Sigmund Fraud, Licensed Imposter by Jeffrey T. Leonards

Braydon Mitchell is a middle-aged psychologist whose own life is awash in challenges, personal and professional. While each working day is spent problem-solving with patients, his marriage is crumbling under the weight of personal tragedy and unresolved losses. Added to his worries are evolving changes in a health care industry that fundamentally threaten the livelihood that has taken him more than a decade to construct. His struggle to cope brings out self-defeating behaviors that expose not only his vulnerabilities but his standing as a respected clinician. In short, Braydon is on a collision course with reality. In an alcohol-fueled moment of insight, he realizes he is no less flawed and certainly no better than any patient who has ever paid for his counsel. Instead, he has been hiding behind a mask woven from the same tawdry parchment of the meaningless diplomas dotting his wall. Despairingly, Braydon Mitchell, the once-esteemed psychologist, sees himself as an impostor, referring to himself as "Sigmund Fraud." Which brings him to an existential crossroads. Can he achieve the authenticity he covets? Can he accept suffering without hiding from personal demons. This is nothing less than a battle for identity and purpose. To succeed, Braydon will have to confront the biggest therapeutic challenge of his life: himself.