The Joyous Journey is a book of illustrations and descriptions of the verses of the ancient spiritual text: The Bhagavad Gita This volume is specifically designed to be shared with children of all ages.
About the Author: Steven E. Handwerker Ph.D. D. Div received his doctorate degree from New York University, and post-doctoral certification from Hofstra University. He is licensed in psychology in N.Y. ('84), Florida ('96) and South Dakota (2000) and Vermont (2016). He began his practice as head of Psychological Services at "The Wholistic Health Center" in Manhasset N.Y., an institution that he helped found and develop into a college offering degrees in the study of Alternative medicine, now located in Syosset, N.Y. Dr. Handwerker has over 40 years of experience working with individuals, couples and families. He is founder and director of the International Association for the Advancement of Human Welfare, Inc a 501-c-3 not for profit. The organization direction and purpose is to teach and promote peace on an individual, community and national level www.peacewk.org Dr. Handwerker was the first Chairman of Membership for the Division of Peace Psychology of the American Psychological Association, and founded the Spirituality and Humanitarian Practices Working Group of that division in 1996. He is a member of the Scientific and Professional Board for the National Center for Crisis Management, a division of Homeland Security. He has worked to create paradigms for peace since 1996 that have been applied in the arenas that foster humanitarian and sustainable interventions in devastated communities. He has also worked to develop paradigms toward inter-Faith harmony and community stability. In order to enhance the efficacy of his work in conflict resolution and harmony, Dr. Handwerker became a Licensed Supreme Court Mediator(2000). As a corporate consultant, in working with groups; assisting PIs and Security Professionals to better detect, intervene and prevent workplace violence and addiction issues since 1970. He has authored three books and many articles on Peace Psychology and lectures regularly at APA conventions (over 150 in the past 20 years) as well as at local colleges and interfaith organizations. His lectures focus on Peace, Humanitarian and Sustainable Interventions and Paradigms and Humanistic Psychology. Dr. Handwerker is a practitioner of Tang Soo Do Karate and has attained a sixth degree black belt. He is a Reiki master and serves an international Reiki Healing Circle. He and his wife Michelle have been married for over 4 decades and have two children Diana and Lucas, both of whom are engaged in healing and peace building professions.