Raise Your Right Hand Against Fear: Extend the Other in Compassion

by Sheldon B. Kopp

A guide to confronting and managing fear explores the question of when to put fears aside and push on, the value of some fears, sharing fears with loved ones, and the relief of disclosing fear

Genres: Psychology

160 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Sheldon Bernard Kopp (29 March 1929 – 29 March 1999) was a psychotherapist and author, based in Washington, D.C. He was born in New York City, and received his PhD from the New School for Social Research. In addition to his private practice, he served as a Psychotherapy Supervisor for the Pastoral Counselling and Consultation Centres in Washington. He died of cardiac arrhythmia and pneumonia. He is also popular for his quotes. One of them is, "All of the significant battles are waged within the self."

Reviews

[Jake Jeffries · Rating 5 out of 5]

I discovered Sheldon Kopp via the TV show Fringe when they featured his book: If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him: The Pilgrimage Of Psychotherapy. That book was awesome and got me interested in checking out his other works. Words cannot express how grateful I am for the help that If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him: The Pilgrimage Of Psychotherapy has given me and for the help that this book has given me. In my opinion his works should be required reading in place of some of the other books on those lists. These books are fantastic if you are looking into exploring and deepening the understanding of the self. Unfortunately a lot of Sheldon Kopp's works are not currently available for e-readers. I intend to do some research and find out why. Luckily, I have managed to track down most of his bibliography and bought them fairly inexpensively from third-party sellers on Amazon.

[Judy · Rating 4 out of 5]

"We each have our own demons to fear."
Talking out our dreams and fantasies enables us to recover lost memories and reshape our personalities. Facing what we fear keeps us safe from neurotic harm'" 38
" We are all open to uninvited targeting by impersonal evil, not because some deadly danger bears our name, but only because it is addressed: to whom it may concern. "