Length-38 minutes, 5 seconds
Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney interviews Dr. Catherine McCall, M.D., author of Lifeguarding: A Memoir of Secrets, Swimming, and the South
Dr. Catherine McCall, M.D.
Catherine McCall is the author of Lifeguarding: A Memoir of Secrets, Swimming and the South. She has done regular commentary for regional public radio and her writing has appeared in various publications including the New York Times, the Wilmington Star-News, and the North Carolina Literary Review. A psychiatrist based in Wilmington, North Carolina, Catherine holds an M.F.A. in creative nonfiction from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
She graduated from Emory College (B.A. in Chemistry and Psychology) and its medical school. At Emory, she completed a residency in general psychiatry and a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry, serving as chief resident in her final year. After all that schooling, she moved to the beach, started a private practice in psychiatry and stepped up her focus on writing. That focus eventually led her to do commentaries on public radio and to receive an MFA in creative nonfiction from UNCW. Her first book, Lifeguarding: A Memoir of Secrets, Swimming and the South (Harmony Books, Random House, July 2006) was her MFA thesis. Visit her website.
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