by Harper West | Nov 30, 2020 | Accountability, Narcissist, Other-Blamer, Trump
I know, know. I headlined my previous blog “My Last (?) Blog about Trump.” And here I am writing about him again. My aim had been to distance myself from His Toxic-ness and reclaim my life. But this topic has me outraged and so here I am again writing about our...
by Harper West | Mar 24, 2020 | Accountability, Trump
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...
by Harper West | Oct 22, 2017 | Accountability, The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump
The New York Times “Weekend Briefing” email today starts by asking: “[H]ow did President Trump’s condolence call to the widow of Sgt. La David Johnson go so far off the rails? The administration has been swept up into a feud that pits Mr. Trump and his chief of staff,...
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...
by Harper West | Nov 20, 2016 | Accountability, DSM, Other-Blamer, Shame, Uncategorized
Followers of Donald J. Trump often exclaim they like him because “he says it like it is“ and he is against “political correctness.” Certainly the content of Trump’s outspokenness confirms this, as his statements during the campaign were often bigoted, incited hate and...
by Harper West | Jun 6, 2016 | Accountability, Other-Blamer, Uncategorized
Brock Allen Turner was convicted of raping an unconscious young woman behind a Dumpster, and this white college athlete only received 6 months in jail, rather than the 14-year maximum sentence he could have received. Seems as if the judge agreed with the letter...