Author: carlyjs

Book Review: “Reviving Ophelia” by M. Pipher & S. Pipher-Gilliam

By carlyjs in CJ 720 1 comment

In a semi-recent review posted on GoodReads, a user had this to say about the nonfiction book “Reviving Ophelia”: “Girls lose themselves in adolescence just as Ophelia in Hamlet strives to please by changing herself into what she thinks others want… [The key theme of this book is] true self versus false self, dichotomy, and […]

Book Review: “Trauma and Recovery” by Judith Herman

By carlyjs in CJ 725 5 comments

In Judith Herman’s seminal work on the study of pain and suffering, she explains the complexities of how trauma inserts itself into the brain’s function and daily life. The work was originally published in 1992 but has been updated with new findings as recently as 2022, to include conclusions made in the subject and partially […]