 After working as an analytical chemist for the U.S. Bureau of Mines for a year, he got a junior college teaching credential, and taught psychology and social science at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill CA from 1962 to 1970.He was introduced to Gestalt therapy in 1967 by Fritz Perls, and edited his books, "Gestalt Therapy Verbatim" and "In and Out the Garbage Pail".He wrote "Awareness", a book of exercises based on Gestalt Therapy in 1971.