David Seaburn

David Seaburn

David Seaburn was an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Family Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center for nearly 20 years, where he was Director of the Family Therapy Training Program (Psychiatry) and Coordinator of the Psychosocial Medicine Rotation (Family Medicine). He’s the co-author of Family-oriented Primary Care: A Manual for Medical Providers (1990) and Models of Collaboration: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals Working with Health Care Practitioners (1996) and the author of nine novels, including Darkness is as Light (2005), Pumpkin Hill (2007), Charlie No Face (2011), Chimney Bluffs (2012), More More Time (2015), Parrot Talk (2017), Gavin Goode (2019), Broken Pieces of God (2021), and Give Me Shelter (2022). He was a founding member of the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association and its former Treasurer. In 2005, he left the Medical Center to become Director of the Family Support Center in the Spencerport Central School District, a free counseling center for students and their families.

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An illustration of an old woman using a cane to walk down a path

The life of a seemingly frail 94-year-old takes a surprising turn. Read more

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The Bonds that Sustain Us

A Family Weathers a Time of Uncertainty

What parent doesn’t know the ache of helplessness that comes when you can’t do anything for your child but feel entirely responsible anyway? Read more

Family Matters Sept-Oct 2015

A Palm under the Moon

A grandpa’s love story

A young child’s bedroom is a place for magic and enchantment. Read more

Family Matters Sept-Oct 2014

Defying Nature’s Odds

Life is the grand exception

From the first cell division to the final journey down the birth canal, risks and dangers abound. Read more

Family Matters

More More Time

Discovering the Endless Present

A new retiree discovers the elusive secret of the endless present. Read more

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The Stories We Live

In therapy—as in Fiction—There’s Always Possibility

Both doing psychotherapy and the writing of fiction are about stories. The essence of the art of both pursuits is the openness to the possibility that, no... Read more

Winter Passage

Winter Passage

Acknowledging Spirituality in Life's Final Journey

Drawing on spiritual resources can ease the pain and sorrow of death for client and therapist alike. Read more