Tom also developed a successful nationally recognized wilderness treatment modality for heroin addicts in 1972 that included mountain climbing and shamanic vision questing which he continues to offer to this day to those seeking deeper vision, power and wisdom for their lives.

His many books, tapes and articles on shamanism address the issue of "right relationship" to current societal and environmental problems such as -- facing death to empower living, shamanic ritual and ceremony for health maintenance and healing, shamanic psycho-spiritual "technology" for re-spiritualizing daily life, ancient wisdom ways relevant to modern problems of alienation, depression, fear and anxiety, aging gracefully and skillfully into elderhood, rites of passage at the critical times of transition in the life cycle, pilgrimages to sacred power spots, and working responsibly with dreams, power animals, psychedelic entheogenic power plants, social justice work, deep ecology, medicine wheel teachings, healing the Sacred Hoop, and more from rich shamanic healing wisdom traditions.

"His warmth, humor, wisdom and humility bring a fresh and enlightening perspective to the trials we face today. He makes shamanism understandable and a practical avenue for those seeking an inner journey and discovery. "