J. M. Erickson

J.M. Erickson earned his bachelor's degree from Boston College, majoring in psychology and sociology, masters degree from Simmons School of Social Work, and post-graduate certification program in p...view moreJ.M. Erickson earned his bachelor's degree from Boston College, majoring in psychology and sociology, masters degree from Simmons School of Social Work, and post-graduate certification program in psychological trauma, clinical assessment and treatment from Boston University. Early in his clinical practice, Erickson worked as a critical incident specialist for police and fire fighters for a large urban setting just outside of Boston, Massachusetts, and later he provided crisis prevention and clinical intervention training for staff working with clients deemed dangerous to self or others in locked settings. To date, Erickson works as a senior clinician in a group practice in the Merrimack Valley, Massachusetts, and is also a senior instructor teaching psychopathology, counseling & ethics to both graduate and undergraduate students at Cambridge College, Massachusetts. Erickson received an Honorable Mentions at the Readers' Favorite 2013 International Book Awards in action/adventure genre, and 2013 Foreword's IndieFab Awards Book of the Year in adult science fiction genre. Future Prometheus: Emergence & Evolution and Eagle: Birds of Flight - Book Three are finalists in the Readers' Favorite 2014 International Book Awards in science fiction & action/adventure genres. His new science fiction novella, Intelligent Design: Revelations, is due out in late July 2014 published under AIA Publishing. Erickson lives with his wife, Christine, and their two teenagers in a suburb north of Boston, Massachusetts.view less