How Does That Make You Feel?: True Confessions from Both Sides of the Therapy Couch
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| Rating | : | 4.75 (551 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1580056245 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Many thought-provoking moments. If you've ever revealed your most private hopes, dreams, fears, and longings with a stranger in a high-backed chairor been that stranger in a high-backed chairyou'll be so engrossed by these stories that you may end up skipping your session.”Lori Gottleib, bestselling author of Marry Him"With rapier wit and a big dose of humanity, Sherry Amatenstein and the amazing writers she has assembled ask us to look at ourselves. You don't have to have been on the couch to enjoy this boo
C. O. Moed said Pulling Back the Curtain to the Mysteries of Therapy. The only reason I put this book down was to either go sleep or to the dentist. Having benefited greatly from therapy (and some amazing therapists) I was curious about others' experiences on both sides of the couch. This anthology delivered. I had always been a bit bewildered at my therapists' generosity to me and I was even more bewildered at my determination to become untangled from limitations that may have felt familiar but that I knew were not truly mine.Stepping into this collection of well-written and succinct experiences was like walking through a myriad of therapists' offices an. Highly Recommend! It is rare to read a collection of essays that is so consistently strong throughout. Every essay in this book is compelling, masterfully written, and courageous in revealing true accounts of what sometimes goes on between - and comes up for - both therapists and patients. Whether trying to find a new shrink when the old one is not replaceable, telling lies in every session, trying to set sexual and other boundaries, or therapists feeling losses while listening to losses felt by patients, readers will be brought into these private, engaging slices of life. A wide range of deep emotion, h. As a therapist I found this book to be a S. Ett As a therapist I found this book to be a breath of fresh air. It was delightful to read such honest accounts of both patients and therapists feelings about their experiences with each other. I believe that it demystifies a field that has long shrouded itself in a cloak of falsehoods. Therapists are people and do have feelings. I adored the first essay by Beth Sloan PhD, her honesty and candor was refreshing and quite brave. In a field shadowed by snobbery and archaic rules, all I can say is bravo, and it is about time. Hurrah Ms Amatenstein.
How Does That Make You Feel? obliterates the boundaries between the shrink and the one being shrunk with unabashedly candid writers breaking confidentiality and telling all about their experiences in therapy.This revelatory, no-punches-pulled book brings to light both sides of the relationship” between therapist and clienta bond that can feel pure and profound, even if it is, at times, illusory.Contributors include an array of essayists, authors, TV/film writers and therapists, including Patti Davis, Beverly Donofrio, Royal Young, Molly Peacock, Susan Shapiro, Charlie Rubin, Estelle Erasmus, and Dennis Palumbo.Full list of contributors:Sherry AmatensteinLaura BogartMargaret CrawfordPatti DavisMegan DevineBeverly DonofrioJanice EidusEstelle ErasmusJuli FragaNina GabyMindy GreensteinJenine HolmesDiane JosefowiczJean KimAmy KleinBinnie KleinAnna MarchAllison McCarthyKurt NemesDennis PalumboMolly PeacockPamela Rafalow GrossmanCharlie RubinJonathan SchiffBarbara SchoichetAdam SextonSusan ShapiroBeth SloanElisabeth TurnerKate WalterPriscilla WarnerLinda YellinRoyal YoungJessica Zucker