In this entertaining, surprising, and thought-provoking book, family therapist Stanley Siegel challenges conventional therapeutic thinking with an unusual approach: instead of trying to "fix" clients, he encourages them to appreciate their own adaptive ingenuity. In the process, something remarkable almost always happens -- as in the case of the couple who solved their conflict only after literally building a wall within their home. These dozen stories demonstrate Siegel's convictions that the therapist has as much to learn as the patient, and that real healing is possible only when the healer truly respects his or her patients.
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"A fascinating study of psychoanalysis turned on its ear...reads almost like Sherlock Holmes." -- San Francisco Sentinel
"Compelling case histories that attest to the creativity involved when humans attempt to cope with life's problems." -- Albuquerque Journal
"Refreshing...dispenses with hand wringing and soul searching..." -- New York Times
"Compelling case histories that attest to the creativity involved when humans attempt to cope with life's problems." -- Albuquerque Journal
"Refreshing...dispenses with hand wringing and soul searching..." -- New York Times
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Stanley Siegel is in private practice. Ed Lowe is a columnist for Newsday. Both live in New York City.
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By amorphys (Michigan) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Patient Who Cured His Therapist: And Other Stories of Unconventional Therapy (Paperback)
The situations described were extremely interesting, and I was impressed with the author's unflaggingly positive view of things that are usually considered wholly negative. However, I wished there had been more info on each one; perhaps more follow-up. Several of the anecdotes remained quite mysterious.
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Thinking Outside the Box,
By Lenore (Pueblo, CO United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Patient Who Cured His Therapist: And Other Stories of Unconventional Therapy (Paperback)
As a first year master's student in counseling, I enjoyed this book because people's stories fascinate me--their case histories and how the therapist relates with the patient. This book is for the most part extremely interesting because it's written by someone who thinks outside the box. The title story was one of my favorites.
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True love may be just exactly as our most saccharine, violin-accompanied, Disney-animated fantasies envision it; and the more cynical members of the psychotherapeutic community ought to hear-at least once, anyway-the chord that the image never fails to strike in us. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Tom Martin, San Francisco, Judy Reed, Myrna Novik, Cheryl Baker, Family Institute, New Jersey, Peggy Papp, United States New!
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True love may be just exactly as our most saccharine, violin-accompanied, Disney-animated fantasies envision it; and the more cynical members of the psychotherapeutic community ought to hear-at least once, anyway-the chord that the image never fails to strike in us. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Tom Martin, San Francisco, Judy Reed, Myrna Novik, Cheryl Baker, Family Institute, New Jersey, Peggy Papp, United States New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Family Therapy: Full Length Case Studies by Peggy Paap in Front Matter
- Cure: Stories of Healing Mind and Body (Illumina Books) by Kristen Couse in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Pathways to Change, Second Edition: Brief Therapy with Difficult Adolescents by Matthew D. Selekman MSW on page 53
- Intimacy, Change, and Other Therapeutic Mysteries: Stories of Clinicians and Clients by David C. Treadway Phd in Back Matter
- Lesbians and Gays in Couples and Families: A Handbook for Therapists by Joan Laird in Back Matter
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