Why Didn't Anyone Teach Me This Before?
Gentle Lessons in Thinking from a Lifetime of Teaching
Published June 2025
This book, written at the request of two former students, is intended to gently improve your thinking ability. After reading it you will understand why studying harder rarely improves exam performance, how to really make a change in life if you’re willing, and why other people’s ideas about the world often seem so strange, among other things. All of this is done gently, with humor, and often through the use of stories from my own life and my experiences as a professor or psychology.
Table of Content and Sample Chapter
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Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy
Jamaica Trip with Ripon Students
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy
Read a 2025 interview with Roger Mathews in the Ripon Commonwealth Press
Psychedelics and Mental Health
Jamaica Trip with Ripon Students
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy
Watch my December 2024 presentation on Psychedelics and Mental Health at the Ripon Public Library on YouTube
Jamaica Trip with Ripon Students
Jamaica Trip with Ripon Students
Jamaica Trip with Ripon Students
The Cross-Cultural Psychology class trip to rural Jamaica in Ripon College News
Catching Up with Joe Hatcher
Catching Up with Joe Hatcher
Jamaica Trip with Ripon Students
Read a 2023 interview with Jonathan Bailey in the Ripon Commonwealth Press
My Year in Prison
Catching Up with Joe Hatcher
Professional Publications
Read a 2009 interview with Ian Stepleton in the Ripon Commonwealth Press
Professional Publications
Catching Up with Joe Hatcher
Professional Publications
Access my publications at Research Gate
"The simplest way I can describe what Ketamine-assisted therapy with Joe has done for me is brought me a sense of peace. A sense that even during a time in my life where I was facing change and uncertainty, I knew I was going to be okay. My values became very clear, fear no longer had a place to call home and the "should's" and "should not's" didn't matter anymore. I found self-acceptance, love and compassion for myself and others. Joe took such great care to ensure my therapy was meaningful to me. The time he spent with me before, during and after the actual Ketamine session made all the difference." (Erin - May 2025)
