Letters to a Young Therapist

Mary Pipher's groundbreaking investigation of America's “girl-poisoning culture,” Reviving Ophelia, established its author as one of the nation's foremost authorities on family issues. In Letters to a Young Therapist, Pipher shares what she has learned in thirty years of clinical practice, helping warring families, alienated adolescents, and harried professionals restore peace and beauty to their lives. Through an exhilarating mix of storytelling and sharp-eyed observation, Pipher reveals her refreshingly inventive approach to therapy—fiercely optimistic, free of dogma or psychobabble, and laced with generous warmth and practical common sense. Whether she's recommending daily swims for a sluggish teenager, encouraging a timid husband to become bolder, or simply bearing witness to a bereaved parent's sorrow, Pipher's compassion and insight shine from every page. Newly updated with a preface by the author addressing the changes in therapy over the last decade and the surprising challenges of the digital age, Letters to a Young Therapist is a powerfully engaging guide to living a healthy life.

• The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients
• On Being a Therapist
• The Making of a Therapist (Norton Professional Books)
• Love's Executioner: & Other Tales of Psychotherapy
• Co-Occurring Disorders: Integrated Assessment and Treatment of Substance Use and Mental Disorders
• Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls
• Introduction to the Counseling Profession
• Learning the Art of Helping: Building Blocks and Techniques (5th Edition) (The Merrill Counseling)
• Wake Up To Your Life: Discovering the Buddhist Path of Attention
• On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy