Borderline Personality Disorder: New Perspectives on an Overused and Stigmatizing Diagnosis (Co-authored with Jacqueline Simon Gunn)

This is a remarkable book, both erudite and personal. The authors take us beyond the medical label to the inner world of individuals suffering from BPD. We are able to witness, up close and personal, the genesis and development of an ego traumatized by abandonment, wounded by relational failures, and torn between the intense longing for intimacy and uncontrollable anger towards the other. The take-home message of this book is that in spite of the challenges of treating a long untreated trauma, healing can still occur, only if a therapist is able to stick to clients' experiences and stay engaged with authentic empathy, even when he becomes the target of therapeutic rage. I highly recommend this book to both novice and seasoned psychotherapists.

-Paul T. P. Wong, PhD, C.Psych, President of the International Network on Personal Meaning

Elements of Reparation: Truth, Faith, & Transformation in the Works of Heidegger, Bion, and Beyond

Brent Potter is one of the few psychologists who understands that the relationship between ancient Greek wisdom and modern empiricism is harmonious, provided one has sufficient sensitivity to understand the human condition without being blinded by the distracting flashes of come-and-go data and Big Pharma taxonomy.

-Adrian Laing, author of R.D. Laing: A Life and Rehab Blues: A Novel --This text refers to the hardcover edition.

Elements of Reparation: Truth, Faith, & Transformation in the Works of Heidegger, Bion, and Beyond

In Elements of Reparation, Brent Potter covers a huge psychological landscape, from Greek mythology, Freud and Jung, to Heidegger and Bion. He skillfully leads readers through the labyrinth of complex theoretical concepts and ambiguous psychological terms, to shed light on the ageless themes of truth, faith, and transformation. More importantly, he convincingly shows us that these existential phenomenological processes can heal a psyche traumatized by both the inherent condition of life and the contemporary technological culture. For all those who are struggling with suffering and trauma and disappointed in current mental health care, this book offers a very hopeful alternative of healing through openness to and acceptance of life in all its mystery. I highly recommend this book to all mental health professionals.

-Paul T. P. Wong, PhD, Psych. Adjunct Professor

Element of Reparation: Truth, Faith, & Transformation in the Works of Heidegger, Bion, and Beyond

Searching, penetrating, searing, enriching - this is a book filled with rich discussions exploring our need to damage ourselves and others and our need to repair, transcend, heal, and grow. Brent Potter touches the pulse of our existence, delineates what we are up against, and portrays a creative spirit working on the edge of the possible.

-Michael Eigen, PhD, author of Contact with the Depths, The Birth of Experience, and Faith