Influences

Here’s a brief listing of some my influences, in no particular order. These books and people have shaped who I am as both a person and therapist.

Books

The Holographic Universe, by Michael Talbot

The Denial of Death, by Ernest Becker

Escape from Freedom, by Erich Fromm

The Flight of the Eagle, by J. Krishnamurti

Letters to a Young Poet, by Rainer Maria Rilke

The Duino Elegies, by Rainer Maria Rilke

A Course in Miracles

The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake

A Symphony of Love: Selections of Dr. Kenneth Wapnick’s Writings: Autobiographies, Poetry, Short Stories, and Articles

Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche

The Path to No-Self by Bernadette Roberts

Meister Eckhart: A Modern Translation, translated by Raymond Blakney

The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, translated by Swami Nikhilananda

I Am That: Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, translated by Maurice Frydman, et. al

Other significant influences on my therapeutic work: