Bill Press Pod Interview on How Trump’s Mental State Affects Us All
I'm pleased to announce that I've been interviewed by Bill Press on his podcast. The topic is Trump's antisocial tendencies and how they affect the mental health of all of us. I'm joined by Jennifer Panning, PsyD, one of my co-authors in "The Dangerous Case of...
Antisocial Trump Harms Our Prosocial Mental Wellbeing
I am being interviewed tomorrow for the “Bill Press Pod” with Jennifer Panning, PsyD, one of my co-authors in The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump. The topic is the effect of Donald Trump on the mental health of all of us. So I might as well blog about it, too! It...
Review (Part 3): Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man, by Mary L. Trump, PhD (Simon & Schuster, 2020)
Abusive Parents Create Abusive Children As I’ve written in Part 1 and Part 2 of this review, and in numerous other blogs, Other-Blamers are essentially abusive partners who engage in relationships with antisocial emotions and traits of self-interest, rather than...
Review (Part 2): Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man, by Mary L. Trump, PhD
Lack of Accountability As Core of a Toxic Family System As I noted in Part 1 of this extended review, I prefer a case formulation for Donald Trump and those like him, focusing on his Other-Blamer behaviors as evidence of deep...
Review (Part 1): “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man,” by Mary L. Trump, PhD
Review: Too Much and Never Enough, by Mary L. Trump, PhD, Part 1
Journal Article: Stories of Ethical Activism in the Age of Trump
I am proud to announce that a Special Edition of the Journal of Humanistic Psychology has been published and I was lead editor and a contributor. The journal is titled "Addressing the Elephant in the Room: Stories of Ethical Activism in the Age of Trump." Thanks to my...
Customize Your Coping Skills During a High-stress Pandemic
Many experts are writing blogs and doing videos on how to improve your coping skills during a high-stress pandemic, such as the situation we are in. One of the most comprehensive and informative I’ve seen is by author Hillary Jacobs Hendel, and despite the title, it...
Video panel on Understanding Trump’s Abusive Behavior in the Time of Pandemic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifaddKoicd8&feature=youtu.be Is America In an Abusive Relationship with Trump? I say yes, of course, because this is exactly what I wrote about in my chapter in "The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 37 Psychiatrists and Mental Health...
“Don’t Touch your Face”: Practical Ways to Practice Mindfulness
Oops! I did it again! “Don’t touch your face” is one of the important public health advisements provided to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Germs on the hands can easily be transmitted to the internal body through contact with the more permeable mucous membranes of...
A Response to ‘The Strange Case of Donald J. Trump: A Psychological Reckoning’
A psychologist from Northwestern University, Dan P. McAdams, has written a book called ‘The Strange Case of Donald J. Trump: A Psychological Reckoning’, which was reviewed by the university’s website. McAdams is an advocate of what he calls a “narrative approach to...