Inside Therapy: Illuminating Writings About Therapists, Patients, and Psychotherapy

A scintillating collection of writings on the mysterious, controversial, and intimateprocess of psychotherapy.Everyone with an interest in the art and science of psychotherapy - practitioners, patients, students, and avid readers of Freud, Jung, et al-will find this lively anthology an engrossing read. A varied mix of essays, book chapters, case histories, and compelling fiction written by veterans of both sides of "the couch" and representing many schools of thought, Inside Therapy includes:Janet Malcolm`s The Impossible Profession * Mark Epstein`s Thoughts Without a Thinker * Eric Fromm`s The Art of Listening * A. M. Homes`s In a Country of Mothers * Theodore Reik`s The Third Ear * and others. The foreword by Irvin D. Yalom, author of Love`s Executioner, offers additional wisdom, humor, and perspective. At a time when managed care threatens the psychoanalytic tradition, this dramatic, inspiring collection reminds us of the healing power of insight and the unique gifts of the patient-therapist relationship.AUTHORBIO: ILANA RABINOWITZ is also the editor of Mountains Are Mountains and Rivers Are Rivers: Applying Eastern Teachings in Everyday Life. She lives in New York City. IRVIN D. YALOM`s most recent book is Momma and the Meaning of Life.