Brain Tangles can be borrowed from some public libraries

Brain Tangles has just been accepted by BiblioBoard for distribution through public libraries in the State of North Carolina, with possible distribution in a few weeks through public libraries in the rest of the United States (we will let you know).
    Because Change Foundation’s mission is to help people reach the pot of gold at the end of their rainbow, we are pleased that potential readers who may not be able to afford to buy a copy of Brain Tangles now have the option (in North Carolina, at least) to borrow the electronic-book version of it from a public library. The link for accessing the book is: http://library.biblioboard.com/content/3adad872-16af-4f32-852b-6afe563245cb.
    After you get to the book’s entry on BiblioBoard, you will need to identify the public library for which you have a library card and enter your library card number for verification. [As of August 10, participating NC libraries now list Brain Tangles.]
    Note that you might not find your public library in the list of participating public libraries. The only remedy for that that we are aware of is to contact your library and request that they participate.

Feel free to share the link shown above with friends who are patrons of participating libraries to give them instant access. Do so on the web, in social media, in emails, in text messages, or in whatever way works best for you.
Testimonial for Shirley Deane/Midyett:
Vincent Van Gogh advised his brother in a letter, “Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.” This perfectly describes Shirley’s approach to life, and how she has dealt with mental health issues and therapies from various schools of thought.
–Vic Midyett, Shirley’s husband of over a third of a century
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A great read for the client AND the counselor!

That title could apply to both the first and the second customer reviews of Brain Tangles.
    The first was posted at the end of May on Amazon in the US (but shown on Amazon websites in other countries as well).
    And the second was received by the author at the beginning of July and we hope will soon be posted on both Amazon’s and Barnes & Noble’s websites.
    Here are their texts:

I believe this book can be helpful to those practicing counseling as it pulls together several conceptual frameworks, including the once very popular Transactional Analysis. But this book would also be excellent for the client to be reading while in therapy. It’s possible Shirley Deane’s checklists and explanations of T. A. would enable a client to process inner dynamics more quickly and work on behavioral changes more readily. I’m a retired psychotherapist. I actually worked with Shirley many years ago and this book is a beautiful reflection of her personality and beliefs. She’s a beautiful, transparent woman and this shines through in her writing. I can heartily recommend this book...it’s very accessible to the lay reader and gave me a great review of materials I studied years ago.
–Pennelope Skoglund, PhD


I recommend BRAIN TANGLES for EVERYONE. It is entertaining, enlightening, empowering, and easy to follow. Never has the time been more ripe for these thoughts and this understanding of life, communication, and surviving. I am empowered and filled with hope each time I open my copy of  BRAIN TANGLES. I am better equipped as a human being and as a therapist when I remain aware and meet my own needs effectively. The chapter “The Survivor's Checklist – Step by Step” is empowering, enlightening, and a simple tool for unraveling the mysteries of communication and human behavior. A tool to survive and thrive at any stage of personal development. Thank you, Shirley, for always questioning and for giving hope.
–Angela Catlett, MS, LPC
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How to Order Brain Tangles

Brain Tangles was released on April 19 for world-wide distribution by Ingram, in both paperback and electronic book. Read about the author and her book below. To order copies, click on a retailer that serves you [if more than one serves you, compare prices; retailers “take liberties” with our established retail prices]:

Shirley Deane/Midyett recounts her experiences and discoveries as a mental health professional for many years in Australia and the United States, including her contributions to therapeutic theory and practice.
    Some topics covered by Brain Tangles: addiction, communication, counseling, eidetic art psychotherapy, human behavior, psychological development, personal growth, psychotherapy, therapy.
    The book is also Shirley’s autobiography. Says Shirley:

This color photo of Shirley
appears in the book
This book is the story of how I survived the shock of living in the “real” world while at the same time holding onto the wonders I experienced in my childhood. It is also a history of my discoveries during over forty years of striving to balance logical, rational mental health concepts with intuition and common sense.
    During my journey I was constantly exploring new concepts in the psychotherapeutic unknown, as people with “mental health issues” began to face fears associated with that. When my journey began, people were afraid of the stigma, but now they are permitting themselves to seek help.
    Over the years I formalized my credentials as a mental health professional – addiction counsellor, psychotherapist, Biomedical Communication Specialist, researcher, program developer, and eidetic art psychotherapist.
    Each chapter recounts a stage of my journey in applying what I was discovering to issues in mental health, the business community, and addiction treatment and counselling in America and Australia. The book reveals what I have learned in healing my own personal pains, and what questions I ponder on my spiritual journey as I move toward old age. Shadowing my personal account is the story of the evolution of the counselling profession.
    My discoveries were like the letters in my childhood alphabet, each one linking with another to form concepts, finally giving a voice to a better comprehension of human behavior.     In the book you will find substantiated models and therapeutic tools such as “The Survivors Checklist,” “Nine Elements of Communication,” “Four Steps in Changing,” and “Human Developmental Basics.”
    In case prospective readers may be wondering, this book is not another enlightenment story trying to sell God. Nor is it another disclosure of a child of an alcoholic. That is not to deny the importance of both of them to me in my personal journey, for they are seeds at the core of my being. They fueled my striving to find answers to questions why people do what they do in trying to get their needs met.
    Permission to finally disclose my journey came from three important events: (1) my personal interrogative interview with Dr. Karl Menninger in 1982, at the conclusion of which he said to me, “This needs to be used in hospitals”; (2) my elder son’s admonishing me, “I’m tired of you saying you don’t have the right to write because you don’t have a PhD!”; and (3) the time I traveled around the United States in a semi-truck with my husband Vic, during which I wrote an early draft of this book while sitting in the passenger seat.

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A message from the webmaster

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It has been my pleasure over the past few months to work with Shirley Deane/Midyett and her husband, Vic Midyett, on the preparation of her book Brain Tangles for publication, under Change Foundation’s imprint. The book’s front cover, designed by the author,  appears in the sidebar.

 It has also been my pleasure, more recently, to set up this website for Change Foundation, in the hope that it will facilitate better communication between the author and her readers. A contact form appears near the bottom of the sidebar for readers (actual or prospective) to contact the Midyetts (or me).
–Morris Dean
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