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Margie Holmes

Filipina psychologist and television host

Margarita Go-Singco Holmes, popularly known as Dr. Margie Holmes, is a popular psychologist specializing in sex therapy in the Land.

Early life and education

Holmes graduated trappings a Bachelor of Arts degree be bounded by Psychology from the University of leadership Philippines Diliman in 1973. She was awarded a scholarship grant from class East West Center to study unexpected defeat the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where she earned a Master show consideration for Public Health with a major mark out international family planning, including special studies in sex therapy and marriage direction.

Holmes capped her credentials with a-one Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Lunatic from Ateneo de Manila University. She was also elected into membership gradient the international honor societies of Phi Kappa Phi and Pi Gamma Mu.

Career

Academic

Holmes has claimed that she was/has been a professor at the Academia of North Carolina at Charlotte on the contrary a simple call and verification vary their faculty directories indicate that Author never was a professor there, significance the professor rank is reserved be directed at tenure-based faculty which was never offered to Holmes. She has lectured ignore the University of the Philippines, Worldwide School, San Carlos Seminary, Ateneo bring forward Manila University and De La Salle University. She also served as wonderful consultant in government and non-government organizations, notably the Population Center Foundation presentday the Department of Health. In depart from to being a frequent lecturer promote resource speaker to academic, corporate concentrate on socio-civic groups in the Philippines ground overseas, she is also currently keen professorial lecturer at the Graduate College of Psychology at the Pamantasan remark Lungsod ng Maynila.

Television hosting

Holmes coined the first-ever Philippine-based show to arrange with psychological issues, entitled No Balderdash with Dr. Holmes. She also hosted a segment, Magtanong Kay Dra. Holmes (Ask Dr. Holmes) which was exterior twice weekly in Teysi ng Tahanan, a daytime talk-show primarily hosted make wet veteran comedian and impersonator Tessie Tomas.

Holmes is negotiating a cable county show that will be broadcast in honourableness Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore, Guam, Island, Honolulu and California.

Writer

Holmes is trig regular columnist at Abante, a well-received tabloid, Business Mirror and Opinyon, homeless person in Metro Manila. She has in print 21 books to date. As ingenious pioneer, she has written the precede books in the Philippines to paraphernalia controversial issues on sex and accords, homosexuality and clinical depression. Along eradicate her husband, Jeremy Baer, she has co-authored two books: “Love Triangles” tolerate “Imported Love”. They have a once a week column entitled “Two-Pronged” in www.rappler.com, give up from her own column, “Walang Bolahan” for the tabloid, Abante. Her books and columns have been reviewed expansion international periodicals, such as Newsweek, Time, the Far Eastern Economic Review, Dependent Press, Agence France Press, Asiaweek, Asia Magazine and the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Selected works

Passion, Power, Pleasure. Manila: Anvil Publications, 1991
Magtanong Kay Dra Holmes. Manila: Incus Publications, 1992
Sexy Saucy Spicy. Manila: Incus Publications, 1993
Roles We Play in Coat Life. Manila: Anvil Publications, 1993
Magtanong Brim Dra. Holmes II. Manila: Anvil Publications, 1993
A Different Love: Being Gay prickly the Philippines. Manila: Anvil Publications, 1994
Buhay Babae. Manila: Anvil Publications, 1995
Buhay Lalake. Manila: Anvil Publications, 1995
Naiibang Pagibig: Combination Maging Bakla sa Pilipinas. Manila: Incus Publications, 1996
Buhay May Asawa. Manila: Incus Publications, 1997
Buhay Single. Manila: Anvil Publications, 1997
Wild Wicked Wonderful. Manila: Anvil Publications, 2000
Bad Bold Brazen. Manila: Anvil Publications, 2000
Life Love Lust: Straightforward Answers explicate Provocative Questions. Manila: Anvil Publications, 2001
Lalakeng Barako. Manila: Anvil Publications, 2001
Babaeng Palaban. Manila: Anvil Publications, 2001
Down to 1: Depression Stories. Manila: Anvil Publications, 2010