Brent Potter

http://www.facebook.com/drbrentpotter

Dr. Brent Potter Ph.D., LMHC, CMHS, MMHS is a psychotherapist with 20 years of direct clinical service. He is the Director for the Society for Laingian Studies and the R. D. Laing Institute. Dr. Potter is the author of numerous articles whose topics include innovative and effective mental healthcare models, analytical psychology, humanistic psychology, existential-phenomenology, psychoanalysis, the psychotic register of the mind, character and personality disorders, chemical dependency and child/adolescent mental health concerns.

He is the author of Elements of Self-Destruction, Borderline Personality Disorder: New Perspectives on a Stigmatizing and Overused Diagnosis, and Elements of Reparation: Truth, Faith, and Transformation in the Works of Heidegger, Bion, and Beyond.

Books by Brent Potter

Image of Elements of Self-Destruction
Image of Borderline Personality Disorder: New Perspectives on a Stigmatizing and Overused Diagnosis (Practical and Applied Psychology)
Image of Elements of Reparation: Truth, Faith, and Transformation in the Works of Heidegger, Bion, and Beyond

Book Reviews by Brent Potter

Image of The New Politics of Experience and The Bitter Herbs
Author(s):
Ron Roberts
Genre(s):
Psychology

The New Politics of Experience and the Bitter Herbs

May 14, 2015
Reviewed by: 
Brent Potter

The New Politics of Experience and the Bitter Herbs by Theodor Itten and Ron Roberts is a bold challenge and daring call.

Read Book Review >>
Image of Creatures of a Day
Author(s):
Irvin D. Yalom
Genre(s):
Psychoanalysis

Creatures of a Day: And Other Tales of Psychotherapy

May 5, 2015
Reviewed by: 
Brent Potter

“a collection of tightly written and deeply moving testaments to the brevity of life and the existential imperative to live it well.”

Read Book Review >>
Image of The OPA! Way: Finding Joy & Meaning in Everyday Life & Work
Author(s):
Elaine Dundon
Genre(s):
Personal Growth

The OPA! Way: Finding Joy & Meaning in Everyday Life & Work

November 17, 2014
Reviewed by: 
Brent Potter

“The OPA! Way facilitates our discovering again, awakening, the psyche of our own personal and collective psychology amidst the business of today’s life.

Read Book Review >>
Image of A Critical History and Philosophy of Psychology: Diversity of Context, Thought, and Practice
Author(s):
Richard T. G. Walsh
Genre(s):
Psychology

A Critical History and Philosophy of Psychology: Diversity of Context, Thought, and Practice

July 5, 2014
Reviewed by: 
Brent Potter

“The text encourages the reader in critical thinking about the topics raised—whether they be thematic, case studies, theoretical, or simply thought experiments—a seemingly unwieldy amount o

Read Book Review >>
Image of The Bloomsbury Companion to Heidegger (Bloomsbury Companions)
Editor(s):
Francois Raffoul, Eric Nelson
Genre(s):
Philosophy

The Bloomsbury Companion to Heidegger

December 12, 2013
Reviewed by: 
Brent Potter

“Tell me how you read and I'll tell you who you are.” Martin Heidegger said these words with conviction.

Read Book Review >>
Image of The Rise of the Vampire
Author(s):
Eric Butler
Genre(s):
Literary Nonfiction, Literary Nonfiction, Literary Nonfiction, Literary Nonfiction

The Rise of the Vampire

September 17, 2013
Reviewed by: 
Brent Potter

“Mr. Butler is to be applauded.”

Read Book Review >>
Image of The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age
Author(s):
Catherine Steiner-Adair, Teresa H. Barker
Genre(s):
Political & Social Science

The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age

August 21, 2013
Reviewed by: 
Brent Potter

In her insightful and absorbing new book Catherin Steiner-Adair exposes how the Internet and technology are disintegrating family systems.

Read Book Review >>