Living Space
Paul Holman is a widely read doctor with 40 years' experience in psychiatry and psychotherapy. In this erudite book he explores the nature of spatial…… Read More »
Category: Psychology/Spirituality
The Ways of the Soul
Some 30 years ago, I reviewed an important book by Jacob Needleman entitled The Way of the Physician, in which he argued that in order…… Read More »
OVERTONES AND UNDERCURRENTS
I once met a very conventional psychiatrist (his words) who told the story of how he had come to use exorcism in his work. One…… Read More »
The Forgiveness Project
I read and reviewed Desmond Tutu's book on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa over 10 years ago, and he kindly provided a…… Read More »
THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF PSYCHOLOGY AND SPIRITUALITY
This is a landmark volume, especially given the fact that it has been published by one of the world's leading university presses. It forms part…… Read More »
SADNESS, DEPRESSION, AND THE DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL: transcending the medicalisation of sadness
As a trainee psychiatrist in South Australia, forty years ago, I was sent to work in one of the 'back wards' for women in a…… Read More »
Find and Follow your Inner Compass
This practical book has a simple message, that we should tune into our Inner Compass and pay attention to our emotions as a link to…… Read More »
Other than Mother
The author of this book about choosing childlessness with life in mind is both a therapist and Buddhist nun. The discussion is divided into three…… Read More »
Conversations on the Enneagram
Some readers will no doubt be familiar with the Enneagram as a nine-fold psychological typology based on the idea that at a very young age…… Read More »
Healing the Western Soul
Some readers will recall the observation by CG Jung in his Modern Man in Search of a Soul to the effect that the fundamental challenge…… Read More »