Guest George Patrin, MD, U.S. Army COL was a pediatrician in the Army for over 23 years and understands the needs of veterans. When his 17-year old son, under the care of military clinics at the time, took his own life, George and his wife Pam had their world changed forever. Though he participated in VA therapy, and worked in the transition from Walter Reed to Bethesda helping others, the “cloak of depression and grief” would not lift.
Through association with the famous Patch Adams (played in the movie of the same name by Robin Williams), George learned humanitarian clowning, the practice of sensing (listening, hearing, focusing) while also learning the power of the humor and the red bulb nose. As Patch says: “The nose is just a way to get close” and fairly quickly, the joy and laughter of helping others takes precedence.
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