Present Moment, Perfect Moment

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Present Moment, Perfect Moment is a collection of poetry addressing the nature of time, reflections on the natural world, the difficulty of loss, contemporary social issues and gratitude. These poems reflect the author, Kathleen Keena's responses to life events starting in childhood, through her professional life as a Therapist and Clinical Director, and as Artistic Director of Theater, expressing literary responses to classic and contemporary theater. The poems begin in childhood and move into adult life, and include the evolution of her consciousness, through inner work and addiction recovery, to the last chapter, expressing gratitude for life.

Kathleen Keena is a Connecticut Licensed Professional Counselor and Connecticut Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor. She was Clinical Director of a dual diagnosis outpatient agency, New Directions, of Enfield, Connecticut. Her first book, Adolescent Depression, (2005) explored issues of depression in the developing adult. It makes use of her adolescent writing to clinically explain the interior life of a depressed teen. Additionally, she taught theater and creative writing at Manchester Community College in Connecticut and directed plays, which her husband Clark Bowlen produced, with student casts. This inspired the writing of her second book, The Play's the Thing, (2015) which takes the reader backstage to the creative collaboration of director, actors and audience. She holds A Masters' degree in English Literature from Central Connecticut and another Masters' degree in Counseling from Sant Joseph University. She was selected as one of ten playwrights to be produced at Keane University on issues of family caregiving.