Searching for Meaning:
Idealism, Bright Minds, Disillusionment,
and Hope
(Release date: September 14, 2013)
ISBN 978-1-935067-22-1
$24.95
6 x 9 [Quality Paperback]
James T. Webb, Ph.D.
Great Potential Press, Inc.™
www.greatpotentialpress.com
[email protected]
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Searching for Meaning
Chapter 2. Idealism: Do You Get It from Your Parents, or Does It Just Come Naturally?
Chapter 3. Bright and Inquiring Minds Want to Know!
Chapter 4. Gloom and Misery and Despair: So Much Depression Everywhere
Chapter 5. Life Meaning and Existential Concerns
Chapter 6. Awareness and Acceptance
Chapter 7. Some Not-So-Healthy Coping Styles that Feed Illusions
Chapter 8. Healthier Coping Styles that Go Beyond Illusions
Chapter 9. Hope, Happiness, and Contentment
Endnotes
References
Index
Advance Praise
An in-depth and sensitive treatment of this very important topic. Searching for Meaning will be an
excellent resource for all gifted individuals and the clinicians who work with them.
- Jerald Grobman, M.D., Psychiatrist and Senior Supervisor of Psychology Interns at Lenox Hill
Hospital; Private Practice, New York City
Another in a long line of informative and life-changing contributions by this author to the psychology of
what it means, how it feels, and how often it actually hurts to be gifted—and how to cope with it.
- William H. Smith, Ph.D., ABPP-Cl, Former Dean, Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry and
Mental Health Sciences
This book is not an "easy" book because it will pull and prod the thinking of bright minds in many varied
ways. The text traverses depression and happiness, purpose and plight, and so very much more. Quite
simply, and at the same time in a complex fashion, this book compels bright minds to search for meaning.
If you are gifted and are constantly searching for meaning, there is no doubt that this is a book for you.
- Susan Daniels, Ph.D., Co-Author of Living with Intensity and Associate Professor, California
State University, San Bernardino
Dr. Webb describes issues and feelings that many of us experience, and he provides a way to cope with
and accept them. He gently explains complex concepts in a format that immediately seems familiar, and
he teaches awareness and insight that make sense. A soothing balm to the whirlwind of emotions
experienced by disillusioned bright idealists.
- Paul Beljan, PsyD, ABPdN, ABN, Pediatric Neuropsychologist and Co-Author of Misdiagnosis
and Dual Diagnoses of Gifted Children and Adults
In this extraordinary work, Dr. Webb speaks from the heart to bright adolescents and adults who have felt
alienated and misunderstood as they navigate their unique search for meaning. But the audience for this
book is far wider. Parents, spouses, and siblings of gifted individuals yearn to better understand how
these bright idealists think and feel, and Dr. Webb's clear explication will be both enlightening and useful.
- Meredith A. Titus, Ph.D., President, Beacon Psychological Services, Psychotherapist and Life
Coach