Book Reviews

Over the years I have often been asked to recommend books to help with a certain emotional problem or symptom. I have resisted doing so as I don’t believe reading and self help books in particular are a substitute for good psychotherapy. Recently, however, I have read some books that I believe can both compliment and deepen the therapeutic process. I have committed myself to reviewing those books that offer such assistance. I will be updating this list as my reading leads to new discoveries. In other words, stay tuned. This list will be expanded and your comments about the usefulness of the selected books or my brief, pithy reviews are welcome.

1. NEW Broken Fathers / Broken Sons
   Gerald Gargiulo (Rodopi B.V. Amsterdam - New York 2008)
   
   
2. Do You Ever Get The Heebie Jeebies?
   Jill Reiling (Falcon Books 2006)
   
   
3. Let Them Eat Prozac: The Unhealthy Relationship Between the Pharmaceutical Industry and Depression
   David Healy, M.D, (New York University Press)
   
   
4. When Things Fall Apart
   Pema Chodron
   
   
5. New and Collected Poems: 1931-2001
   Czeslaw Milosz
   
   
6. Blink
   Malcolm Gladwell
   
   
7. The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert
   Translated and with an introduction by, Paul Auster
   
   
8. Memories of My Melancholy Whores
   Gabriel Garcia Marquez
   
   
9. Achilles In Vietnam
   Jonathan Shay, M.D., Ph.D.