Barbara Friedman, Ph.D. is a Buddhist psychologist and Jungian psychoanalyst. She is also a certified addictions counselor and yoga instructor. Her studies have included many years of Buddhist practice as well as other Eastern meditative traditions. She completed five years of training at the Gestalt Institute of Greater Cleveland in individual, group and intimate systems work. Barbara is the author of "Partners in Healing: Redistributing the Power in the Counselor Client Relationship". She lives in Chicago and works with individuals. She provides services on-line. Barbara defines her mission as advocating for change in the power dynamic, between people and within the psyche, so that each of us can make a bold attempt to live out our truest and fullest nature. “Peace comes with wholehearted, unrestricted cooperation with reality.”