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Trauma
Is There a Link Between White Supremacy and Childhood Trauma?

Jeffrey B. Rubin Ph.D. on April 8, 2021

David Lane, a domestic terrorist and neo-Nazi, experienced terrible childhood abuse at the hands of his father. Could such a traumatic experience shape his (and others') hateful views?

David Lane, a domestic terrorist and neo-Nazi, experienced terrible childhood abuse at the hands of his father. Could such a traumatic experience shape his (and others') hateful views?

Meditation
Meditative Psychotherapy

Jeffrey B. Rubin Ph.D. on January 10, 2013

One of the leading integrators of the western psychotherapeutic and eastern meditative traditions shows how the judicious blending of meditation and psychotherapy makes each richer than if pursued alone.

One of the leading integrators of the western psychotherapeutic and eastern meditative traditions shows how the judicious blending of meditation and psychotherapy makes each richer than if pursued alone.

Spirituality
Doing Self Better

Jeffrey B. Rubin Ph.D. on July 25, 2012

Eliminating selfish behaviors is an important part of most religious ethics. Many religions assume that when human beings are left to their own devices, they will be destructively egotistical—even evil. In the face of this spiritual and religious teachings often recommend and promote selflessness.

Eliminating selfish behaviors is an important part of most religious ethics. Many religions assume that when human beings are left to their own devices, they will be destructively egotistical—even evil. In the face of this spiritual and religious teachings often recommend and promote selflessness.

Freudian Psychology
It Would Be a Pity to Waste a Good Crisis

Jeffrey B. Rubin Ph.D. on May 18, 2012

A young mother I know called me the other day in great distress. Through her tears I learned that she felt humiliated in front of her son’s teachers and the other mothers at a preschool Mother’s Day function when her son acted more rambunctiously than his sedate classmates.

A young mother I know called me the other day in great distress. Through her tears I learned that she felt humiliated in front of her son’s teachers and the other mothers at a preschool Mother’s Day function when her son acted more rambunctiously than his sedate classmates.

Freudian Psychology
The Real Oedipal Complex

Jeffrey B. Rubin Ph.D. on May 1, 2012

A new world opens up when we focus on the psychological implications of Sophocles’ haunting story rather than on Freud’s theory—or his errors.

A new world opens up when we focus on the psychological implications of Sophocles’ haunting story rather than on Freud’s theory—or his errors.