Thomas H. Schear

ABOUT THE AUTHOR…
Robert C. Hickle was born in 1920 and is a lifelong resident of Iowa. He is a veteran of both the Army and the Navy during World War II. He holds a BA in Psychology from Drake University and an MA in Personnel Administration from the University of Iowa. He and his late wife, Evelyn, have two children and three grandchildren.
Bob started the first employee assistance program in Iowa in 1951 and served on the Iowa State Commission on Alcoholism for eleven years, the last four as Chair. He was the Director of an Employee Assistance Program for the Milwaukee Railroad for about fourteen years, was Personnel Director of a heavy equipment company for 21 years and worked for the Northeast Council on Substance Abuse for several years after his retirement. He has been active in almost every phase of the profession of helping alcoholics find sobriety.
He is an ardent outdoorsman and was a Boy Scout Unit Leader for 21 years. He is a certified lay speaker in the United Methodist Church, and with his wife had written and seen published a curriculum on alcohol problems to be taught at the fifth and sixth-grade levels of the United Methodist Church. He prefers above all to be known as a friend of the alcoholic.

ABOUT THE EDITOR…
In 1977, Thomas H. Schear found his calling in the human service sector. He has worked as a front-line counselor, clinical supervisor, and program director since then. Dr. Schear’s fruitful career includes lecturing education courses on substance addiction as well as mental health counseling, life, and business coaching, in addition to teaching college-level courses in psychology, sociology, and ethics. One of the most remarkable milestones of his career goes back to directing a university’s grief counseling program. Since 2001, he has focused on offering counselors and therapists continuing education options online to help them deepen their knowledge and develop new skills.

As a counselor and clinical advisor with extensive knowledge and experience in the field, Dr. Schear wrote his debut book with one purpose-to clarify for the individual what is going on in their own mind and heart, examine the workings in organizations so there is a better understanding of each when facing ethical dilemmas with the goal to help each to consistently arrive at the most ethical decision. The idea of the ethics book sat on the shelf for years. The model was used when Tom taught ethics courses and whenever he decided to tinker with it a bit. But the original article that Dr. Schear acquired as part of the learning packet when attending the University of Iowa was lost after several moves from Iowa to Montana and back to Iowa. Finally, Tom wrote the book based on his own knowledge and experience added in to round out the content and to make it accessible, applicable, and practical to the reader.

Dr. Schear currently resides with his artist wife Kathy and their dogs Scruffy and Peppy in a small rural town in north-central Iowa where is currently the mayor. He is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in the state of Iowa. He is also a Master Certified NLP Practitioner, Master Life Coach, Master Business Coach, and certified minister.