These are very good recommendations. Clearly you (Stefan) can distinguish people with insight from grifters.
Jeepers, I sound like a bot. But no, seriously.
Readers: Work Through This List. Especially if you are still young. Your mind will be stretched and exercised in all sorts of ways you never knew existed.
And take Stefan's (actually, Richard Feynman's) criterion to heart: if someone does not, cannot, explain what they think in plain language, they do not understand what they are talking about. Ignore them and move on. Your time on this earth is short.
(About me: I'm schizoid, so Jung and McWilliams are of especial relevance to me. Other people may have their own favorites.)
This is a great list! I'm excited to dig more into Maslow in particular; the topic of the "peak experiences" book is a perennial grappling opponent for me. And I was hoping you'd mention Nancy McWilliams. She's the clearest contemporary voice on psychodynamics that I've found and I really appreciate her conversational style. Similarly, happy to see a TLP shout-out. I always recommend 'Funeral' and that older post about the white pumps; I think they both communicate his approach to narcissism really well. If somebody scoffs at blog posts included on a book list, first of all, don't, and second, I found 'Watch What You Hear' to be an accessible entry into his work that is more supported by fiction.
When I come across people writing about these topics I always wonder what they do for a living. I see you're a behavioral scientist. Would you be willing to share what degree you have? I ask because I wonder if I'm in the wrong spot at times (school psychology graduate student), when there seems to be roles like yours where your interests seem to align closely with your work.
i have a Msc in Behavioural Science and Bsc in Psych, but truthfully the biggest benefit that's given me is just the credentials that helps get in the door, which is a not good equilibrium
Thank you SK!
These are very good recommendations. Clearly you (Stefan) can distinguish people with insight from grifters.
Jeepers, I sound like a bot. But no, seriously.
Readers: Work Through This List. Especially if you are still young. Your mind will be stretched and exercised in all sorts of ways you never knew existed.
And take Stefan's (actually, Richard Feynman's) criterion to heart: if someone does not, cannot, explain what they think in plain language, they do not understand what they are talking about. Ignore them and move on. Your time on this earth is short.
(About me: I'm schizoid, so Jung and McWilliams are of especial relevance to me. Other people may have their own favorites.)
This is a great list! I'm excited to dig more into Maslow in particular; the topic of the "peak experiences" book is a perennial grappling opponent for me. And I was hoping you'd mention Nancy McWilliams. She's the clearest contemporary voice on psychodynamics that I've found and I really appreciate her conversational style. Similarly, happy to see a TLP shout-out. I always recommend 'Funeral' and that older post about the white pumps; I think they both communicate his approach to narcissism really well. If somebody scoffs at blog posts included on a book list, first of all, don't, and second, I found 'Watch What You Hear' to be an accessible entry into his work that is more supported by fiction.
Bought all the books, except for The Red Book (expensive!) and Sadly, Porn (already have it).
These are amazing! Would you recommend any book by feminists who are/were also psychologists?
Great list! And not only because I have read and learned much from some of these, but also because I have not read some and need to!
This is a great list. I read May’s Man’s search for himself when I started graduate school and it was formative in shaping my view of psychopathology.
Added a lot of these to my to-read list.
When I come across people writing about these topics I always wonder what they do for a living. I see you're a behavioral scientist. Would you be willing to share what degree you have? I ask because I wonder if I'm in the wrong spot at times (school psychology graduate student), when there seems to be roles like yours where your interests seem to align closely with your work.
i have a Msc in Behavioural Science and Bsc in Psych, but truthfully the biggest benefit that's given me is just the credentials that helps get in the door, which is a not good equilibrium