HAPPY DALE ONLINE SANITARIUM

We live in an ever-expanding diverse culture, ethnically and racially, yet we are still facing the most difficult challenges of “tolerance and diversity” in America.  As a Psychotherapist, counselor, social worker, and after teaching in the Los Angeles City public and private school systems, I have come to realize that most sanitarium inmates have never had the opportunity for interfaith or intercultural dialogue in a safe and nourishing setting while growing up in America.
I strongly believe that there exists a need for educational programs in America that will teach our children how to interact and coexist with other inmates before institutionalization or before they grow to old. With the cultural diversity prevalent in America, I have witnessed first hand the stereotypical differences and misunderstandings that continue to plague our inmates and contribute to their fears.  I made up my mind to develop a structural program designed to foster tolerance, allay fears, and promote hope.
Working with inmates has been my passion and commitment. I do enjoy getting to know them and encouraging them all to live up to their full potential, while they are here at Happy Dale they have the possibility to learn to live in harmony and be enriched by others with whom they have more in common than they imagined. I hope they continue to take these new findings and apply it throughout their lives.
I have a special love and affinity for Renee'. She has been here longer than any of the other patients! Bless her heart!