Most people call me Larry, a nick name I found uncomfortable until my roots sank deep enough to discover its ancient origins. Now I could not be more pleased.
Lars comes from the Etruscan for guardian spirit of the home or community. Woodward comes from the English meaning guardian of the woods. I am both of these.
I am licensed by the State of Wisconsin as an Clinical Social Worker. I have over 30 years of experience in various facets of counseling. I began in 1970-72, when, as a Peace Corps Volunteer, I was responsible for coaching 30 families of indigenous people in their adaptation to a radically different environment after being dispossessed of their jungle home by a modernizing nation.
My formal education includes an MA in Counseling Psychology and another in Corporate and Political Communications. These studies were instructive, though not nearly so much as life. I have counseled college foreign students from many countries. I have led many groups of adolescents on wilderness based counseling expeditions. I have sat hundreds of hours counseling inmates in jail. I have helped many victims of catastrophic abuse heal their wounds. I have assisted many couples and families compose a more harmonious home life. I have guided young and old to a deeper, more clear awareness of their true nature, and the path to its realization.
When I’m not conversing, I am usually building, repairing, sculpting, writing or sailing. My wife and I live surrounded by the fields and forests of our wilderness/farm. We raise organic vegetables and Scottish Highland Cattle. We nurture the wildlife and forest, and draw from them on a sustainable basis much food, fuel, material and personal satisfaction.
Michael Soule has said, “Happiness comes from generosity and living simply.”
Ruth Beebe Hill writes, “Recognize me ... as a healing power, as one who renews those persons who come asking for this thing. Recognize me as a seeker, one who goes out looking for good.”
Contact me at larry@socraticsolutions.org