Saul Levine M.D.

About

Saul Levine M.D., is Professor Emeritus in Psychiatry at the University of California at San Diego. He is the author of many professional articles as well as books for the public, including Radical Departures: Desperate Detours to Growing Up; Dear Doctor: Sensitive Answers to Troubling Questions of Teenagers; Tell Me It's Only a Phase: A Guide for Parents of Teenagers; Phoenix from the Ashes: Rebuilding Shattered Lives; Against Terrible Odds: Lessons in Resilience from Children; and most recently, Our Emotional Footprint: Ordinary People and Their Extra-Ordinary Lives.

His research and clinical interests include "Our Emotional Footprint", ie the effects we have on others; Vicissitudes/changes/dramas in all lives; highs and lows, love and losses, setbacks and successes in all our lives; Intense belief systems and cults; Human Resilience; The "Four B's: Being, Belonging, Believing and Benevolence", or how we authentically evaluate our own lives; the capacity of humans to be compassionate, inspiring, benevolent, loving, and, unfortunately our darker tendencies of aggression, hate and violence.

Books by Saul Levine M.D.

Recent Posts

Hope: A Human Need and a Powerful Force

In times of uncertainty, our base levels of anxiety and reactivity are high, but our human propensity to hope can save us.

Are You Religious or Spiritual? Both or Neither?

Archeological evidence has shown that humans have always been on a quest to understand our origins and the meanings attached to our complicated lives, just as we are now..

Is it Loneliness or "Only-ness"?

As a little girl, our daughter said she felt "only," as she felt this word better described her feelings than the word "lonely," to convey its isolation, sadness and solitude.

The Delights and Disturbances of Dreams

We often try to interpret the meanings of our dreams. Dreams can be vivid and memorable, delightful or disturbing—and can enrich our lives.

Stories of Our Lives and 'The Human Condition'

Is "the human condition" a curse that bedevils us or a blessing bestowed upon us? Humans have considerable say in how their life stories unfold, but we need each other.

How to Live With Uncertainty

We live with uncertainties about our health and futures personally and with severe global crises. We have the need and intelligence to overcome, we need the impetus and motivation.

Cognitive Dissonance: True Lies and False Truths

In addition to pandemic and global warming, people are psychologically pressured by intense conflicts about what is true or factual versus what is based on disinformation and lies.

It Is The Best of Times, It Is The Worst of Times

In spite of psychological stressors and social challenges, we have capacities to achieve senses of Being, Belonging, Believing and Benevolence, and a Positive Emotional Footprint.

A Domestic Corps: Inspiring Our Youth, Enhancing Our Country

A year-long Domestic Corps experience could be a "win-win" for post-high school adolescents and young adults while contributing to the social and infrastructure of the country.

A Sense of Awe, and "Peak Experiences"

Most people can recall at least one extremely intense event in their lives that involved transitory but profound emotional, perceptual, and cognitive alterations.