Library

Documents, articles, and handouts on Mental Health
topics

The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. ~ William James

No patient will ever recover his health merely from the description of a medicine. ~ Hitopadesa

Documents and information offered here is particularly relevant to my psychotherapy work and to the people involved in it, for whom much of what’s here has been specifically written. Some items are brief summaries, written to provide practical support in daily life. Other items are much more detailed statements, intended to explain important ideas and ways of thinking which support effective psychotherapy and good mental health. The range of topics is fairly broad, and may be expected to become more so, over time, as the number of documents available here increases.

Library documents

The groupings below are offered mostly to assist individuals wanting to quickly get to material most likely to be of interest to them. Other than that, they shouldn’t be taken overly seriously – read what interests you!

For Clients

…material particularly useful to those in psychotherapy.

Forms

…for present and prospective clients.

For Human Services Professionals

…material likely to be useful for human services professionals in general.

Quote library

…a collection of quotes which seems relevant to mental health and psychology issues and topics.

Link library

…quality resources for psychotherapy clients, interested site visitors, and Mental Health Professionals.

Catalog

…two listings of all material in the Library – one alphabetical by title and one by library catalog number.

New to this page is a special section containing documents under development. Accessible now, while I am still working on them, they will be promoted to formal listing in the Library when ready.

Documents under development

Not yet complete, these documents are made available while still under development because one or more individuals need access to them. Since development on them is ongoing, their structure may yet undergo radical revision, before the document is considered complete. Sources of information, notes, and internals links will all typically be anywhere from completely missing to somewhat complete. Be patient, and it will all appear.

Your comment on these
documents, at this incomplete stage, would be particularly welcome!

• Increasing personal productivity – Straightforward approaches to getting more done in your life.
• Increasing physical safety in your life – Adequate physical safety is your birthright. If you feel less safe than you want to be, here are some ways you can do something about it.
• Levels of knowing: A scale for assessing uncertain assertions – Not all assertions are equally true. Here is a categorical scale for assessing the confidence you can have in an assertion.