Creativity is found in nature, Peace is found within, Creativity and Peace are the Rocky Mountains. |
Margaret R. Kohut |
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Margaret Kohut is an Oklahoma native and still holds proudly to her "Midwestern drawl." She earned college degrees in English, Criminal Justice, and a Master's Degree in Social Work. Her initial foray into human service work was as a correctional officer in both adult and juvenile maximum security correctional institutions. Margaret's unique job history includes being a courtroom bailiff, a fugitive recovery agent ("bounty hunter"), and she spent a year in the private practice of clinical social work specializing in adoption studies, pre-sentence investigations, probation and parole intervention, family therapy, and therapy with troubled juveniles. Margaret has a strong educational and vocational history of forensic counseling and addiction therapy. Margaret served in the United States Air Force for seventeen years as a senior commissioned officer and clinical social worker providing psychotherapy services for active duty members, family members, and retirees. Margaret served the nation during Operation Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom. She is now a disabled veteran, conducting her full-time freelance writing business from her home. Margaret maintains national-level certifications in human services as found in her CV. She is a prolific writer, having penned many award-winning publications for the Air Force on mental health issues, domestic violence, workplace violence, chemical dependency, trauma therapy and adolescent acting-out behavior. As a civilian, Margaret co-authored an academic textbook on sexual serial killers, and has been extensively published in the Canadian Journal of Adlerian Psychology. Margaret founded Rocky Mountain Way Freelance Writing in February 2006 after more than twenty years of non-commercial writing. Margaret lives in Anaconda, Montana with her husband of fifteen years, Lt Col (ret) Dr. Tristan Kohut, Medical Director of the Montana State Prison, and their "ten-pack" of miniature Dachshunds, most of whom are accomplished Animal-Assisted Therapy Dogs. "Service to others is in my blood," Margaret says. "After the great honor of serving my country, I hope to help others through my writing and leave this world a better place than I found it."
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