http://www.richardraubolt.com/ RSS Feed for articles, newsletters, and book reviews on my website. Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT en-us http://www.richardraubolt.com/Books/Theaters_of_Trauma/AmazonReview.html http://www.richardraubolt.com/Books/Theaters_of_Trauma/AmazonReview.html Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMT Review from M. Molofsky at Amazon.com. Richard Raubolt offers a courageous and sensitive exploration of the trauma shared by both the therapist and the person seeking healing. He dispels the notion of the "objective" therapist observing and reflecting, and instead offers the reality of intense emotional encounter. Click to read more... http://www.richardraubolt.com/Newsletters/newsletter-Aug08.html http://www.richardraubolt.com/Newsletters/newsletter-Aug08.html Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:00:00 GMT Familiar yet terrifying, disorienting and disruptive feelings associated with trauma can come on without warning. A word, sound, smell or image can trigger disturbing thoughts as well as emotions. This happens because the right side of the brain, which is faster and “comes on line” sooner than the left side, leaves us unable to think clearly about what is happening and we can be cast into a different time zone known as the past. Since we do not know whether or how to fight or flee, we end up freezing and are unable to move from this place in time. Frequently, we cannot reason our way out of such emotionally charged events, so other strategies are needed. Click to read more... http://www.richardraubolt.com/Books/Theaters_of_Trauma/Theaters_of_Trauma.html http://www.richardraubolt.com/Books/Theaters_of_Trauma/Theaters_of_Trauma.html Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT Click to read advance praise of my new book, Theaters of Trauma: Dialogues for Healing. http://www.richardraubolt.com/Books/Power_Games/bookreview.html http://www.richardraubolt.com/Books/Power_Games/bookreview.html Sun, 02 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMT Click to read a review of my book, Power Games: Influence, Persuasion, and Indoctrination in Psychotherapy Training, from the American Journal of Psychoanalysis. http://www.richardraubolt.com/Healing_Books/books-HeebieJeebies.html http://www.richardraubolt.com/Healing_Books/books-HeebieJeebies.html Tue, 01 Jan 2008 12:00:00 GMT It has been some fifteen years since I have seen young children in my psychotherapy/counseling practice. I have, however, continued to see the ravages of childhood abuse on the adults and young adults I meet with regularly... (click to read more) http://www.richardraubolt.com/Newsletters/newsletter-Oct07.html http://www.richardraubolt.com/Newsletters/newsletter-Oct07.html Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT Living with Chronic Pain http://www.richardraubolt.com/Newsletters/newsletter-Aug07.html http://www.richardraubolt.com/Newsletters/newsletter-Aug07.html Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT Medication vs. Psychotherapy http://www.richardraubolt.com/Newsletters/newsletter-Apr07.html http://www.richardraubolt.com/Newsletters/newsletter-Apr07.html Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT Tell Me Again, What Does EMDR Mean? http://www.richardraubolt.com/Newsletters/newsletter-Dec06.html http://www.richardraubolt.com/Newsletters/newsletter-Dec06.html Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT Mindfulness in a Mindless World http://www.richardraubolt.com/Newsletters/newsletter-Oct06.html http://www.richardraubolt.com/Newsletters/newsletter-Oct06.html Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT Whose Therapy is it Anyway? Recognizing Coercion and Control in Therapy http://www.richardraubolt.com/Newsletters/newsletter-Aug06.html http://www.richardraubolt.com/Newsletters/newsletter-Aug06.html Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT What’s Love Got to do With It? Recognizing the Seductive Psychotherapist http://www.richardraubolt.com/Newsletters/newsletter-Jun06.html http://www.richardraubolt.com/Newsletters/newsletter-Jun06.html Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT How to Select the Right Therapist for You http://www.richardraubolt.com/Articles/Lightness_and_Darkness.html http://www.richardraubolt.com/Articles/Lightness_and_Darkness.html Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT Presented at: IFPE's 18th Annual Conference, October 19-21, 2007, Toronto, Canada http://www.richardraubolt.com/Articles/CharismaticLeadership.html http://www.richardraubolt.com/Articles/CharismaticLeadership.html Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT Presented at: IFPE's 18th Annual Conference, October 19-21, 2007, Toronto, Canada http://www.richardraubolt.com/Articles/WoundedMonster.html http://www.richardraubolt.com/Articles/WoundedMonster.html Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT Published as a book review in Journal of Trauma Practice,Vol 3, #3, 2004. http://www.richardraubolt.com/Articles/TraumaPsychosisChristianity.html http://www.richardraubolt.com/Articles/TraumaPsychosisChristianity.html Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT Presented at: IFPE's 17th Annual Conference, November 3-5, 2006, Pasadena, California http://www.richardraubolt.com/Healing_Books/books-LetThemEatProzac.html http://www.richardraubolt.com/Healing_Books/books-LetThemEatProzac.html Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT This is a far different book that I am including in my “Healing List.” It is scholarly, scientific and professional. It is also well written, accessible to general readers and most importantly packed with provocative questions and crucial information... (click to read more) http://www.richardraubolt.com/Healing_Books/books-WhenThings.html http://www.richardraubolt.com/Healing_Books/books-WhenThings.html Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT Chodron’s book is written in a direct, earthy and engaging style. While a Buddhist nun the reader does not need a background in this religion or even to agree with some of their beliefs. This book is about courage in the face of adversity and loss... (click to read more) http://www.richardraubolt.com/Healing_Books/books-NewandCollected.html http://www.richardraubolt.com/Healing_Books/books-NewandCollected.html Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT I hesitated before recommending this book, and a rather large book at that (775 pages), of poetry. Many people are put off by the confusing nature of syntax, odd rhyming and the elusive nature of meaning in most modern poetry. Even if you are not a fan or regular reader of poetry this is a book to be greeted with respect and welcomed for its humanity... (click to read more) http://www.richardraubolt.com/Healing_Books/books-Blink.html http://www.richardraubolt.com/Healing_Books/books-Blink.html Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT Gladwell is a bit of an intellectual gadfly and translator of social science research for popular consumption. A staff writer for the New Yorker he has achieved enormous success with both the I Pod generation and Fortune 500 business in large part because he is both optimistic and pragmatic with a breezy and engaging writing style... (click to read more) http://www.richardraubolt.com/Healing_Books/books-TheNotebooks.html http://www.richardraubolt.com/Healing_Books/books-TheNotebooks.html Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT Some readers may find this to be an odd book to include; indeed it is not a book in the usual sense. In point of fact Joubert only prepared to write a book and despite 900 pages of densely recorded text gave up on the idea. Instead his notebooks, which recorded his daily thoughts for forty years, represent the sole body of his writing. Auster has chosen about one tenth of those entries from 1783 to 1824. But oh, what writing it is: clear, intelligent and insightful thoughts and reflections about philosophy, literature, and psychology... (click to read more) http://www.richardraubolt.com/Healing_Books/books-Memories.html http://www.richardraubolt.com/Healing_Books/books-Memories.html Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT The title of Marquez’s latest novel, his first work of fiction in ten years, will probably raise more than a few eyebrows, especially in West Michigan. Let me say from the start this is not a book for the timid yet it is also a book of great humanity if the reader can surrender preconceived moral judgments.... (click to read more) http://www.richardraubolt.com/Healing_Books/books-Achilles.html http://www.richardraubolt.com/Healing_Books/books-Achilles.html Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT In this remarkable book Shay uses Homer’s Iliad, a 3,000 year old poem, to help us understand the psychological and emotional damage done to soldiers of the Vietnam War. In the process he gives a cogent, clear voice to what went very wrong in both wars. His arguments are incisive and convincing. Yet as thorough as his analysis is, it is the words of soldiers that are most compelling and provide the heart of the book... (click to read more)