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Full-Text Articles in Psychology
Carceral Liberalism: Feminist Voices Against State Violence, Andrea Michaels
Carceral Liberalism: Feminist Voices Against State Violence, Andrea Michaels
Feminist Pedagogy
The following book review of Shreerekha Pillai’s Carceral Liberalism: Feminist Voices against State Violence (2023) is an expansive and timely collection of essays on the carceral state in its implications for feminist educators. This review focuses on the connections and connectivity of two essays in the collection that attempt to address a minor examination of the person as political.
Book Review: The Less People Know About Us, Tiyani Rodrigo
Book Review: The Less People Know About Us, Tiyani Rodrigo
Journal of Financial Therapy
The Less People Know about Us is an autobiographical book written by Axton Betz-Hamilton. The book focuses on her own experiences of child identity theft and the elder financial exploitation perpetrated by a loved one. Inspired by this experience, Dr. Betz-Hamilton went on to receive a Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies and has since dedicated her research to the area of child identity theft. This book review evaluates the organization of the book exploring the usability of the book for practitioners in the field of financial therapy. The Less People Know about Us was enjoyable to read due …
Book Review: Giuseppe T. Cirella’S (Ed.), Sustainable Human-Nature Relations: Environmental Scholarship, Economic Evaluation, Urban Strategies. (Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd., 2020), Editorial Board
The International Journal of Ecopsychology (IJE)
No abstract provided.
Book Review - Drive: The Truth About What Motivates Us, Wyatt Pagano
Book Review - Drive: The Truth About What Motivates Us, Wyatt Pagano
Marriott Student Review
This is a book review of Drive: The Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink.
Book Review: Legacy, Jackie Phillips
Book Review: Legacy, Jackie Phillips
Journal of Financial Therapy
Legacy: The Hidden Keys to Optimizing Your Family Wealth Decisions provides insightful, practical advice for leaving a legacy and making decisions. The book provides real-life examples of how individuals can discover and secure the “whys” needed for themselves when making decisions. It also provides questions and steps that financial advisors can take to get their clients to identify their values and think about how their decisions can support said values in the long-run.
Book Review: Information Literacy In The Workplace, Lore Guilmartin
Book Review: Information Literacy In The Workplace, Lore Guilmartin
Communications in Information Literacy
No abstract provided.
Book Review: The Financial Diaries, Barbara O'Neill
Book Review: The Financial Diaries, Barbara O'Neill
Journal of Financial Therapy
Researchers and practitioners will gain valuable insights into the financial insecurity experienced by many American families after reading this 233-page book by Jonathan Morduch and Rachel Schneider. Morduch is a professor at NYU and Schneider is senior vice president at the Center for Financial Services Innovation. The meticulously referenced book (46 pages are notes and a bibliography) describes a study of family finances.
Book Review: Financial Counseling, Timi Jorgensen
Book Review: Financial Counseling, Timi Jorgensen
Journal of Financial Therapy
This full-service book provides a historically-situated, systemic introduction of the financial counseling profession and an overview of the financial counseling process. The 14 chapters are a compilation of articles written by 26 of the best minds in financial counseling, therapy, planning, as well as psychology and consumer economics. These experts in practice, education, and research take turns chiming in on poignant topics that range from the history of the profession to client communication, and from self-care for counselors to theoretical and practical tips. This book review overviews highlights of this book.
Book Review: The Seven Principles For Making Marriage Work, Neal Van Zutphen
Book Review: The Seven Principles For Making Marriage Work, Neal Van Zutphen
Journal of Financial Therapy
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work is a relationship self-help book for individuals who have chosen to be in a relationship and also those who aspire to be in a relationship. This book has proven helpful to those in relationship counseling and coaching professions as well. The book covers why marriages work and why they fail. The seven principles provide the roadmap to ways of being together and methods for resolving conflicts and solving problems, including money.
What It's Worth: Strengthening The Financial Future Of Families, Communities And The Nation, Cherie Stueve
What It's Worth: Strengthening The Financial Future Of Families, Communities And The Nation, Cherie Stueve
Journal of Financial Therapy
This book overviews the financial challenges of vulnerable Americans and creative programs that look beyond income as a metric of financial health is divided into four sections. The first section, “Where We Are,” describes the current financial statistics of households by demographic and economic era. The second (and largest) section, “Why Financial Well-Being Matters for All,” is broken into four topics: the economy, financial services system, and community; employment and business; health and social services; and education. Each illustrates the strong role financial well-being plays in other systems at the individual and community level.
Book Review: The Little Book Of Behavioral Investing, Nadia Bahadori
Book Review: The Little Book Of Behavioral Investing, Nadia Bahadori
Journal of Financial Therapy
The Little Book of Behavioral Investing: How Not to Be Your Own Worst Enemy, written by James Montier provides his readers with 16 chapters of prevalent behavioral challenges and mental mistakes that are commonly experienced by everyday investors.
Animal Welfare And Animal Rights, M.E. Rolle
Animal Welfare And Animal Rights, M.E. Rolle
Animal Sentience
This overview of Broom’s book, Sentience and Animal Welfare (2014), considers the role the book could play in the animal rights debate. In a thoroughly researched and objectively presented text, Broom lays out information that could place doubt in the minds of decision-makers. By highlighting not just the ways animals resemble humans, but also the ways humans resemble animals, Broom shines a light on a solidly grey area in the animal rights debate.
Lean In: Women, Work, And The Will To Lead, Amanda Blanco
Lean In: Women, Work, And The Will To Lead, Amanda Blanco
Journal of Financial Therapy
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead is a self-proclaimed “sort of feminist manifesto” written to empower women and men. Sandberg gives insight into how to overcome and help others overcome the internal and external obstacles that may hinder success. This book is recommended for women in the financial services field, as women are underrepresented in certain segments of financial services.
Book Review: It's Not You, It's The Dishes: How To Minimize Conflict And Maximize Happiness In Your Relationship, Derek Lawson
Book Review: It's Not You, It's The Dishes: How To Minimize Conflict And Maximize Happiness In Your Relationship, Derek Lawson
Journal of Financial Therapy
It’s Not You, It’s The Dishes brings economic principles and theory into the married life of couples. The authors simplify economics by providing fundamental concepts while removing technical jargon in a funny, yet intuitive way. Readers are introduced to the basics of comparative advantage, game theory, and eight other economic principles, all while learning lessons on how to resourcefully allocate their limited units of time, money, and energy to yield a better return on their biggest investment of their lives, their marriage. At its core, this is a self-help book aimed at married couples. Nevertheless, financial professionals and academics may …
Book Review: How To Give Financial Advice To Couples, Alycia Degraff, D. Bruce Ross
Book Review: How To Give Financial Advice To Couples, Alycia Degraff, D. Bruce Ross
Journal of Financial Therapy
How to Give Financial Advice to Couples is a financial advisor’s must-read text. Kingsbury allows the reader to become familiar with the daunting area of couple dynamics in this unintimidating and easy read.
Review: The Body In The Reservoir: Murder And Sensationalism In The South, April Renfroe-Warren
Review: The Body In The Reservoir: Murder And Sensationalism In The South, April Renfroe-Warren
Georgia Library Quarterly
Review of the non-fiction book "The Body in the Reservoir: Murder and Sensationalism in the South," by Michael Ayers Trotti.