Book/Film 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 God's Silent Places
   Film Review
   
   
2. Fugitive Pieces
   presented at The 11th Annual Jewish Film Festival Grand Rapids, MI.
   
   
3. Into the Mountain Stream
   Edited by Paul Cooper (Jason Aronson 2007)
   
   
4. Broken Fathers / Broken Sons
   Gerald Gargiulo (Rodopi B.V. Amsterdam - New York 2008)
   
   
5. Do You Ever Get The Heebie Jeebies?
   Jill Reiling (Falcon Books 2006)
   
   
6. Let Them Eat Prozac: The Unhealthy Relationship Between the Pharmaceutical Industry and Depression
   David Healy, M.D, (New York University Press)
   
   
7. When Things Fall Apart
   Pema Chodron
   
   
8. New and Collected Poems: 1931-2001
   Czeslaw Milosz
   
   
9. Blink
   Malcolm Gladwell
   
   
10. The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert
    Translated and with an introduction by, Paul Auster
    
    
11. Memories of My Melancholy Whores
    Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    
    
12. Achilles In Vietnam
    Jonathan Shay, M.D., Ph.D.