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 Kirby.
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 | Narcissist, Trump, 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 | 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 | Sep 13, 2016 | DSM, Uncategorized
I heard an NPR Snap Judgment segment today called “Crash and Burn” that exposed the complete fallacy of the current psychiatric diagnosis system enshrined in the DSM-5 or Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. It was a classic case of what is wrong...
by Harper West | Jun 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
When one or both members of a relationship have a lack of assertiveness it can lead to relationship problems. In the short term, not speaking up may feel like a good solution. Unassertive people have good intentions: “If I don’t say anything negative or speak up, it...
