Sheldon B. Kopp
{{Short description|American psychotherapist and author (1929–1999)}}
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."
Bibliography
- {{cite book |title=Guru: Metaphors from a Psychotherapist |publisher=Science & Behavior Books |year=1971 |isbn=0-8314-0025-0}}
- {{cite book |title=If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him! The pilgrimage of psychotherapy patients |publisher=Lowe & Brydon (Printers) Ltd |year=1974 |isbn=0-85969-022-9}}
- {{cite book | title = The Hanged Man | publisher = Science & Behavior Books | year = 1974 | isbn = 0-8314-0036-6 }}
- {{cite book | others=photography by Claire Flanders| title = No Hidden Meanings: An Illustrated Eschatological Laundry List | publisher = Science and Behavior Books | year = 1975 | isbn = 0-8314-0043-9 }}
- {{cite book | title = Naked Therapist - A Canterbury Tales collection of embarrassing moments from more than a dozen eminent psychotherapists | publisher = EdITS | year = 1976 | isbn = 0-912736-18-6 }}
- {{cite book |title = Back to One: A Practical Guide for Psychotherapists |url = https://archive.org/details/backtoonepractic00kopprich |url-access = registration | publisher = Science and Behavior Books | year = 1977 | isbn = 0-8314-0055-2 }}
- {{cite book | title = This Side of Tragedy: Psychotherapy as Theater | publisher = Science and Behavior Books | year = 1977 | isbn = 0-8314-0050-1 }}
- {{cite book | title = An End to Innocence: Facing Life without Illusions | publisher = Macmillan | year = 1978 | isbn = 0-02-566470-0 | url = https://archive.org/details/endtoinnocencef00kopp }}
- {{cite book | others=photography by Claire Flanders| title = What Took You so Long: An Assortment of Life's Everyday Ironies | publisher = Science & Behavior Books | year = 1979 | isbn = 0-8314-0056-0 }}
- {{cite book | title = Mirror, Mask, and Shadow: The Risk and Rewards of Self-acceptance | publisher = Macmillan | year = 1980 | isbn = 0-02-566460-3 | url = https://archive.org/details/mirrormaskshadow00kopp }}
- {{cite book | title = The Pickpocket and the Saint: Free Play of the Imagination | publisher = Bantam | year = 1983 | isbn = 0-553-23564-8 | url = https://archive.org/details/pickpocketsa00kopp }}
- {{cite book |title=Even a stone can be a teacher |publisher=Putnam's Sons |year=1985 |isbn=0-87477-341-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/evenstonecanbete00kopp }}
- {{cite book |title=Here I am, Wasn't I! The Inevitable Disruption of Easy Times |publisher=Bantam Books |year=1986 |isbn=0-553-25424-3 |url=https://archive.org/details/hereiamwasntiine00kopp }}
- {{cite book | title = Who Am I Really? | publisher = Tarcher | year = 1987 | isbn = 0-87477-429-2 }}
- {{cite book | title = Raise Your Right Hand against Fear: Extend the Other in Compassion | year = 1988 | isbn = 0-89638-155-2 | last1 = Kopp | first1 = Sheldon | publisher = CompCare Publishers }}
- {{cite book | title = Rock, Paper, Scissors: Understanding the Paradoxes of Personal Power and Taking Charge of Our Lives | publisher = CompCare Publications | year = 1989 | isbn = 0-89638-193-5 | url = https://archive.org/details/rockpaperscissor00kopp }}
- {{cite book | title = All God's Children Are Lost, but Only a Few Can Play the Piano: Finding a Life That Is Truly Your Own | publisher = Simon & Schuster | year = 1991 | isbn = 0-13-026881-X }}
- {{cite book |others=with Bonnie B. Hesse |title=Blues ain't nothing but a good soul feeling bad |publisher=Simon & Schuster |year=1992 |isbn=0-671-76838-7}}
References
- [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9501E3D81239F930A35757C0A96F958260 Sheldon Kopp, 70, Psychologist Who Wrote About Self-Esteem - New York Times obituary]
External links
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- [https://archive.today/20040926022124/http://webdata2.soc.hawaii.edu/illumlife/abelist.htm Sheldon Kopp's Eschatological Laundry List]
- [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185648115/sheldon-bernard-kopp Dr. Kopp´s obituary]
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Category:American self-help writers
Category:American spiritual writers
Category:Writers from New York City
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Category:American psychotherapists
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