Almost Happy authors Dr. Brian Kaplan and Hephzibah Kaplan talk with Elaine Daignault, Westport’s director of Health & Human Services about how to laugh your way to change. It’s a proven fact that people are healthier and happier when we are laughing. Not only is laughter good for body, mind, and spirit, but it can also help us face the uncomfortable challenge of dealing with our personal difficulties. Almost Happy introduces the reader to a practical and accessible way to use humor to effect change. Reverse psychology can provoke us to discover, own, and enact authentic solutions to many of our issues. Are you ready to read a book that will gently tease you about your issues? The buttons and provocative suggestions are offered with a twinkle in the eye and affection in the heart.
Dr. Brian Kaplan spent many years training in whole person approaches to health, well-being, and personal development, including counseling, psychotherapy, Voice Dialogue, Autogenic Training, Balint groups, family constellation work, improvisation, stand-up comedy, art therapy, and more. Brian has made regular appearances on Sky News, BBC Radio, LBC and local radio and has contributed chapters and forewords to several books.
Hephzibah Kaplan is a qualified art therapist, psychotherapy supervisor and artist. She founded the London Art Therapy Centre in 2010, and is its director as well as senior art therapist, supervisor, and head of training. She has had extensive training in various clinical approaches (psychodynamic, humanistic, transpersonal, Provocative Therapy, family constellation work, Autogenic Training) as well as in the Expressive Arts, including art, drama, dance, and clowning, incorporating these modalities into her work with children and adults. Hephzibah has published well-received papers in art therapy journals and books. She is a recognized national and international teacher and workshop facilitator, and appeared on BBC World News and radio.
