The Fix Your Depression Handbook

Faust A. Ruggiero's career spans over forty years of diversified, cutting-edge counseling programs in pursuit of excellence and life enhancement. He is a published research author, clinical trainer, and a therapist with experience in clinics for deaf children, prisons, nursing homes, substance abuse centers, inpatient facilities, and national and international corporations. He has served as president of the Community Psychological Center in Bangor, PA, where he developed the Process Way of Life counseling program, later presented in the Fix Yourself Handbook.Upon graduating from Mansfield University in 1977, he enrolled in the graduate psychology program at Illinois State University with a dual major in clinical and developmental psychology and a minor in research. He assisted in the publication of several research articles, including his thesis, "The effects of prosocial and antisocial television programs on the cognitions of children."Upon leaving graduate school in 1979, Mr. Ruggiero worked with Antoinette Goffredo to provide counseling services and psychological intervention to adolescent deaf children. He worked with her to develop a behavioral-management program for profoundly deaf children with residual hearing.In 1982, he accepted a position with the Lehigh Valley Alcohol Counseling Center, where he provided individual counseling services to clientele suffering from alcohol abuse and addiction, including the twelve-step recovery process and family and intervention services. He developed a Phase 2 counseling program for individuals convicted of drunk-driving.In 1984, he accepted a treatment position at Northampton County prison, where he provided psychological and substance abuse intake and counseling services to inmates. He coordinated substance abuse and program development services. In 1986, he obtained a certification in substance abuse treatment in Pennsylvania.In 1989, he left Northampton County prison to work at the Community Psychological Center full time. As president of the Community Psychological Center, Mr. Ruggiero continued to provide services to individuals, families, those suffering with substance abuse, abused women and women in transition, marriage counseling, and counseling for veterans, law enforcement, and other first responders. In 1990, he began providing employees assistance programs to corporations in Pennsylvania. He has been nationally and internationally recognized for his business approaches focused on strengthening corporate administrators and their workforces. In 1994, Mr. Ruggiero became a trainer for the Department of Health in PA.Following several years of experimentation with various therapeutic approaches, Mr. Ruggiero developed and employed the Process Way of Life Counseling Program. The program consists of over fifty internal human processes, which can be accessed and developed to help clients address various conditions. The program was developed, researched, and tested, and revised into the approach presently being used at the Community Psychological CenterIn 2016, Mr. Ruggiero began to develop a series of books based on the Process Life Program to help readers address the difficult situations in their lives. The Fix Yourself Handbook received the Silver Award from The Nonfiction Authors Association on February 1, 2020, the Gold Award from Literary Titan on May 2, 2020, and the Bronze Award from Reader's Favorite in September 2020. He has appeared on television, radio shows, and podcasts both national and international to discuss the Process Way of Life presented in The Fix Yourself Handbook. His radio show "Fix It With Faust" debuted in June 2021. On June 8, 2023, the The Fix Your Anxiety Handbook was published. It is also an award-winning publication. In December 2003, The Fix Your Depression Handbook was published. It is the third book in The Fix it Yourself Empowerment Series.