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Subtitle: How the relentless promotion of positive thinking has undermined America Barbara Ehrenreich starts with the personal – her surprise at the mandatory positivity around her breast cancer diagnosis – and veers to the political – how delusional positivity contributed to the sub-prime mortgage meltdown. In between, she gives a brief history of New Thought, Christian [...] Subtitle: Readings on the experiences of mental illness I found this book because I was curious about Caroline Knapp’s writing after reading Gail Caldwell’s memoir about their friendship, and I read it because I wanted to learn about mental illness without its stereotype of causing violence. In fact, [v]iolence is not a symptom of psychotic illnesses [...] Recommended by: Sanguinity in the 50books_poc community After several books put aside because I just couldn’t get through them, this book is a delight – both lyrical and informative, both personally detailed and globally applicable. Kenji Yoshino is a gay Japanese-American man, currently working as a professor of law at Yale Law School. In the first third [...] Subtitle: 150 Key Ideas for Raising Successful, Well-Adjusted And Confident Kids Recommended by: Patricia Anderson’s “I Need a Nudge” author coaching I have benefited from Patricia Anderson’s you-can-do-it-and-here’s-how author coaching for a year now. I’ve been curious about her own book, which she got written and out to readers in 5 months. The book starts out asking readers [...] Subtitle: Therapy for Child Abuse Survivors in Family and Social Context Recommended by: Dr. Kathleen Young This is an academic book, written in precise psychological language, containing enough material for a semester course. Startlingly compassionate insights into complex trauma and prolonged childhood abuse (abbreviated PCA) are built into a treatment model that focuses on the family context [...] Subtitle: And Other Conversations About Race Recommended by: Kate Nepveu’s article How to Discuss Race and Racism Without Acting Like a Complete Jerk Dr. Tatum, a research psychologist and current President of Spellman College, answers the title question compassionately and thoroughly, creating a framework to think and talk constructively about race. She alternates between explanations of academic [...] Subtitle: Spotting and stopping prejudice A brief, photo-filled book with concrete advice for teens on embracing diversity and overcoming prejudice. Adults can benefit from this book as well. As you can see on the cover, the photos strongly support the book’s message, showing people of a variety of skin colors, genders, and ethnicities. Diversity is defined as difference. Tolerance [...] Subtitle: Freeing Yourself from Destructive Thoughts and Emotions. This “un-self-help” book by a clinical psychologist shows how to stop fighting uncomfortable emotions and accept them with self-compassion instead. Step by step, Germer shows how to be kind to ourselves, listen to our bodies, and bring in difficult emotions. I liked his analysis of the stages of acceptance [...] My response to The Tao of Equus doesn’t begin to express the impact it had on me. I immediately looked for Kohanov’s next book. Riding Between the Worlds contains less abstract theory and more stories from clients and from her own life. It also contains a helpful adaptation of Karla McLaren’s work with emotions into [...] Subtitle: A Woman’s Journey of Healing and Transformation through the Way of the Horse Recommended by: A client. Linda Kohanov and her herd of sensitive horses offer equine facilitated psychotherapy. Together they help both horses and humans recover from trauma, regain their balance, and treat each other with more respect. This many-layered book contains autobiography, horse stories, client [...] |
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