alcohol treatment to all individuals regardless of structural barriers.

I am also the founder of and volunteer at Freedom On The Inside which offers a distinctive set of ministerial and professional counseling services for incarcerated individuals. Although rooted in meditational foundations of Theravada Buddhism, this free of charge program is non-denominational and offers opportunities for all individuals to participate in religious, spiritual, psychological and philosophical based discussions and self-reflection.

I have Doctorate in Sociology with specialties in Mental Health and Social Psychology—PHD, I am a Licensed Master Social Worker—LMSW, Licensed Addiction Counselor (T)—LACT, Certified in Morita Therapy a traditional Japanese psychotherapy—CMT.

I have extensive Post-Doctoral training from the Department of Psychiatry, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, & the Department of Veterans Affairs.

I have published taught & conducted research at the university level, in the area of mental health and addictions for over 25 years, as well as having personal experience with addictions, chronic illness & pain.

Lastly but not least my wife and I have been married for over 20 years & are parents to more than 30 children – foster, adopted & biological. We currently live in Topeka with six ―lovely children at home.

Interacting with you on these pages, I look forward to making waves in the mental health and drug and alcohol treatment industry.

See you online,
Doc B