Oakland University

Special Lecturer

International Studies (Russia and East/Central Europe),
Honors College, courses: "Faces of Evil in the 20th Century" and "After Communism"

Catholic Charities of Southeast Michigan

Psychoterapist

Individual (adult and adolescents), marital and family therapy, depression, anxiety, addictions, low self-esteem, Christian counseling.

Catholic Charities of Southeast Michigan

Facilitator of ENCORE - Remarriage Worskhop

Workshops focus on replacing communication styles form previous relationship with new ones based on trust and friendship.

Saint Mary's College

Professor and Chair of Polish Studies Department

Created several unique courses in Polish Studies, including "Films of Krzysztof Kieślowski," "Shrinking Hope - Poetry of Wisława Szymborska," "Against Despair - Poetry of Czesław Miłosz," organized several international conferences on Polish and Polonian affairs.

Balance and Harmony Counseling, LLC

Owner and Psychotherapist

Individual (adult and adolescents), marital and family therapy, depression, anxiety, addictions, low self-esteem, Christian counseling, see www.janusz-wrobel.com

Madonna University

Professor and Chair of Polish Studies Department

Created and designed courses for major and and minor in Polish Studies, and Certificate in Polish Translation.

"Vaclav Havel (1936-2011): a Sketch in Seven Scenes"

Kosmas: Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences

Isolated (unfortunately) case of Vaclav Havel indicates that a politician may be honest, tactful and have a good taste. It shows that one can be courageous, modest and decent man and at the same token, by the way, be a man of letter, drama writer, and philosopher, and then to become a president (for three terms) and to remain oneself – presenting himself as person who is unimportant, subtle and compassionate to a neighbor. And then, despite the previous presidency, be still a man of letter, drama writer and philosopher who may not only preach about leading a decent life in his writing, but who actually tries to live in a respectable manner. It was like proving that the statement by John Emerich Acton that "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely” could not be always applied, and that in the case of Vaclav Havel did not have sense at all.

"Vaclav Havel (1936-2011): a Sketch in Seven Scenes"

Kosmas: Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences

Isolated (unfortunately) case of Vaclav Havel indicates that a politician may be honest, tactful and have a good taste. It shows that one can be courageous, modest and decent man and at the same token, by the way, be a man of letter, drama writer, and philosopher, and then to become a president (for three terms) and to remain oneself – presenting himself as person who is unimportant, subtle and compassionate to a neighbor. And then, despite the previous presidency, be still a man of letter, drama writer and philosopher who may not only preach about leading a decent life in his writing, but who actually tries to live in a respectable manner. It was like proving that the statement by John Emerich Acton that "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely” could not be always applied, and that in the case of Vaclav Havel did not have sense at all.

"Koncepcje szczęścia w społeczeństwach Zachodu"

Psychologia.net.pl

The author identifies common sources of joy in modern Western societies. It seems that what helps in finding happiness is looking for it inside oneself, having a goal and proper occupation, being decent, believing in God and not comparing oneself with others. Being young, healthy and wealthy seem to be secondary factors.

"Vaclav Havel (1936-2011): a Sketch in Seven Scenes"

Kosmas: Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences

Isolated (unfortunately) case of Vaclav Havel indicates that a politician may be honest, tactful and have a good taste. It shows that one can be courageous, modest and decent man and at the same token, by the way, be a man of letter, drama writer, and philosopher, and then to become a president (for three terms) and to remain oneself – presenting himself as person who is unimportant, subtle and compassionate to a neighbor. And then, despite the previous presidency, be still a man of letter, drama writer and philosopher who may not only preach about leading a decent life in his writing, but who actually tries to live in a respectable manner. It was like proving that the statement by John Emerich Acton that "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely” could not be always applied, and that in the case of Vaclav Havel did not have sense at all.

"Koncepcje szczęścia w społeczeństwach Zachodu"

Psychologia.net.pl

The author identifies common sources of joy in modern Western societies. It seems that what helps in finding happiness is looking for it inside oneself, having a goal and proper occupation, being decent, believing in God and not comparing oneself with others. Being young, healthy and wealthy seem to be secondary factors.

Entlangled in the Web. Unexpected Events with New Technologies: Addiciton, Consequences on Communication [in:] "e-Mental Health" , D. Music, D. M. Hilty, editors

Springer International Publishing Switzerland

This book describes the use of telecommunication technologies to provide mental health services to individuals in communities or locations that are underserviced, typically as a result of their geographic isolation or due to cultural and/or linguistic barriers. The potential of the e-Mental Health approach is demonstrated in various mental health settings by describing concrete clinical examples and applications involving novel strategies for employing technology. Further, the book presents an approach to cooperation on a global level based on the exchange of expertise and knowledge across national boundaries. The target audience includes mental health workers (clinicians and staff members), medical and nursing students, academic researchers, technology professionals and health care policy makers.

"Vaclav Havel (1936-2011): a Sketch in Seven Scenes"

Kosmas: Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences

Isolated (unfortunately) case of Vaclav Havel indicates that a politician may be honest, tactful and have a good taste. It shows that one can be courageous, modest and decent man and at the same token, by the way, be a man of letter, drama writer, and philosopher, and then to become a president (for three terms) and to remain oneself – presenting himself as person who is unimportant, subtle and compassionate to a neighbor. And then, despite the previous presidency, be still a man of letter, drama writer and philosopher who may not only preach about leading a decent life in his writing, but who actually tries to live in a respectable manner. It was like proving that the statement by John Emerich Acton that "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely” could not be always applied, and that in the case of Vaclav Havel did not have sense at all.

"Koncepcje szczęścia w społeczeństwach Zachodu"

Psychologia.net.pl

The author identifies common sources of joy in modern Western societies. It seems that what helps in finding happiness is looking for it inside oneself, having a goal and proper occupation, being decent, believing in God and not comparing oneself with others. Being young, healthy and wealthy seem to be secondary factors.

Entlangled in the Web. Unexpected Events with New Technologies: Addiciton, Consequences on Communication [in:] "e-Mental Health" , D. Music, D. M. Hilty, editors

Springer International Publishing Switzerland

This book describes the use of telecommunication technologies to provide mental health services to individuals in communities or locations that are underserviced, typically as a result of their geographic isolation or due to cultural and/or linguistic barriers. The potential of the e-Mental Health approach is demonstrated in various mental health settings by describing concrete clinical examples and applications involving novel strategies for employing technology. Further, the book presents an approach to cooperation on a global level based on the exchange of expertise and knowledge across national boundaries. The target audience includes mental health workers (clinicians and staff members), medical and nursing students, academic researchers, technology professionals and health care policy makers.

"Niedokończony sen, czyli gorzka słodycz ojczymiej ziemi"

Psychologia.net.pl

This is a collection of truly personal testimonies, composed of records of individual experiences that were blown away in the Antipodes by the wind of history or the eye of life cyclones. Their reading will not leave the reader indifferent – especially one who has experienced emigration or had such an intention. For those who faced it, experiencing its consequences has become an inseparable part of their emotional rituals, which are described so accurately by the authors in this collection of memories. Emigration has to hurt as it is a partial amputation; in fact, it cuts off access to the most significant, recognizable and well-functioning patterns of behavior in a predictable environment. On the other hand, naturally, it is an extraordinary opportunity to experience a new linguistic, cultural and emotional reality, and one to which a person enclosed in an ethnically homogeneous environment will never be exposed. Both phenomena are reflected in the texts of our authors. At the beginning of her memories, Anna Nassif humorously observes that the word emigration belongs to her private lexicon of troublesome vocabulary, in order to emphasize at the end of her text the paradoxical nature of exile by naming it: a chance and a loss at the same time.

"Vaclav Havel (1936-2011): a Sketch in Seven Scenes"

Kosmas: Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences

Isolated (unfortunately) case of Vaclav Havel indicates that a politician may be honest, tactful and have a good taste. It shows that one can be courageous, modest and decent man and at the same token, by the way, be a man of letter, drama writer, and philosopher, and then to become a president (for three terms) and to remain oneself – presenting himself as person who is unimportant, subtle and compassionate to a neighbor. And then, despite the previous presidency, be still a man of letter, drama writer and philosopher who may not only preach about leading a decent life in his writing, but who actually tries to live in a respectable manner. It was like proving that the statement by John Emerich Acton that "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely” could not be always applied, and that in the case of Vaclav Havel did not have sense at all.

"Koncepcje szczęścia w społeczeństwach Zachodu"

Psychologia.net.pl

The author identifies common sources of joy in modern Western societies. It seems that what helps in finding happiness is looking for it inside oneself, having a goal and proper occupation, being decent, believing in God and not comparing oneself with others. Being young, healthy and wealthy seem to be secondary factors.

Entlangled in the Web. Unexpected Events with New Technologies: Addiciton, Consequences on Communication [in:] "e-Mental Health" , D. Music, D. M. Hilty, editors

Springer International Publishing Switzerland

This book describes the use of telecommunication technologies to provide mental health services to individuals in communities or locations that are underserviced, typically as a result of their geographic isolation or due to cultural and/or linguistic barriers. The potential of the e-Mental Health approach is demonstrated in various mental health settings by describing concrete clinical examples and applications involving novel strategies for employing technology. Further, the book presents an approach to cooperation on a global level based on the exchange of expertise and knowledge across national boundaries. The target audience includes mental health workers (clinicians and staff members), medical and nursing students, academic researchers, technology professionals and health care policy makers.

"Niedokończony sen, czyli gorzka słodycz ojczymiej ziemi"

Psychologia.net.pl

This is a collection of truly personal testimonies, composed of records of individual experiences that were blown away in the Antipodes by the wind of history or the eye of life cyclones. Their reading will not leave the reader indifferent – especially one who has experienced emigration or had such an intention. For those who faced it, experiencing its consequences has become an inseparable part of their emotional rituals, which are described so accurately by the authors in this collection of memories. Emigration has to hurt as it is a partial amputation; in fact, it cuts off access to the most significant, recognizable and well-functioning patterns of behavior in a predictable environment. On the other hand, naturally, it is an extraordinary opportunity to experience a new linguistic, cultural and emotional reality, and one to which a person enclosed in an ethnically homogeneous environment will never be exposed. Both phenomena are reflected in the texts of our authors. At the beginning of her memories, Anna Nassif humorously observes that the word emigration belongs to her private lexicon of troublesome vocabulary, in order to emphasize at the end of her text the paradoxical nature of exile by naming it: a chance and a loss at the same time.

"Uwagi o szczęściu" blog

www.poradnikpsychologiczny.com

Poradnik psychologiczny jest refleksją psychoterapeuty, który inspirowany przeżyciami swoich pacjentów, spisuje „uwagi o szczęściu” w nadziei, że staną się pomocne Czytelnikom w ich drodze do osiągnięcia balansu i harmonii w życiu. Autor: Janusz Wróbel, kontakt: wrobel@oakland.edu, website: www.janusz-wrobel.com

"Vaclav Havel (1936-2011): a Sketch in Seven Scenes"

Kosmas: Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences

Isolated (unfortunately) case of Vaclav Havel indicates that a politician may be honest, tactful and have a good taste. It shows that one can be courageous, modest and decent man and at the same token, by the way, be a man of letter, drama writer, and philosopher, and then to become a president (for three terms) and to remain oneself – presenting himself as person who is unimportant, subtle and compassionate to a neighbor. And then, despite the previous presidency, be still a man of letter, drama writer and philosopher who may not only preach about leading a decent life in his writing, but who actually tries to live in a respectable manner. It was like proving that the statement by John Emerich Acton that "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely” could not be always applied, and that in the case of Vaclav Havel did not have sense at all.

"Koncepcje szczęścia w społeczeństwach Zachodu"

Psychologia.net.pl

The author identifies common sources of joy in modern Western societies. It seems that what helps in finding happiness is looking for it inside oneself, having a goal and proper occupation, being decent, believing in God and not comparing oneself with others. Being young, healthy and wealthy seem to be secondary factors.

Entlangled in the Web. Unexpected Events with New Technologies: Addiciton, Consequences on Communication [in:] "e-Mental Health" , D. Music, D. M. Hilty, editors

Springer International Publishing Switzerland

This book describes the use of telecommunication technologies to provide mental health services to individuals in communities or locations that are underserviced, typically as a result of their geographic isolation or due to cultural and/or linguistic barriers. The potential of the e-Mental Health approach is demonstrated in various mental health settings by describing concrete clinical examples and applications involving novel strategies for employing technology. Further, the book presents an approach to cooperation on a global level based on the exchange of expertise and knowledge across national boundaries. The target audience includes mental health workers (clinicians and staff members), medical and nursing students, academic researchers, technology professionals and health care policy makers.

"Niedokończony sen, czyli gorzka słodycz ojczymiej ziemi"

Psychologia.net.pl

This is a collection of truly personal testimonies, composed of records of individual experiences that were blown away in the Antipodes by the wind of history or the eye of life cyclones. Their reading will not leave the reader indifferent – especially one who has experienced emigration or had such an intention. For those who faced it, experiencing its consequences has become an inseparable part of their emotional rituals, which are described so accurately by the authors in this collection of memories. Emigration has to hurt as it is a partial amputation; in fact, it cuts off access to the most significant, recognizable and well-functioning patterns of behavior in a predictable environment. On the other hand, naturally, it is an extraordinary opportunity to experience a new linguistic, cultural and emotional reality, and one to which a person enclosed in an ethnically homogeneous environment will never be exposed. Both phenomena are reflected in the texts of our authors. At the beginning of her memories, Anna Nassif humorously observes that the word emigration belongs to her private lexicon of troublesome vocabulary, in order to emphasize at the end of her text the paradoxical nature of exile by naming it: a chance and a loss at the same time.

"Uwagi o szczęściu" blog

www.poradnikpsychologiczny.com

Poradnik psychologiczny jest refleksją psychoterapeuty, który inspirowany przeżyciami swoich pacjentów, spisuje „uwagi o szczęściu” w nadziei, że staną się pomocne Czytelnikom w ich drodze do osiągnięcia balansu i harmonii w życiu. Autor: Janusz Wróbel, kontakt: wrobel@oakland.edu, website: www.janusz-wrobel.com

"Cztery pory tutaj" wybór wierszy - "The Four Seasons of Life" - a book of poetry

Biblioteka Polonijna Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Poezji, Siedlce 2008

"Drzewo" , rozpoczynającym pierwszą część, tak mówi o emigracji: "Jak bardzo musimy się zmienić, by przetrwać- pytanie to, jak cień, towarzyszy ekscytacji doświadczania nowego życia. Ale mieć nowe życie, to też ząbkować drugi raz, uczyć się chodzić i mówić raz jeszcze. To przebudowywać swoją tożsamość tak, by nie uszkodzić tego, co powinno pozostać w nas do końca, bez względu na miejsce pracy czy pobytu". - fragment utowru "Drzewo"

"Vaclav Havel (1936-2011): a Sketch in Seven Scenes"

Kosmas: Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences

Isolated (unfortunately) case of Vaclav Havel indicates that a politician may be honest, tactful and have a good taste. It shows that one can be courageous, modest and decent man and at the same token, by the way, be a man of letter, drama writer, and philosopher, and then to become a president (for three terms) and to remain oneself – presenting himself as person who is unimportant, subtle and compassionate to a neighbor. And then, despite the previous presidency, be still a man of letter, drama writer and philosopher who may not only preach about leading a decent life in his writing, but who actually tries to live in a respectable manner. It was like proving that the statement by John Emerich Acton that "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely” could not be always applied, and that in the case of Vaclav Havel did not have sense at all.

"Koncepcje szczęścia w społeczeństwach Zachodu"

Psychologia.net.pl

The author identifies common sources of joy in modern Western societies. It seems that what helps in finding happiness is looking for it inside oneself, having a goal and proper occupation, being decent, believing in God and not comparing oneself with others. Being young, healthy and wealthy seem to be secondary factors.

Entlangled in the Web. Unexpected Events with New Technologies: Addiciton, Consequences on Communication [in:] "e-Mental Health" , D. Music, D. M. Hilty, editors

Springer International Publishing Switzerland

This book describes the use of telecommunication technologies to provide mental health services to individuals in communities or locations that are underserviced, typically as a result of their geographic isolation or due to cultural and/or linguistic barriers. The potential of the e-Mental Health approach is demonstrated in various mental health settings by describing concrete clinical examples and applications involving novel strategies for employing technology. Further, the book presents an approach to cooperation on a global level based on the exchange of expertise and knowledge across national boundaries. The target audience includes mental health workers (clinicians and staff members), medical and nursing students, academic researchers, technology professionals and health care policy makers.

"Niedokończony sen, czyli gorzka słodycz ojczymiej ziemi"

Psychologia.net.pl

This is a collection of truly personal testimonies, composed of records of individual experiences that were blown away in the Antipodes by the wind of history or the eye of life cyclones. Their reading will not leave the reader indifferent – especially one who has experienced emigration or had such an intention. For those who faced it, experiencing its consequences has become an inseparable part of their emotional rituals, which are described so accurately by the authors in this collection of memories. Emigration has to hurt as it is a partial amputation; in fact, it cuts off access to the most significant, recognizable and well-functioning patterns of behavior in a predictable environment. On the other hand, naturally, it is an extraordinary opportunity to experience a new linguistic, cultural and emotional reality, and one to which a person enclosed in an ethnically homogeneous environment will never be exposed. Both phenomena are reflected in the texts of our authors. At the beginning of her memories, Anna Nassif humorously observes that the word emigration belongs to her private lexicon of troublesome vocabulary, in order to emphasize at the end of her text the paradoxical nature of exile by naming it: a chance and a loss at the same time.

"Uwagi o szczęściu" blog

www.poradnikpsychologiczny.com

Poradnik psychologiczny jest refleksją psychoterapeuty, który inspirowany przeżyciami swoich pacjentów, spisuje „uwagi o szczęściu” w nadziei, że staną się pomocne Czytelnikom w ich drodze do osiągnięcia balansu i harmonii w życiu. Autor: Janusz Wróbel, kontakt: wrobel@oakland.edu, website: www.janusz-wrobel.com

"Cztery pory tutaj" wybór wierszy - "The Four Seasons of Life" - a book of poetry

Biblioteka Polonijna Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Poezji, Siedlce 2008

"Drzewo" , rozpoczynającym pierwszą część, tak mówi o emigracji: "Jak bardzo musimy się zmienić, by przetrwać- pytanie to, jak cień, towarzyszy ekscytacji doświadczania nowego życia. Ale mieć nowe życie, to też ząbkować drugi raz, uczyć się chodzić i mówić raz jeszcze. To przebudowywać swoją tożsamość tak, by nie uszkodzić tego, co powinno pozostać w nas do końca, bez względu na miejsce pracy czy pobytu". - fragment utowru "Drzewo"

"An Unfinished Dream, or a Bitter Sweetness of the Stepfather Land"

Favoryta, Australia

"Vaclav Havel (1936-2011): a Sketch in Seven Scenes"

Kosmas: Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences

Isolated (unfortunately) case of Vaclav Havel indicates that a politician may be honest, tactful and have a good taste. It shows that one can be courageous, modest and decent man and at the same token, by the way, be a man of letter, drama writer, and philosopher, and then to become a president (for three terms) and to remain oneself – presenting himself as person who is unimportant, subtle and compassionate to a neighbor. And then, despite the previous presidency, be still a man of letter, drama writer and philosopher who may not only preach about leading a decent life in his writing, but who actually tries to live in a respectable manner. It was like proving that the statement by John Emerich Acton that "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely” could not be always applied, and that in the case of Vaclav Havel did not have sense at all.

"Koncepcje szczęścia w społeczeństwach Zachodu"

Psychologia.net.pl

The author identifies common sources of joy in modern Western societies. It seems that what helps in finding happiness is looking for it inside oneself, having a goal and proper occupation, being decent, believing in God and not comparing oneself with others. Being young, healthy and wealthy seem to be secondary factors.

Entlangled in the Web. Unexpected Events with New Technologies: Addiciton, Consequences on Communication [in:] "e-Mental Health" , D. Music, D. M. Hilty, editors

Springer International Publishing Switzerland

This book describes the use of telecommunication technologies to provide mental health services to individuals in communities or locations that are underserviced, typically as a result of their geographic isolation or due to cultural and/or linguistic barriers. The potential of the e-Mental Health approach is demonstrated in various mental health settings by describing concrete clinical examples and applications involving novel strategies for employing technology. Further, the book presents an approach to cooperation on a global level based on the exchange of expertise and knowledge across national boundaries. The target audience includes mental health workers (clinicians and staff members), medical and nursing students, academic researchers, technology professionals and health care policy makers.

"Niedokończony sen, czyli gorzka słodycz ojczymiej ziemi"

Psychologia.net.pl

This is a collection of truly personal testimonies, composed of records of individual experiences that were blown away in the Antipodes by the wind of history or the eye of life cyclones. Their reading will not leave the reader indifferent – especially one who has experienced emigration or had such an intention. For those who faced it, experiencing its consequences has become an inseparable part of their emotional rituals, which are described so accurately by the authors in this collection of memories. Emigration has to hurt as it is a partial amputation; in fact, it cuts off access to the most significant, recognizable and well-functioning patterns of behavior in a predictable environment. On the other hand, naturally, it is an extraordinary opportunity to experience a new linguistic, cultural and emotional reality, and one to which a person enclosed in an ethnically homogeneous environment will never be exposed. Both phenomena are reflected in the texts of our authors. At the beginning of her memories, Anna Nassif humorously observes that the word emigration belongs to her private lexicon of troublesome vocabulary, in order to emphasize at the end of her text the paradoxical nature of exile by naming it: a chance and a loss at the same time.

"Uwagi o szczęściu" blog

www.poradnikpsychologiczny.com

Poradnik psychologiczny jest refleksją psychoterapeuty, który inspirowany przeżyciami swoich pacjentów, spisuje „uwagi o szczęściu” w nadziei, że staną się pomocne Czytelnikom w ich drodze do osiągnięcia balansu i harmonii w życiu. Autor: Janusz Wróbel, kontakt: wrobel@oakland.edu, website: www.janusz-wrobel.com

"Cztery pory tutaj" wybór wierszy - "The Four Seasons of Life" - a book of poetry

Biblioteka Polonijna Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Poezji, Siedlce 2008

"Drzewo" , rozpoczynającym pierwszą część, tak mówi o emigracji: "Jak bardzo musimy się zmienić, by przetrwać- pytanie to, jak cień, towarzyszy ekscytacji doświadczania nowego życia. Ale mieć nowe życie, to też ząbkować drugi raz, uczyć się chodzić i mówić raz jeszcze. To przebudowywać swoją tożsamość tak, by nie uszkodzić tego, co powinno pozostać w nas do końca, bez względu na miejsce pracy czy pobytu". - fragment utowru "Drzewo"

"An Unfinished Dream, or a Bitter Sweetness of the Stepfather Land"

Favoryta, Australia

"The Concept of Happiness and Public Management"

Zarządzanie Publiczne, Nr 3/2007

The basic assumption of the article is the author's belief that a public administrator who knows and uses psychological determinants responsible for the feeling of being happy in his/her work is a better and more effective manager. Some of the reasons triggering this concept are as follows: a person who is familiar and uses those determinants has a better chance for self-realization and personal growth what positively affects results of his/her activities; such a person is more emphatic, and because of this is able to establish better and more motivating rapport with the subordinates, he/she has a tendency to use rational rather than authoritarian power, and finally, as a happy person, such administrator is more charismatic, attractive, and less focused on his/her frustrations - he/she is a person whose energy and passion are contagious. In a ideal situation, we would deal with a happy administrator ruling over happy subordinates, a situation in which both sides mutually stimulate each other, deepening feelings of satisfaction and happiness in this way. When it comes to commonly indicated sources of happiness as presented in the recent works devoted to this subject (M. Csikszenthmihalyi, J. Haidt, M. Ricard, M. Seligman, and C.R. Snyder & Lopez) the following are the major factors that may lead to happiness: 1) its sources would be looked for inside a person rather than outside; 2) comparing oneself to others may lead to adverse effects; 3) one should find his/her own way and enjoy the efforts of clearing the obstacles; 4) being a decent person that treats others as he/she wants to be treated; 5) being young, healthy, and rich does not automatically guarantee happiness; 6) faith helps in reaching happiness; 7) one should find a proper occupation and be passionate about it.

"Vaclav Havel (1936-2011): a Sketch in Seven Scenes"

Kosmas: Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences

Isolated (unfortunately) case of Vaclav Havel indicates that a politician may be honest, tactful and have a good taste. It shows that one can be courageous, modest and decent man and at the same token, by the way, be a man of letter, drama writer, and philosopher, and then to become a president (for three terms) and to remain oneself – presenting himself as person who is unimportant, subtle and compassionate to a neighbor. And then, despite the previous presidency, be still a man of letter, drama writer and philosopher who may not only preach about leading a decent life in his writing, but who actually tries to live in a respectable manner. It was like proving that the statement by John Emerich Acton that "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely” could not be always applied, and that in the case of Vaclav Havel did not have sense at all.

"Koncepcje szczęścia w społeczeństwach Zachodu"

Psychologia.net.pl

The author identifies common sources of joy in modern Western societies. It seems that what helps in finding happiness is looking for it inside oneself, having a goal and proper occupation, being decent, believing in God and not comparing oneself with others. Being young, healthy and wealthy seem to be secondary factors.

Entlangled in the Web. Unexpected Events with New Technologies: Addiciton, Consequences on Communication [in:] "e-Mental Health" , D. Music, D. M. Hilty, editors

Springer International Publishing Switzerland

This book describes the use of telecommunication technologies to provide mental health services to individuals in communities or locations that are underserviced, typically as a result of their geographic isolation or due to cultural and/or linguistic barriers. The potential of the e-Mental Health approach is demonstrated in various mental health settings by describing concrete clinical examples and applications involving novel strategies for employing technology. Further, the book presents an approach to cooperation on a global level based on the exchange of expertise and knowledge across national boundaries. The target audience includes mental health workers (clinicians and staff members), medical and nursing students, academic researchers, technology professionals and health care policy makers.

"Niedokończony sen, czyli gorzka słodycz ojczymiej ziemi"

Psychologia.net.pl

This is a collection of truly personal testimonies, composed of records of individual experiences that were blown away in the Antipodes by the wind of history or the eye of life cyclones. Their reading will not leave the reader indifferent – especially one who has experienced emigration or had such an intention. For those who faced it, experiencing its consequences has become an inseparable part of their emotional rituals, which are described so accurately by the authors in this collection of memories. Emigration has to hurt as it is a partial amputation; in fact, it cuts off access to the most significant, recognizable and well-functioning patterns of behavior in a predictable environment. On the other hand, naturally, it is an extraordinary opportunity to experience a new linguistic, cultural and emotional reality, and one to which a person enclosed in an ethnically homogeneous environment will never be exposed. Both phenomena are reflected in the texts of our authors. At the beginning of her memories, Anna Nassif humorously observes that the word emigration belongs to her private lexicon of troublesome vocabulary, in order to emphasize at the end of her text the paradoxical nature of exile by naming it: a chance and a loss at the same time.

"Uwagi o szczęściu" blog

www.poradnikpsychologiczny.com

Poradnik psychologiczny jest refleksją psychoterapeuty, który inspirowany przeżyciami swoich pacjentów, spisuje „uwagi o szczęściu” w nadziei, że staną się pomocne Czytelnikom w ich drodze do osiągnięcia balansu i harmonii w życiu. Autor: Janusz Wróbel, kontakt: wrobel@oakland.edu, website: www.janusz-wrobel.com

"Cztery pory tutaj" wybór wierszy - "The Four Seasons of Life" - a book of poetry

Biblioteka Polonijna Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Poezji, Siedlce 2008

"Drzewo" , rozpoczynającym pierwszą część, tak mówi o emigracji: "Jak bardzo musimy się zmienić, by przetrwać- pytanie to, jak cień, towarzyszy ekscytacji doświadczania nowego życia. Ale mieć nowe życie, to też ząbkować drugi raz, uczyć się chodzić i mówić raz jeszcze. To przebudowywać swoją tożsamość tak, by nie uszkodzić tego, co powinno pozostać w nas do końca, bez względu na miejsce pracy czy pobytu". - fragment utowru "Drzewo"

"An Unfinished Dream, or a Bitter Sweetness of the Stepfather Land"

Favoryta, Australia

"The Concept of Happiness and Public Management"

Zarządzanie Publiczne, Nr 3/2007

The basic assumption of the article is the author's belief that a public administrator who knows and uses psychological determinants responsible for the feeling of being happy in his/her work is a better and more effective manager. Some of the reasons triggering this concept are as follows: a person who is familiar and uses those determinants has a better chance for self-realization and personal growth what positively affects results of his/her activities; such a person is more emphatic, and because of this is able to establish better and more motivating rapport with the subordinates, he/she has a tendency to use rational rather than authoritarian power, and finally, as a happy person, such administrator is more charismatic, attractive, and less focused on his/her frustrations - he/she is a person whose energy and passion are contagious. In a ideal situation, we would deal with a happy administrator ruling over happy subordinates, a situation in which both sides mutually stimulate each other, deepening feelings of satisfaction and happiness in this way. When it comes to commonly indicated sources of happiness as presented in the recent works devoted to this subject (M. Csikszenthmihalyi, J. Haidt, M. Ricard, M. Seligman, and C.R. Snyder & Lopez) the following are the major factors that may lead to happiness: 1) its sources would be looked for inside a person rather than outside; 2) comparing oneself to others may lead to adverse effects; 3) one should find his/her own way and enjoy the efforts of clearing the obstacles; 4) being a decent person that treats others as he/she wants to be treated; 5) being young, healthy, and rich does not automatically guarantee happiness; 6) faith helps in reaching happiness; 7) one should find a proper occupation and be passionate about it.

"Emigracja musi boleć, czyli jak sobie radzić z emigranckim stresem"

Psychologia.net.pl

I am convinced that there is as urgent need for counseling services for immigrants. It is a vital American interest to address this need and to help immigrants to become satisfied, successful and productive American citizens. Which schools in psychotherapy seem to be the most useful here? I believe that the Adlerian school of individual psychology in which he stresses the need of becoming all what we can become, and striving for the most we can be, rather that striving for being "normal", would be a useful inspiration for the counselors dealing with the immigrant population. According to Adler, every person wants to grow, expand, reach beyond horizon, above average, upper normal range, and for immigrant it is quite attainable. What is more, the immigrants seem to be especially predestined to such experience. Why? Because the immigrant who wants to survive in the new environment is simply forced to do it. Another inspiring element that could be used in counseling services for immigrants could be the existential school with the following principals (Yalom): 1. Recognizing that life is at times unfair and unjust 2. Recognizing that ultimately there is no escape from some of life's pain (...) 3. Learning that I must take ultimate responsibility for the way I live my life no matter how much guidance and support I get from others. The immigrant is in position to fully experience existential challenges presented by life. A counselor should make their clients aware that those challenges are not disadvantages but their chances.

"Vaclav Havel (1936-2011): a Sketch in Seven Scenes"

Kosmas: Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences

Isolated (unfortunately) case of Vaclav Havel indicates that a politician may be honest, tactful and have a good taste. It shows that one can be courageous, modest and decent man and at the same token, by the way, be a man of letter, drama writer, and philosopher, and then to become a president (for three terms) and to remain oneself – presenting himself as person who is unimportant, subtle and compassionate to a neighbor. And then, despite the previous presidency, be still a man of letter, drama writer and philosopher who may not only preach about leading a decent life in his writing, but who actually tries to live in a respectable manner. It was like proving that the statement by John Emerich Acton that "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely” could not be always applied, and that in the case of Vaclav Havel did not have sense at all.

"Koncepcje szczęścia w społeczeństwach Zachodu"

Psychologia.net.pl

The author identifies common sources of joy in modern Western societies. It seems that what helps in finding happiness is looking for it inside oneself, having a goal and proper occupation, being decent, believing in God and not comparing oneself with others. Being young, healthy and wealthy seem to be secondary factors.

Entlangled in the Web. Unexpected Events with New Technologies: Addiciton, Consequences on Communication [in:] "e-Mental Health" , D. Music, D. M. Hilty, editors

Springer International Publishing Switzerland

This book describes the use of telecommunication technologies to provide mental health services to individuals in communities or locations that are underserviced, typically as a result of their geographic isolation or due to cultural and/or linguistic barriers. The potential of the e-Mental Health approach is demonstrated in various mental health settings by describing concrete clinical examples and applications involving novel strategies for employing technology. Further, the book presents an approach to cooperation on a global level based on the exchange of expertise and knowledge across national boundaries. The target audience includes mental health workers (clinicians and staff members), medical and nursing students, academic researchers, technology professionals and health care policy makers.

"Niedokończony sen, czyli gorzka słodycz ojczymiej ziemi"

Psychologia.net.pl

This is a collection of truly personal testimonies, composed of records of individual experiences that were blown away in the Antipodes by the wind of history or the eye of life cyclones. Their reading will not leave the reader indifferent – especially one who has experienced emigration or had such an intention. For those who faced it, experiencing its consequences has become an inseparable part of their emotional rituals, which are described so accurately by the authors in this collection of memories. Emigration has to hurt as it is a partial amputation; in fact, it cuts off access to the most significant, recognizable and well-functioning patterns of behavior in a predictable environment. On the other hand, naturally, it is an extraordinary opportunity to experience a new linguistic, cultural and emotional reality, and one to which a person enclosed in an ethnically homogeneous environment will never be exposed. Both phenomena are reflected in the texts of our authors. At the beginning of her memories, Anna Nassif humorously observes that the word emigration belongs to her private lexicon of troublesome vocabulary, in order to emphasize at the end of her text the paradoxical nature of exile by naming it: a chance and a loss at the same time.

"Uwagi o szczęściu" blog

www.poradnikpsychologiczny.com

Poradnik psychologiczny jest refleksją psychoterapeuty, który inspirowany przeżyciami swoich pacjentów, spisuje „uwagi o szczęściu” w nadziei, że staną się pomocne Czytelnikom w ich drodze do osiągnięcia balansu i harmonii w życiu. Autor: Janusz Wróbel, kontakt: wrobel@oakland.edu, website: www.janusz-wrobel.com

"Cztery pory tutaj" wybór wierszy - "The Four Seasons of Life" - a book of poetry

Biblioteka Polonijna Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Poezji, Siedlce 2008

"Drzewo" , rozpoczynającym pierwszą część, tak mówi o emigracji: "Jak bardzo musimy się zmienić, by przetrwać- pytanie to, jak cień, towarzyszy ekscytacji doświadczania nowego życia. Ale mieć nowe życie, to też ząbkować drugi raz, uczyć się chodzić i mówić raz jeszcze. To przebudowywać swoją tożsamość tak, by nie uszkodzić tego, co powinno pozostać w nas do końca, bez względu na miejsce pracy czy pobytu". - fragment utowru "Drzewo"

"An Unfinished Dream, or a Bitter Sweetness of the Stepfather Land"

Favoryta, Australia

"The Concept of Happiness and Public Management"

Zarządzanie Publiczne, Nr 3/2007

The basic assumption of the article is the author's belief that a public administrator who knows and uses psychological determinants responsible for the feeling of being happy in his/her work is a better and more effective manager. Some of the reasons triggering this concept are as follows: a person who is familiar and uses those determinants has a better chance for self-realization and personal growth what positively affects results of his/her activities; such a person is more emphatic, and because of this is able to establish better and more motivating rapport with the subordinates, he/she has a tendency to use rational rather than authoritarian power, and finally, as a happy person, such administrator is more charismatic, attractive, and less focused on his/her frustrations - he/she is a person whose energy and passion are contagious. In a ideal situation, we would deal with a happy administrator ruling over happy subordinates, a situation in which both sides mutually stimulate each other, deepening feelings of satisfaction and happiness in this way. When it comes to commonly indicated sources of happiness as presented in the recent works devoted to this subject (M. Csikszenthmihalyi, J. Haidt, M. Ricard, M. Seligman, and C.R. Snyder & Lopez) the following are the major factors that may lead to happiness: 1) its sources would be looked for inside a person rather than outside; 2) comparing oneself to others may lead to adverse effects; 3) one should find his/her own way and enjoy the efforts of clearing the obstacles; 4) being a decent person that treats others as he/she wants to be treated; 5) being young, healthy, and rich does not automatically guarantee happiness; 6) faith helps in reaching happiness; 7) one should find a proper occupation and be passionate about it.

"Emigracja musi boleć, czyli jak sobie radzić z emigranckim stresem"

Psychologia.net.pl

I am convinced that there is as urgent need for counseling services for immigrants. It is a vital American interest to address this need and to help immigrants to become satisfied, successful and productive American citizens. Which schools in psychotherapy seem to be the most useful here? I believe that the Adlerian school of individual psychology in which he stresses the need of becoming all what we can become, and striving for the most we can be, rather that striving for being "normal", would be a useful inspiration for the counselors dealing with the immigrant population. According to Adler, every person wants to grow, expand, reach beyond horizon, above average, upper normal range, and for immigrant it is quite attainable. What is more, the immigrants seem to be especially predestined to such experience. Why? Because the immigrant who wants to survive in the new environment is simply forced to do it. Another inspiring element that could be used in counseling services for immigrants could be the existential school with the following principals (Yalom): 1. Recognizing that life is at times unfair and unjust 2. Recognizing that ultimately there is no escape from some of life's pain (...) 3. Learning that I must take ultimate responsibility for the way I live my life no matter how much guidance and support I get from others. The immigrant is in position to fully experience existential challenges presented by life. A counselor should make their clients aware that those challenges are not disadvantages but their chances.

"Contact: The Tale of Human Longing for Fulfilling Communication"

Wisdom Moon Publishing LLC

We human beings need contact with others from the moment of our birth onwards—filling our entire life with endless interactions with innumerable people. Our yearning for contact defines us as communicative beings in search of exchanging not only information but also emotions and feelings with our family, community, and the world. This longing for contact, at the heart of fruitful communication, inspires most of our significant communicative activities. This is a focal point of this book. Exploring the nature of communication, Contact defines and discusses the five key levels of communication, refining our abilities to establish fulfilling contact with others and with ourselves.