Philip Kenney is a practicing psychotherapist in Portland, Oregon. He did his post-graduate work in British Object Relations at the Washington D.C. School of Psychiatry and has taught Self Psychology as part of his private practice. A long time meditator and poet, Mr. Kenney is the author of the novel, Radiance, and a collection of poetry, Where Roses Bloom. He strives to bring together the worlds of psychology, creativity and spirituality in his work and is the author of a new book on those subjects entitled, The Writer's Crucible: Meditations on Emotion, Being and Creativity.

Welcome to my website. I practice psychotherapy and am the author of three novels, a collection of poetry and a book on creativity. My work is shaped by a belief that psychology, creativity and spirituality are not separate domains, but intimately connected aspects of a force that moves through us all.

So please, come visit these pages where you will learn something of my thoughts on therapy, why I write and what I care about. There are blogs and interviews to read, and introductions to books I have written. I hope you enjoy your visit.

The Mercy Dialogues by Philip Kenney

"Kenney's prose makes engaging use of abstract images giving body to inexplicable human experiences." — Kirkus Reviews

Dr. David Chase is the senior cardiac surgeon at Emanuel Hospital in Portland, Oregon. To his colleagues and staff at the hospital, he is invincible. But David Chase is a broken man. His own heart is held together by ambition and fear. The only love in his life is for his daughter, Emily, a magical child whose love warms his days. On the morning of her eighteenth birthday, Emily's father, and best friend, Audrey, watch in horror as Emily is run over on her bicycle by the screaming motorcycle of Randy Tanner, a homeless meth addict on a murderous rampage. Dying in her father's arms, Emily whispers this prayer with her finale breath, "Daddy, love." At that moment David Chase shatters into a thousand pieces and descends into a darkened world where he is haunted by Emily's final words and the realization that if he is to fulfill her prayer, he must release his hatred for the man who took his daughter's life.

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