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The Talking Cure (Hardcover)

by Susan Vaughan (Author) "I find myself glancing anxiously at my right palm as Katie tells me her dream, and then I wonder, why right?..." (more)
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The fact that Woody Allen has spent a lifetime in psychotherapy has convinced many people who need help that talking it out with a therapist is pointless when drugs can do the same job, only quicker. But The Talking Cure makes a strong argument in favor of psychoanalytically based psychotherapy. Susan Vaughan, a veteran researcher, asserts that talking itself can change neural pathways in the brain (she says that instead of Listening to Prozac we should be Talking to Neurons), leading to permanent, positive change, sometimes in conjunction with drugs, sometimes without.

The New York Times Book Review, Richard Restak
Vaughan is no doubt correct that at some level the improvement came about because she and her patients shared a relationship that was encoded in the "brain's corticolimbic system through the slow alteration of connections between neurons." But why, in terms of psychotherapy, should the be viewed, operationally, as anything more than another interesting metaphor?

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Product Details
  • Hardcover: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Putnam Adult (April 14, 1997)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0399142290
  • ISBN-13: 978-0399142291
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #609,537 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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