Mike

I've been recommended the book "Focusing" before, so you've pushed
me over the edge and I think I'll purchase it.

In your study of Energy Psychology, do you use tapping often? If
so, how much prep work do you do in terms of reversing negatives,
energy balancing, etc?

-Chris

PS: I believe a great great book for any man to read is "Raising
Cain," which hits home on a lot of developmental issues.

--- In nathaniel_branden@yahoogroups.com, Mike Rael <mikesrael3@...>
wrote:
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> Hi Joseph,
> The author I come to comfortingly over time is George Weinberg.
Try "Self-Creation" or "The Action approach" for self-help that is
helpful. He has written other books about determinism, issues in
being a therapist, and his analysis of the really tough cases.
Nothing he says is in conflict with Branden's work if you use common
sense when there seems a contradiction.
> Another fine work is "Focusing" by Eugene Gendlin. He focuses on
what he calls the "felt sense." I've used that idea with the energy
psychology word "The Promise of Energy Psychology" edited by
Feinstein to create some interesting quick inroads on emotional
blocks to eating appropriately.
> There's Masters and Johnson in issues of sexuality.
> Then there's "How To Talk So Kids Will Listen And Listen So
Kids Will Talk." I forget the authors but never the book!
> It wouldn't hurt to check out Freud's Introductory Lectures.
You have to translate much of the language every page or so, because
he's a determinist. But it's still worth reading. An incredible
array of rules he discovered!
>
> Have fun,
> Mike
>
> Joseph <objectivistphilosopher@...>
wrote: I've read several of
Branden's books and essays, and he has been
> incredibly influential in my study of psychology. I do want to
branch
> out and study some other authors in the area of self-esteem, but
there
> are so many choices that it would require much energy and more
> expertise than I possess to read enough of them all to be able to
> distinguish between the good and the bad. Which other authors can
you
> recommend as sound in the area of self-esteem or self-help?
>
> - Joe
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