Len's Star Rating: 9 out of 10. An excellent book that addresses the disconnect and disappointment people often feel between how they desire to think, feel, and act and what frequently happens in real life.

Book Review – Together

Len's Star Rating: 10 out of 10. An eye-opening book on the harmful impact of loneliness and the power of connection to heal its wounds.

Book ReviewLen Lantz, MDNovember 24, 2023The Psychiatry ResourceBook, Review, Relationships, Family, Friendship, Isolation, Loneliness, Emotional, Fitness, Humanitarian, Leadership, Pain, Shame, Stigma, Society, Social, Wisdom, YogaComment

Book Review – Fires in the Dark

Len's Star Rating: 10 out of 10. A fascinating book that explores healing and healers of trauma and mental illness.

Book Review – Raising Good Humans Every Day

Len's Star Rating: 8 out of 10. A helpful parenting book on using mindfulness strategies in parenting children.

Book ReviewLen Lantz, MDOctober 13, 2023The Psychiatry ResourceBook, Review, Kids, Family, Parenting, Relationships, Children, Child, Parent, Mindfulness, Reframing, Meditation, Compassion, Communication, Breathing, Natural, Gratitude, Play, Forgiveness, Special Time, Inner Critic, Emotions, Emotional, Love, Shame, Skills, AnxietyComment

Book Review – A New Kind of Christian

Len's Star Rating: 6 out of 10. A work of fiction about two friends who are growing their faith in Jesus beyond mainstream beliefs and practices.

Book Review – Searching for Sunday

Len's Star Rating: 8 out of 10. An engaging and challenging book that is both memoir and catharsis of the author’s struggle to find connection and meaning with other Christians and the Church.

Book ReviewLen Lantz, MDDecember 3, 2022The Psychiatry ResourceBook, Review, Emotions, Christian, Relationships, Compassion, Empathy, Identity, Anger, Advocacy, Justice, Authenticity, Burnout, Existential, Grief, Humor, Loss, Love, Memoir, Pain, Shame, Unconventional, SufferingComment

Book Review – Boundaries for Your Soul

Len's Star Rating: 9 out of 10. A helpful book on accepting and managing difficult emotions, thoughts, and memories by using a Christian-oriented application of Internal Family Systems (IFS) approaches and interpersonal boundary setting.

Book ReviewLen Lantz, MDDecember 1, 2022The Psychiatry ResourceBook, Review, Emotions, Boundaries, Internal Family Systems, Christian, Relationships, Cognitive, Compassion, Empathy, Identity, Skills, ShameComment

Book Review – Games People Play

Len's Star Rating: 3 out of 10. A book on transactional analysis that is most useful as a historical reference.

Book ReviewLen Lantz, MDOctober 1, 2022The Psychiatry ResourceBook, Review, Relationships, Marriage, Transactional, Analysis, Emotions, Family, Games, Insecurity, Intimacy, Insight, Shame, HistoricalComment

Book Review – Science over Stigma

Len's Star Rating: 9 out of 10. An excellent resource based on facts, logic, and scientific findings for mental health clinicians and advocates in combating misinformation and educating the public to reduce harmful mental health stigma.

Book ReviewLen Lantz, MDSeptember 15, 2022The Psychiatry ResourceBook, Review, Psychiatry, Psychiatric, Stigma, Mental Health, Science, Advocacy, Research, Diagnosis, Diagnoses, Justice, Logic, Learning, Neurobiology, Society, Shame, Social, Guide, Suicide PreventionComment

Book Review – Educated

Len's Star Rating: 10 out of 10. A collection of life stories and memories of a young woman in her experiences of the transformational power of education, friendships, and choosing self to escape the entrapments of poverty, isolation, and a dysfunctional, abusive family system.

Book ReviewLen Lantz, MDAugust 13, 2022The Psychiatry ResourceBook, Review, Bipolar, PTSD, Education, Self-actualization, Family, Love, Paranoia, Rural, Memoir, Religion, Trauma, Freedom, College, Compassion, Christian, Development, Existential, Suffering, Grief, Loss, Growth, Identity, Learning, Meaning, Poverty, Parent, Resilience, Trust, Relationships, Shame, Stigma, CourageComment

Book Review – Empty Out the Negative

Len's Star Rating: 7 out of 10. A positive book from a Christian perspective on improving happiness and confidence.

Book ReviewLen Lantz, MDJanuary 2, 2022The Psychiatry ResourceBook, Review, Christian, Spirituality, Emotions, Growth, Identity, Relationships, Success, Shame, Thoughts, ValuesComment

Book Review – The Soul of Desire

Len's Star Rating: 7 out of 10. A good but complex book on aspects of desire and beauty from a Christian spiritual perspective.

Book ReviewLen Lantz, MDDecember 10, 2021The Psychiatry ResourceBook, Review, Christian, Spirituality, Stigma, Thoughts, Beauty, Trauma, Shame, Desire, NeurobiologyComment

Book Review – A Helping Hand

Len's Star Rating: 9 out of 10. An excellent book on depression and end-of-life issues from a Christian perspective that decreases stigma and provides rational biblical support to people struggling with depression and those who care for them.

Book ReviewLen Lantz, MDDecember 5, 2021The Psychiatry ResourceBook, Review, Christian, Spirituality, Stigma, Emotions, Mental Health, Death, End-of-life, Depression, ShameComment

Book Review – I'm OK-You're OK

Len's Star Rating: 8 out of 10. A thought-provoking and hope-inspiring book on how transactional analysis approaches can improve life and relationships.

Book ReviewLen Lantz, MDSeptember 5, 2021The Psychiatry ResourceBook, Review, Transactional, Analysis, Therapy, Psychotherapy, Relationships, Games, Cognitive, Development, Emotions, Family, Identity, Insight, Marriage, Parenting, Shame, Thoughts, SocietyComment

Book Review – The OCD Workbook for Teens

Len's Star Rating: 10 out of 10. An excellent, engaging self-help workbook on research-proven strategies for combatting OCD.

Book ReviewLen Lantz, MDJuly 3, 2021The Psychiatry ResourceBook, Review, Cognitive, Behavior, Activation, Behavioral, Exercise, Emotions, Skills, Mental Health, Thoughts, Mindfulness, OCD, Anxiety, CBT, Adolescent, Teen, Workbook, Obsessions, Compulsions, Mental Illness, Sexual, Girls, Boys, Kids, Mental Disorder, Stress, Avoidance, Family, Exposure, ERP, Stigma, Shame, CompassionComment

Book Review – Dare to Lead

Len's Star Rating: 9 out of 10. An excellent book on leadership that introduces the concept of vulnerability as the foundation of developing strengths, such as courage, integrity, authenticity and connection.