Joe Michael Pritchard

Joe Pritchard is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) / writer who has spent the past five decades working in mental health, the first twenty years with troubled kids, the past twenty-plus years in psychiatric Emergency Rooms as a crisis counselor / psychiatric assessment specialist.

His new novel, And the Greatest of These, tells the redemptive story of a burned-out ER crisis counselor caught between an elderly couples' desires and a ruthless research psychiatrist determined to discover an Alzheimer's vaccine.

His 1997 humorous / heartwarming book, Stepfathers' Anonymous Playbook... The Season That Never Ends, chronicles his rookie season with two teenage stepdaughters, two female stepdogs, one fiery wife, and one tiny bathroom.

His psychiatric ER story blog, midnightbirdcage.com, shares a side of life few understand -- a locked-down psychiatric ER / admissions department. Each entertaining story blog entry shares a unique side of mental health, including the involuntary committal process whereby individuals are forced to enter a psychiatric facility for an evaluation.

For additional information about the author, please visit his website:

midnightbirdcage.com