Mah: 97 books

Why a series of primers?These primers provide in depth coverage of the nested form constructs in the book: How to Define the Word “Religion”.Primers 1 and 2 developed the category-based nested forms discussed in “the meaning underlying the word ‘religion’”.The next several primers address...

Lily Tsang met her husband-to-be Kyle when they were both struggling artists. Eight years later, they are both famous in their fields, but now Kyle struggles with what might be fleeting success. He's bringing the problems with his stress and ego into their marriage. Lily's response is to...

"Mine, Yours, and Ours, Addiction and Compulsivity in Couples and Couple Therapy" demonstrates how the therapist who tries to choose to not work with clients or couples with addiction and compulsivity issues cannot conduct therapy with integrity. As individuals, couples, and family enter...

"Ouch! Where'd that come from?! The Borderline in Couples and Couple Therapy" addresses how the couple with a partner with borderline personality disorder challenges the therapeutic relationship in couple therapy as borderline issues and behaviors inevitably erupt simultaneously at home...

Philosopher Roger Teichmann comments on an essay that appears in a recent compilation by philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe. Ancombe’s essay is entitled, “A Theory of Meaning?” It concerns Wittgenstein. Wittgenstein is a philosopher who writes in aphorisms. One goes like this: “A sound is an expression...

Why a series of primers?These primers provide in depth coverage of the nested form constructs in the book: How to Define the Word “Religion”.Primers 1 and 2 developed the category-based nested forms discussed in “the meaning underlying the word ‘religion’”.The next several primer address...

Sebastian Izquierdo published his treatise, The Lighthouse of the Sciences, in 1659. Disputation 17 concerns universals. Daniel Novotny is a Professor at the University of South Bohemia. He published Ens Rationis: From Suarez to Caramuel, which I commented on. His work succinctly summarizes the propositions...

In February 2018, Sasha Newell, Associate Professor in Anthropology at the Free University of Brussells, publishes an article that marks the changing of the guard. Newell aims to mesh affective theory and the new materialism with classic symbolic anthropology. The hybrid should overcome the weaknesses...

Modernism belongs to the Age of Ideas. According to John Deely, two figures mark the turning point from the Latin Age to the Age of Ideas. They are Rene Descartes, pointing the way to the Age of Ideas, and John Poinsot, arriving at the triadic nature of the sign relation. The time is 1650 AD.These...

“Out of the Developmental Chrysalis in Intimacy and Relationship Therapy.” Developmental theories offers excellent guidance for assessment, diagnosis, and therapy for adult individuals especially with intimacy and relationship challenges. Expansion of the focus on developmental theories beyond...

Individuals with dependent personality disorder or histrionic personality disorder create relationships that fundamentally challenge their partners, and when present in couple therapy, challenge the therapist. Despite enthusiastic participation in couple therapy, both dependent and histrionic behavior...

“Born that Way, Temperamental Challenges in Relationships and Therapy.” Temperament, which is a non-experiential characteristic from genetic inheritance interacts with environmental experiences such as family and culture. Therapists will see how in-born temperament influence childhood attachment...

"Ghosts and Guests of Family Past in Relationships and Therapy." Individuals carry expectations, experiences, models, and values of variable functionality that profoundly affect intimacy and relationships. Negative experiences can become neurotic filters that alter perceptions and interpretations...

"Roles, Rigidity, Repair, and Renovation in Relationships and Therapy." Structural theory and therapy principles are applicable not merely with the family, but also applicable to the couple and other relationships, as well as for individual intrapsychic issues among various personas, the ego, id,...