Theodore Isaac Rubin (1923–2019)

Author of The Angry Book

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About the Author

Theodore Isaac Rubin was born in Brooklyn, New York on April 11, 1923. He received a bachelor's degree from Brooklyn College in 1946. After serving in the Navy, he received a medical degree from the University of Lausanne in Switzerland in 1951. He did his residency at the Los Angeles V.A. Hospital show more before completing his specialty in psychiatry at Downstate Medical School in Brooklyn. He trained in analysis at the American Institute of Psychoanalysis. He joined the faculty there in the early 1960s and had a private practice in Manhattan. He also wrote fiction and nonfiction books. His novel, Lisa and David, was adapted into a movie in 1962. His nonfiction and self-help books included Compassion and Self-Hate, The Angry Book, Overcoming Indecisiveness, The Thin Book by a Formerly Fat Psychiatrist, and Love Me, Love My Fool. He wrote a column in Ladies' Home Journal and often appeared on television to discuss mental health, therapy, and people's daily emotional struggles. He died on February 16, 2019 at the age of 95. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by Theodore Isaac Rubin

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The Angry Book (1969) 174 copies, 2 reviews

Compassion and Self Hate: An Alternative to Despair (1975) 141 copies

Overcoming Indecisiveness: The Eight Stages of Effective Descision-Making (1985) 81 copies

Jordi / Lisa & David (1962) 69 copies

David and Lisa / Jordi / Little Ralphie and the Creature: Three remarkable stories of children struggling to find… (1998) 62 copies

Anti-Semitism: A Disease of the Mind : A Psychiatrist Explores the Psychodynamics of a Symbol Sickness (1990) 41 copies

Reconciliations: Inner Peace in an Age of Anxiety (1980) 39 copies, 1 review

Lisa and David: Extraordinary Story of Two Troubled Adolescents Struggling to Find Their Places in the Real World (1988) 39 copies, 1 review

One to One: Understanding Personal Relationships (1983) 37 copies

Forever Thin (1970) 14 copies

Emergency room diary (1972) 12 copies

The Thin Book By a Formerly Fat Psychiatrist (1966) 11 copies

Lisa and David Today: Their Healing Journey from Childhood and Pain into Love and Life (1986) 11 copies

Cat (1966) 10 copies, 1 review

Jordi (1973) 10 copies

Shrink, The diary of a Psychiatrist (1974) 10 copies

Love me, love my fool: Thoughts from a psychoanalyst's notebook (1976) 9 copies

Child potential : fulfilling your child's intellectual, emotional, and creative promise (1990) 7 copies

The Winner's Notebook (1972) 7 copies

In the life (1962) 7 copies

Dr. Rubin, Please Make Me Happy (1982) 7 copies

Coming Out (1967) 5 copies, 1 review

Through My Own Eyes (1982) 4 copies

Real love : what it is, and how to find it (1990) 4 copies

Reflections in a goldfish tank (1977) 4 copies

The American Family Book of Mental Health, Not to Worry, 1st Edition Hardcover (1984) 3 copies

Miracle at Bellevue (1986) 3 copies

Alive and Fat and Thinning in America (1978) 3 copies

Sweet Daddy, The Story of a Pimp 3 copies

Understanding Your Man (1977) 2 copies

Gegeneinander, miteinander. Beziehungsmuster analysieren und Partnerschaften aufbauen (1990) 2 copies

Viharaamat (2001) 2 copies

Trouver la paix en soi et avec les autres (1982) 2 copies

Lisa & David / Jordi 2 copies

Vihan psykologia 1 copy

Overeaters Anonymous 1 copy

Emergency Room Diary 1 copy

The 29th Summer (1969) 1 copy

JORDI LISA & DAVID (1972) 1 copy

Platzo and the Mexican Pony Rider (1966) 1 copy

De man : leer hem begrijpen 1 copy

COMPRENEZ VOTRE HOMME 1 copy

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Overeaters Anonymous (1980) — Foreword — 127 copies, 1 review

David and Lisa [1962 film] (1962) 10 copies

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Birthdate: 1923-04-11
Date of death: 2019-02-16
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Places of residence: New York, New York, USA
Occupations: psychiatrist
columnist
Organizations: Ladies' Home Journal
American Institute for Psychoanalysis
Karen Horney Institute for Psychoanalysis

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Compassion and Self-Hate an Alternative to Despair in Book talk (November 2017)

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Reconciliations: Inner Peace in an Age of Anxiety by Theodore Isaac Rubin

Find your serenity within.

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PendleHillLibrary | Mar 14, 2023 |

The Angry Book by Theodore I. Rubin

Dr. Theodore Isaac Rubin shows how one of the most powerful human emotions can change your life. Suppressed or twisted anger can lead to anxiety, depression, insomnia, psychosomatic illness, alcoholism, frigidity, impotence, and downright misery. But understanding and releasing anger can lead to greater health, happiness, and emotional wholeness.
Let Dr. Rubin show you how to be what you are: a human being. Selected Reading Questionnaire.

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ACRF | 1 other review | Oct 26, 2022 |

Coming out by Theodore Isaac Rubin

I believe I read this because this author wrote "David and Lisa," and "The President's analyst. It hasn't stuck with me except it as entertaining to a small degree.

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DinadansFriend | Aug 2, 2019 |

The Angry Book by Theodore I. Rubin

Amazing book. I absolutely recommend the reading. Very interesting facts about the anger feelings. The best book to abord this topic.

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Durbi | 1 other review | Nov 27, 2016 |

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