Sheldon B. Kopp
American psychotherapist and author (1929–1999)
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Sheldon Bernard Kopp (29 March 1929 – 29 March 1999) was a psychotherapist and author. Born in New York City, he worked in Washington, D.C. for 35 years and lived in Silver Spring, Maryland.[1][2]
Born
March 29, 1929
Sheldon Bernard Kopp
March 29, 1929
New York City, US
DiedMarch 29, 1999 (aged 70)
AlmamaterBrooklyn College
The New School (PhD)
The New School (PhD)
Spouse
[1]
Marjorie Ice Kopp
(m. 1953)Sheldon Kopp | |
|---|---|
| Born | Sheldon Bernard Kopp March 29, 1929 New York City, US |
| Died | March 29, 1999 (aged 70) |
| Alma mater | Brooklyn College The New School (PhD) |
| Spouse |
Marjorie Ice Kopp (m. 1953) |
| Children | 3[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychotherapy |
| Thesis | Deductive reasoning in paranoid schizophrenics (1960) |
Education
Kopp graduated from Brooklyn College in 1951[1] and received a PhD in 1960 for research on deductive reasoning in patients with schizophrenia completed at the The New School.[3]
Career
In addition to his private practice, he served as a psychotherapy supervisor for the pastoral counselling and consultation centres in Washington D.C.[4]
Published books
Kopp was a prolific author, and wrote 17 books, mostly on self-esteem[1] including:
- Guru: Metaphors from a Psychotherapist[5]
- If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him![6]
- The Hanged Man[7]
- No Hidden Meanings[8]
- Naked Therapist[9]
- Back to One: A Practical Guide for Psychotherapists[10]
- This Side of Tragedy: Psychotherapy as Theater[11]
- An End to Innocence: Facing Life without Illusions[12]
- What Took You so Long: An Assortment of Life's Everyday Ironies[13]
- Mirror, Mask, and Shadow: The Risk and Rewards of Self-acceptance[14]
- The Pickpocket and the Saint: Free Play of the Imagination[15]
- Even a stone can be a teacher[16]
- Here I am, Wasn't I! The Inevitable Disruption of Easy Times[17]
- Who Am I Really?[18]
- Raise Your Right Hand against Fear: Extend the Other in Compassion[19]
- Rock, Paper, Scissors: Understanding the Paradoxes of Personal Power and Taking Charge of Our Lives[20]
- All God's Children Are Lost, but Only a Few Can Play the Piano: Finding a Life That Is Truly Your Own [21]
- Blues ain't nothing but a good soul feeling bad[22]
Personal life
Kopp died of cardiac arrhythmia and pneumonia.[1]
