Patricia Bland Becker, Ph.D., LCSW is a psychotherapist working in Berkeley, California. Her involvement in the Pea Soup Community and other efforts toward co-housing and the building of Community are only the beginning of her willingness to engage The Process, not to mention the care she takes with her clients. She has just completed long term executive service on staff at the Center for Independent Living and is deeply, personally engaged in working with issues involving disability.