Seth C. Kadish
Author Interview - Seth C. Kadish
Author of Home Boys
“Home Boys” is the poignant and humorous story of a beginning career psychologist learning diagnosis and treatment, and discovering ways to connect with troubled teens -- manipulative Timothy, jokester Enrique, wanna-be gangster Antonio, and many more.
In the year 2000, Seth C. Kadish began work at Cal Home, a group facility for adolescents in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles. Seth struggled to understand and help the boys, each of them challenging in their own way. Often doubting himself, but determined to help the youngsters, Seth eventually forged a deep connection with the Probation teens until the day he needed to leave Cal Home.
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Author I draw inspiration from: Robert B. Parker. I'm a big fan of action combined with humor, and though my book is a memoir, I have tried to be realistically and authentically humorous at points.
Author Interview - Seth C. Kadish | Author I Draw Inspiration From
Favorite place to read a book: The kitchen, a habit I picked up long ago during my childhood in Brooklyn, New York.
Book character I’d like to be stuck in an elevator with: Richard Sharpe of Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe series of books, set in Napoleonic times. Of course, it'd be difficult to squeeze in, what with Sharpe's sword and rifle and possibly a horse, but we'd make do.
Author Interview - Seth C. Kadish | Book Character I’d Like to be Stuck in an Elevator With
The moment I knew I wanted to become an author: In the 4th grade, I had the good fortune to have my poem read aloud over the New York City school system radio channel. I was hooked from that point on.
Hardback, paperback, ebook or audiobook: Paperback - easy to read at the kitchen table, in bed, or on a plane.
The last book I read: Dennis Lehane's "The Drop." Another of my favorite authors.
Author Interview - Seth C. Kadish | The Last Book I Read
Pen & paper or computer: Computer. I may be old school in many ways, but not when it comes to the actual creating.
Book character I think I’d be best friends with: This is a tough one. You can probably deduce from my answers so far that I like action heroes. Two Michaels come to mind - Michael "Micky" Haller of the Lincoln Lawyer series as well Michael Corleone of "The Godfather." But I'd have to go with Lehane's Patrick Kenzie, Boston private eye. I love the man's heart and moral fiber and especially, like Spenser, his humor.
Author Interview - Seth C. Kadish | Book Character I’d be Best Friends With
If I weren’t an author, I’d be a: I am a psychologist ... so if I were not a writer or psychologist, I'd opt for history teacher at the high school or college level.
Favorite decade in fashion history: No brainer - the 1970s. Weirdly wonderful, awful and entertaining.
Place I’d most like to travel: So many, but if I had to choose one, I'd say Spain. Would love to get back there, the sooner the better.
My signature drink: Budweiser (spoken like a true lower middle class former Brooklynite). For fancier events, a martini.
Favorite artist: Picasso. Have been to the museum in Barcelona and hope to one day get to the museum in Malaga.
Number one on my bucket list: I have to choose just one, huh? All right. Seeing all of my books in print, followed closely by eating pasta in Tuscany.
Anything else you'd like to add: I'm appreciative of the interview and thank in advance those of you who take a chance and buy my book.
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Author Bio: Seth C. Kadish, Psy.D., Director of Group Therapy at PCH in Mar Vista and former Clinical Director of Milestones Ranch Malibu, was a Staff Psychologist at California State Prison, Los Angeles County, counseling maximum-security inmates. Prior to that, Dr. Kadish worked with Probation youth at Penny Lane in North Hills, CA where he was named Clinician of the Year 2001. He is the creator of Pattern Identification and Reduction Therapy™, a clinical approach based on his work in prison, group home, private practice and treatment center and is the author of Pop Your Patterns: The No-Nonsense Way to Change Your Life. In addition, Dr. Kadish has been featured in a variety of radio broadcasts, documentaries and television series including Ryan and Tatum: The O’Neals (Oprah Winfrey Network) and the award-winning documentary, Iceberg Slim.
