by Harper West | Mar 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
If you’d like to learn more about Compassion Focused Therapy, developed by Dr. Paul Gilbert, listen to or read the transcript of this interview on Australian radio of him and fellow compassion researcher Dr. James...
by Harper West | Feb 6, 2019 | The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump, Uncategorized
I predicted well before the election that Donald J. Trump’s immoral behaviors would never improve, and would instead worsen. I knew that where there was smoke (aka sexual assault, racism, and links to Russian mobsters) there would be fire. And, boy, do we have a fire....
by Harper West | Feb 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
Politics is all about compromise, which means both sides may not always get 100 percent of what they want. But what will happen when President Donald Trump does not get his way, perhaps when his spurious border wall is not approved by Congress? My prediction is that...
by Harper West | Jan 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
Just in time for those waning New Year’s Resolutions, is an amazing list of resources from The New York Times to improve your emotional and social functioning. Designed to be helpful for teachers to work with children, many of the articles are just as applicable to...
by Harper West | Sep 26, 2018 | The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump, Uncategorized
With the tsunami of evidence of Donald Trump’s dangerous mental instability crashing daily into my news feed, my frustration at the lack of action by members of Congress and the Cabinet mounts to a level of high urgency. Those who dismiss or downplay Trump’s cruelty,...
by Harper West | Jan 4, 2017 | Accountability, Parenting, Shame, Uncategorized
This excellent infographic addresses the very real epidemic of helicopter parenting. I see this regularly in therapy sessions with children, especially teens and young adults. They often arrive with “depression” or over-regulated emotions, a lack of...
