Children’s Book
Date Published: July 22, 2024
Publisher: MindStir Media
There was always something exceptional and different about ten-year-old
Reuben Otis O’Brien, but no one, including Reuben Otis himself, can figure
out quite what it is. All that he knows is that he can smell something very
strange that no one else can, and sometimes it makes him sick.
The Boy Who Could Smell Warming is the story of Reuben Otis’s quest to
discover his special ability and its purpose. Since, as he describes
himself, Reuben Otis is a “nerd in a cool guy’s body,” he does his
own scientific investigation and finds out that he possesses a very unusual
superpower which is vital for the whole world and will make him a true
superhero. As he starts to use his superpower with the help of his family
and two neighborhood friends, he learns he can change things vital to his
hometown and to the entire planet. This gives Reuben Otis a newfound pride
and a whole new direction to his life.
About the Author
Patrick Fleming, M.Div., L.C.S.W., C.S.A.T. is a psychotherapist and
spiritual coach in a private practice in St. Louis, MO, Double Rainbow
Counseling, Coaching, and Consulting, with his wife, Suzanne Lauber-Fleming.
He is the principal co-author, with his wife and other colleagues, of a
trilogy of books on psycho-spiritual trauma recovery. He has also authored a
number of articles on psychological, spiritual, recovery, and social issues
for a variety of national and international publications As a
psychotherapist, Patrick specializes in the treatment of abuse and trauma,
sexual addiction and compulsivity, couple counseling, and the integration of
spirituality and psychology. He has been a hospital chaplain, a hospice
counselor and a psychotherapist for over thirty years.
In addition, Patrick, with his wife, Sue Lauber-Fleming, RN, MA, LCSW, has
led numerous workshops and trainings nationally and internationally for
survivors and the professionals that work with them, focusing on both the
psychological and spiritual needs of those wounded by trauma and abuse. In
addition to his healing work with survivors, Pat has worked for 18 years
with Catholic priests and brothers, and other clergy who are perpetrators of
clerical sexual abuse. He has also worked as a consultant to a variety of
religious and mental health groups who work with survivors, addicts and
perpetrators.
In addition, to the psychological training, education, and clinical
experience Patrick also has extensive training, education, and pastoral
experience in spirituality and the spiritual needs of those suffering
emotionally and physically. His mission throughout his career has been to
integrate the best of psychology with the depths of spirituality to
facilitate greater healing and change.
