C. Franklin Truan, PhD is a clinical psychologist in Brunswick, Georgia with decades of experience in mental health practice. Franklin Truan has been in private practice as a psychologist for thirty-five years and is described as having fifty years in the mental health field. He has taught at several universities, authored articles in clinical psychology and interpersonal relations, and consulted with numerous public and private sector organizations. He is also the author of books including Meta-Values: Universal Principles for a Sane World, My Enemy Myself: Overcoming Your Self-Defeating Mind, and The Psychology of Mental Health, and emphasizes preventive education and social change as important responses to mental illness.