It was always my intent to incorporate theatre and film reviews to Read House Review. While I could go back and begin with my very first film experiences as a child – which are already covered in my original teaching philosophy – or my first theatre experience with UCSB’s She Stoops To Conquer, I decidedContinue reading “California State University Dominguez Hills’ R+J (2023)”
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Nicole LePera’s How To Do The Work
Instead of listening to the body – after all, symptoms are it’s way of communicating with us – we seek to silence it. How To Do The Work seemed to me like New-Age Hippy psychology. I have spent the last few years really critically reviewing contemporary psychology trends, so I expected a lot of thisContinue reading “Nicole LePera’s How To Do The Work”
Lindsay C. Gibson’s Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents
The ability to feel mixed emotions is a sign of maturity. I’m sure that I’ve read Lindsay Gibson’s Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents twice now. Many of the trauma books explain very similar concepts. Gibson is particularly good at providing facts and details. Due to current personal reasons, I am finding it challenging toContinue reading “Lindsay C. Gibson’s Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents”
Shahida Arabi’s The Highly Sensitive Person’s Guide to Dealing with Toxic People
“I’ve learned that toxic people and narcissists find it quite easy to convince a highly empathic and conscientious person that they are paranoid, losing it, or just “over-reacting” when being manipulated. Therefore, these are the people who are targeted, because they can be conditioned to doubt themselves. Shahida Arabi’s The Highly Sensitive Person’s Guide toContinue reading “Shahida Arabi’s The Highly Sensitive Person’s Guide to Dealing with Toxic People”
Collective Trauma, Collective Healing
Jack Saul’s Collective Trauma and Collective Healing aims to give health professionals – and anyone really – an insight into how to create community based assistance programs after traumatic events. Since I work in the English education field, it’s a little outside of my area of specialization. Yet, I read this on the sheer respectContinue reading “Collective Trauma, Collective Healing”
Bessel Van Der Kolk’s The Body Keeps The Score
I have to say that I really liked this book. For those who have experienced some serious trauma, this one’s for you, your journey to self-healing if you don’t know where to start. It focuses on trauma and the responses the body has naturally. Bessel Van Der Kolk uses some real examples such as variousContinue reading “Bessel Van Der Kolk’s The Body Keeps The Score”
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