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Posted by dj on February 22, 2000, at 10:09:40
Dr. Bob, amazing job on the book page and this entire site!
Where do you get the time and energy? This a.m. I was checking them out because I e-mailed the book page and psych. links to some friends whom I studied with last year, who are going through some difficult times. Great resources you provide!!
I was, of course, also gratified to see a number of books I'd referenced recently on your list. One which was not there but I highly recommend, as you can judge from my recent postings, as the outlined theory and practices have helped me and many others considerably, is the following:
The (New) Manual For Life
Bennet Wong and Jock McKeenThis is a completely revised new edition based on the original book A Manual For Life; for those familiar with the previous volume, you will find this book more readable, and much expanded to include considerable amounts of new information.
This book is a carefully written synthesis of idea systems and perspectives that provide humanistic approaches to personal and professional development. Practical and thought provoking, this book challenges the reader to assess, ponder, consider, and arrive at more thoroughly established personal beliefs. A partial list of topics includes: boundaries, anger, anxiety, guilt and shame, strength and power, self-esteem, entitlement, transference, objectification, morality, sexuality, intimacy, relationships, loving, energy, western and eastern medicine, the helping relationship, allergies, therapy and education, and creation-centered spirituality.
FROM THE FORWARD: "In the work of their own lives, Wong and McKeen have simply moved beyond the tedious debates that have separated the various schools of thought. Through their courage to confront the 'isness' of their own experience they have detached themselves from the closed world views of philosophical prescriptions and, in their commitment to the integrity of their own truth, they have avoided the 'rightness' and 'wrongness' of academic psychologizing.
Above all, within their own relationship, they have created a living experimental laboratory with standards of discipline and rigor capable of intimidating even the most zealous scientist-practitioner." Gerry Fewster, Ph.D. - Editor, Journal of Child and Youth Care
348 pages, 6"x9" soft cover ISBN# 0-9696755-4-2 $22 Canadian (plus taxes)
http://www.pdseminars.com/PD_Publishing/pdpub.html#A Manual For Life
Bennet Wong, M.D., F.R.C.P.(c) received his psychiatric training at the Menninger School of Psychiatry. Jock McKeen, M.D., Lic.Ac.(UK) studied at the College of Chinese Acupuncture, Oxford, England. Since retiring from medical practice, Ben and Jock together have blended an in-depth approach to self-development aimed at integration of the individual in body, mind and spirit, emphasizing responsibility for the self in health, relationships and lifestyle. They are the founders and co-Directors of PD Seminars at Haven By-the-Sea, a licensed residential educational center in the Gulf Islands of British Columbia, on the west coast of Canada.
In their 25 years of professional association together, they have been feature presenters at conferences and workshops around the world. They have travelled and taught extensively in Asia, and bring an ease with cross-cultural approaches to their work. In recent years, they have begun to lecture in Eastern Europe. Consultants to many agencies, corporations and groups, they have a wide experience in working with people in a variety of contexts. They have both served on the boards of major corporations.
Most of their approach has been derived from their intense investigation of their own relationship, as well as their experiences with their clients. In their unique, personable way, they create an atmosphere of intimacy and trust in which each person is able to transform in his or her own fashion.
Posted by dj on February 23, 2000, at 9:40:09
In reply to Wow, check out the book page!!!, posted by dj on February 22, 2000, at 10:09:40
Some other books I've found interesting and insightful on depression and the way the mind/body work are:
"In the Jaws of the Black Dogs -- A Memoir of Depression" by John Benetley MaysA writer in one of Canada's national newspapers, The Globe & Mail, commented aptly: "The only contemporary account of depression I know of, with the possible exception of William Styron's "Darkness Visisble", that actually conveys the rawness and pitilessness of the disease...Fierce and terrific..." The author is a Southerner who moved to Canada, and as depressing as Toronto can be in the summer and winter, he brought the beast with him and came to grips with it there..
"Finding Flow - The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life" by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (try repeating that quickly three times :), for pronounciation tips and some great, ever-changing quotes and other info. on the same check out:
http://www.motivationalquotes.com/People/csik.shtml
Very interesting book, based on a lot of research. The author is a professor and former chairman of the Department of Psychology at the University of Chicago who has devoted his life's work to the study of what makes people truly happy, satisfied and fulfilled.
And last but not least, an interesting overview of scientific theory and its applications can be found in: "The Owner's Manual for the Brain -- Everyday Applications from Mind-Brain Research" by Pierce J. Howard, Ph.D.Some useful, interesting and very applicable research outlined in this book in a simple, digestable and usable manner.
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