Sally Satel Dr Satel is one of only a few psychiatrists willing to take unpopular public stances on important issues. Co-author of
One Nation Under Therapy: How the Helping Culture is Eroding Self-Reliance and author of
PC MD, How Political Correctness Is Corrupting Medicine.
http://www.sallysatelmd.com/
Christine Hoff Sommers - Another excellent thinker who takes a balanced look at gender issues, among other things. These 3 titles are great:
Who Stole Feminism?,
One Nation Under Therapy: How the Helping Culture is Eroding Self-Reliance and
The War Against Boys. (
http://www.aei.org/scholars/scholarID.56/scholar.asp)
John Rosemond - Dr. Rosemond recognizes that parents must lead. He has common sense and wit. His audio and video presentations are excellent. He is supportive of religion and traditional parenting. Mental health has a history of animosity toward religion. We, often, are the ones who are not tolerant. I hope this changes. The "experts" are not tolerant of traditional parenting. Dr. Rosemond is a direct challenge to parenting "experts" who claim to stand behind science (they usually don't). (
http://www.rosemond.com/)
Michael Gurian - Has written many great books on gender issues including
The Wonder of Boys and
The Minds of Boys. Gurian takes a balanced look at gender issues and is supportive of both sexes. He is pushing for society to accept the nature of boys and girls. Once "we" accept their biology, we will also accept that boys and girls need to be treated differently - thats right - differently. Go to his web site and you'll see another place where science meets common sense. (
http://www.michael-gurian.com/)
Glenn Sacks - Radio Show in LA and on the internet "From the Male Perspective". Glen is taking the stance that the feminist establishment and their friends in the media can't have it both ways. He challenges the mis-characterization of American fathers as a problem needing to be solved. He corrects the inaccurate portrayal of men in the media and their struggles in family court.
http://www.glennsacks.com/
Albert Ellis- In the 1950s "invented" what is most commonly called Cognitive Therapy. Cognitive Therapy is a branch of psychotherapy which works and is intellectually coherent. (Many things some people call psychotherapies are neither). Dr Ellis has a sharp wit and tells it like it is. His frank style is a shock to the system. Unfortunately the world wasn't ready for him 50 years ago. We are ready now. His specific type of therapy, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy gets the Father's Little Helper seal of approval.
www.rebt.org/
Raymond DiGiuseppe PhD- Director of Professional Education at the Albert Ellis Institute; Professor and Chairman of Psychology Department, St. John’s University. Dr DiGiuseppe doesn't have many products aimed at parents or patients, but they are superior. (Father's Little Helper has reviewed every audiotape, they are all great, order at REBT.org.) His "Coping with Parenting" and "Coming to Terms with your Parents" are especially excellent. Ray balances scholarship and common sense.
www.rebt.org/
Lawrence Lessig - author of "Free Culture How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity" -
www.lessig.org/ - Powerful intellectual,
lawyer, and advocate for the "Free Culture" movement. Creative Commons
(www.creativecommons.org)
model allows individuals to control how their creative works are used
Steven Pinker - Linguistics expert, author of FLH favorite
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature. The awards this book won are too many to list. It contains a modern view of human nature, which, at some point our society will accept. It is an important work. Pinker is one the smartest people on the planet. (
http://www.mit.edu/~pinker/slate.html)
Larry Diller - Author of three excellent books
Running on Ritalin, Should I Medicate my Child, and
The Last Normal Child. Dr. Diller has been in the trenches treating children with emotional and behavior problems. He details how parenting and mental health attitudes have changed over the last 20 years. (
http://www.docdiller.com)
Leonard Sax - Author of
Boy's Adrift,
The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Men and Underachieving Young Men. Boys Adrift is on target with trends that have caused the problems for so many of our boys and young Men.
http://www.boysadrift.com/
Dr Thomas Phalen - His book
1,2,3 Magic Effective Discipline for children 2 -12 is the best book on parenting technique: practical and without incoherent theory. The video version is especially easy to absorb and perfect for busy parents who want to reduce inappropriate behavior. (
http://parent-magic.com/)
Camille Paglia - This lady is brilliant, and is one of the few intellectuals with positive take on popular culture. It is rare to find intellectuals who do not denigrate pop culture. There is great art among the crap!
http://dir.salon.com/topics/camille_paglia/index.html
Jane Goodall - An inspirational figure in many ways. Her classic "In the Shadow of Man" should be required reading for every human. Also doing many good works aimed at preserving the environment.
http://www.janegoodall.org/
Warren Farrell , Ph.D. -- author of
Women Can Hear What Men Don't Say,
Why Men Are the Way They Are, and
The Myth of Male Power. Mr. Ferrell has excellent things to say. He is promoting a balanced dialogue on gender issues. Ferrell's books are well researched and packed with data.
http://www.warrenfarrell.com/
PLEASE - DON'T TAKE Father's Little Helper's word for it - Read!!!!
Father's Little Helper Top 10 Books
- The Three-Martini Playdate: A Practical Guide to Happy Parenting - Christie Mellor - This book is full of attitude. It has common sense parenting advice mixed with playful humor.
http://www.christiemellor.com/3martini.html
- 1,2,3 Magic Effective Discipline for children 2 -12 - Dr Thomas Phalen This is my top book for practical parenting technique. Simple, straightforward and effective.(
http://parent-magic.com/)
- The Blank Slate: the Modern Denial of Human Nature,
Steven Pinker This book is absolutely on the money about our society and the bad thinking which has polluted public discourse for quite some time. Pinker is a genius.
(http://www.mit.edu/~pinker/slate.html)
- The Nurture Assumption, Why Children Turn out the way they do: Parents Matter less than you think and Peers Matter More - Judith Rich Harris This is the book which is packed with all the evidence regarding how the "advice givers" and parenting "experts" have gotten it wrong. Truly a landmark book.
(http://home.att.net/~xchar/tna/)
- One Nation Under Therapy: How the Helping Culture is Eroding Self-Reliance -
Christina Hoff Sommers and Sally Satel These wonderful ladies detail how mental health advice from the world of individual psychotherapy has a deleterious affect on other spheres of life. Especially worrisome is how "therapism" hurts kids.
(http://http://www.onenationundertherapy.com/)
- The War Against Boys - Christine Hoff Sommers This book challenges the often heard assumption that girls have it worse than boys. Boys, as girls, need adults to defend their interests. Unfortunately, supporting and defending boys has not been in vogue.
(http://www.aei.org/scholars/scholarID.56/scholar.asp)
- The Last Normal Child - Lawrence Diller
Diller has lots to say on difficult issues family and physicians face when conforonting the challenges of the modern world.
www.docdiller.com/
- A Good Start in Life: Understanding Your Child's Brain and Behavior from Birth to Age 6 -
Norber and Elinore Herschkowitz This couple has an up to date and balanced look at child development. A good text for parents.
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/News/0409herschkowitzprs.html
- Comfortably Numb, How Psychiatry is Medicating a Nation - Charles Barber This book details how the pharmaceutical industry, inapproriate expansion of the "medicial model" to emotional and behavioral problems and the pharmaceutical industry have led to massive overuse of psychotropic medications.
(http://www.charlesbarberwriting.com/
- Boys Adrift, The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men - Leonard Sax Sax does a great job detailing why many of our boys are struggling. It is politically incorrect to mention that sex (gender) does, in fact, matter.
(http://www.boysadrift.com
Great Reads by Subject:
Parenting:
1,2,3 Magic Effective Discipline for children 2 -12 - Dr Thomas Phalen This is my top book for practical parenting technique. Simple, straightforward and effective.(
http://parent-magic.com/)
Because I Said So! (and many more) - Rosemond Rosemond has many titles. He is witty and on the money. He raises serious chalenges to the "expert" establishment.
(
http://www.rosemond.com/)
The Minds of Boys, Saving our Son from Falling Behind in School and Life - Michael Gurian Gurian details how our societies denial of the nature of boys has caused major problems with our sons. He offers fresh ideas to create a healthy world for them.
(http://www.michaelgurian.com/)
Parenting with Love and Logic - Foster Cline, MD and Jim Fay Cline and Fay have an excellent series on appropriate parenting. They are more detailed and theoretical than 1,2,3 Magic which is practical and technique driven.
(http://www.loveandlogic.com/)
The Nurture Assumption, Why Children Turn out the way they do: Parents Matter less than you think and Peers Matter More - Judith Rich Harris This is the book which is packed with all the evidence regarding how the "advice givers" and parenting "experts" have gotten it wrong. Truly a landmark book.
(http://home.att.net/~xchar/tna/)
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A Good Start in Life: Understanding Your Child's Brain and Behavior from Birth to Age 6 -
Norber and Elinore Herschkowitz This couple has an up to date and balanced look at child development. A good text for parents.
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/News/0409herschkowitzprs.html
The Three-Martini Playdate: A Practical Guide to Happy Parenting - Christie Mellor - This book is full of attitude. It has common sense parenting advice mixed with playful humor.
http://www.christiemellor.com/3martini.html
SOS Help for Parents: A Practical Guide for Handling Complex Behavior Problems
Clearly written and engagingly illustrated guide helps parent communicate effectively and improve their children's behavior. - Lynn Clark Ph.D.
http://www.sosprograms.com/
Straight Talk about Psychiatric Medications for Kids - Wilens, Timothy E. This is an excellent discussion of medications for children and the complex set of risks and benefits. This should be read be any literate parent who is considering medicating their child.
Raising a Child with a High EQ - Lawrence Shapiro, PhD A nice discussion of common sence parenting.
How to Raise an Emotionally Healthy, Happy Child -
Albert Ellis, Ph.D. J. Wolfe Ph.D., and S. Moseley
www.rebt.org/
Managing and Understanding Parental Anger -
Drs. Harriet and I. J. Barrish www.rebt.org/
Surviving and Enjoying Your Adolescent - Drs. Harriet and I.J. Barrish www.rebt.org/
What Growing Up Is All About - Ann Vernon, Ph.D. and Radhi Al-Mabuk, Ph.D. www.rebt.org/
Paranoid Parenting: Why Ignoring the Experts May Be Best for Your Child -
Frank Furedi This book mirrors Fathers Little Helper's sceptacism about the "experts". Worth the read. http://www.frankfuredi.com/
Parenting audio tapes:
- Parenting According to Grandma - John Rosemond (http://www.rosemond.com/)
- Coping With Parenting - Ray DiGiuseppe PhD Ray does a great job of bring up some of the core issues of modern parenting. His clinical wisdom and common sense will help parents lower their anxieties and cope with the struggles. www.rebt.org/
- Coming to Terms with your Parents - Ray DiGiuseppe PhD Ray has another excellent tape here. Finally a psychologist who gets away from parent bashing. This is great for teenagers or adults who are angry and resentful at their parents. In our culture, almost everyone blames their troubles on mom or dad. Ray's tape will help us get along with our imperfect parents and accept responsibility for our own emotional states. www.rebt.org/
Parenting Video Tapes / DVDs
- 1,2,3 Magic Effective Discipline for children 2 -12 - Dr Thomas Phalen
(
http://parent-magic.com/)
The full tape version of 1,2,3 Magic is the easiest way to familiarize
yourself with the best of all discipline guides.
- Assuming the Power of
Parenthood - John Rosemond
http://www.rosemond.com/
- Parenting the Strong-Willed Child - John Rosemond
http://www.rosemond.com/
Gender/ Sex
Marriage / Relationships:
Can Your Relationship Be Saved? Michael Broder, Ph.D.
Perfect book to help people resolve relationship ambivalence. Shows how to rekindle unions that can be saved, and how to part company when that is the better option.www.rebt.org/
Living, Loving and Learning - Leo Buscaglia, Ph.D. Leo believes in the power of touch, the power of love. Upbeat. http://www.buscaglia.com/
Intimate Connections - David Burns, MD
Men are from Mars Women are from Venus - David Gray
A Guide to Successful Marriage - Albert Ellis Ph.D., Robert Harper Ph.D.
What to Do When He Has a Headache - Janet Wolfe Ph.D.
Women Can't Hear What Men Don't Say - Warren Farrell Ph.D. http://www.warrenfarrell.com/
The Myth of Male Power - Warren Feral Ph.D.
http://www.warrenfarrell.com/
Child Abuse/Divorce.
- Insult to Injury, Rethinking our Response to Intimate Abuse - Linda Mills
- No Crueler Tyrannies: Accusations, False Witnesses, and other Terrors of our Times - Diane Rabinowitz
- Fathers Rights: Hard-hitting and Fair Advice for Every Father Involved in a Custody Dispute - Jeffrey M. Leving , Kenneth Dachman, Ph.D.
I am looking for a good book , discussing the negative effects of child protection -- please e-mail me if you know one. Thanks. Fathers Little helpers
Culture:
- Race and Culture - Thomas Sowell
http://www.tsowell.com/
- Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles - Thomas Sowell http://www.tsowell.com/
- Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival of American Community - Robert Putnam Putnam details changes in our society over the last 50+ years and highlights generational change. Putnam documents the importance of social connections.
- No sense of Place, The Impact of Electronic Media on Social Behavior - Joshua Merowitz
- Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity - Lawrence Lessig www.lessig.org/
- The Blank Slate: the Modern Denial of Human Nature - Steven Pinker (http://www.mit.edu/~pinker/slate.html)
Education:
Mental Health:
Depression:
- Feeling Good the New Mood Therapy - David Burns
- Feeling Good Handbook - David Burns
- A Guide to Rational Living - Albert Ellis Ph.D.
- Reason and Emotion in Psychotherapy - Albert Ellis Ph.D.
Depression Audio Tapes
- Coming to Terms with your Past - Ray DiGiuseppe PhD
Schizophrenia:
- Surviving Schizophrenia, A Manual for Families, Consumers, and Providers - E Fuller Torrey, MD
Bipolar:
- An Unquiet Mind - Kay Jamison
- Surviving Manic Depression, A Manual on Bipolar Disorder for Families, Consumers, and Providers - E Fuller Torrey, MD
Anxiety:
- The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook -
Martha Davis Ph.D., Elizabeth Robin, Eshelman, M S.W and Matthew McKay Ph.D.
- The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook - Edmund J. Bourne, Ph.D.
Anger
- Tapes:
What do I do with my Anger, Hold it in or Let it out - Ray DiGuiseppe PhD
www.rebt.org/
- Books:
Managing and Understanding Parental Anger
Drs. Harriet and I. J. Barrish www.rebt.org/
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