by Sarah Hutchins | May 11, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Portland Publishers, Psychology, Self-Help
Chest pain; racing heart; shortness of breath; dizziness. Most people today have experienced these and other telltale symptoms of anxiety. Faith G. Harper is a licensed professional counselor among other consultation specialties and has written several “five-minute...
by Sarah Hutchins | Nov 20, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Philosophy, Psychology, Religion
Whether someone seeks psychology or spirituality to solve anything from their everyday worries to their existential troubles, Alan Watts asserts in Psychotherapy East & West that the guru or therapist’s only available methodology is trickery because the solutions...
by Sarah Hutchins | Nov 17, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Psychology
How is shame different from guilt? According to Gerald Loren Fishkin, Ph.D. in The Science of Shame and Its Treatment, someone feels guilt when they’ve done something wrong; shame, the feeling that someone is inherently bad or unworthy, is more insidious. Fishkin...
by Axie Barclay | Nov 7, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Music, Psychology, Self-Help
Our brains are assholes, according to Faith Harper, PHD, LPC-S, ACS. In her book, Unfuck Your Brain: Using Science to Get Over Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Freak-outs, and Triggers, she covers the ways our brains f*&# with us and what we can do to deal with it....
by Michael Barton | Oct 19, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's, Psychology
The American Psychological Association has published a series of books geared toward children about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD). While the causes of this type of neurodevelopmental disorder are largely not understood, the effects on children are...
by Philip Rafferty | Oct 11, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Psychology
Huffington Post Blogger, Astrophysicist, and all around curious guy, Mario Livio is the author of five previous books on physics, mathematics, as well as over 400 scientific articles. Why? What Makes Us Curious is his first foray into the world of popular...