How Does That Make You Feel? True Confessions from Both Sides of the Therapy Couch

by Amatenstein, Sherry

• ISBN13: 9781580056243
• ISBN10: 1580056245
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2016-09-13
• Publisher: Seal Press

Summary

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 client—a 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 Amatenstein
Laura Bogart
Martha Crawford
Patti Davis
Megan Devine
Beverly Donofrio
Janice Eidus
Estelle Erasmus
Juli Fraga
Nina Gaby
Mindy Greenstein
Jenine Holmes
Diane Josefowicz
Jean Kim
Amy Klein
Binnie Klein
Anna March
Allison McCarthy
Kurt Nemes
Dennis Palumbo
Molly Peacock
Pamela Rafalow Grossman
Charlie Rubin
Jonathan Schiff
Barbara Schoichet
Adam Sexton
Susan Shapiro
Beth Sloan
Eve Tate
Kate Walter
Priscilla Warner
Linda Yellin
Royal Young
Jessica Zucker

Author Biography

Sherry Amatenstein is a therapist and author of The Q&A Dating Book, Love Lessons from Bad Breakups, and, The Complete Marriage Counselor, and contributed to Seal’s anthology, Shades of Blue: Writers on Depression, Suicide, and Feeling Blue.

Sherry has a BA from Queens College and MSW from Wurzweiler School of Social Work and is an adjunct Writing Professor at New School and NYU A former editor at Hearst and ivillage.com, Sherry also freelances for numerous publications including Marie Claire and vox.com. She runs seminars nationwide and has offered relationship advice on Today, Early Show, HuffPost Live, NPR, and CMT’s My Big Redneck Vacation.

Table of Contents

Contributors to SHRINK/SHRUNK include:

Claire Bidwell
Megan Devine
Wendy Ortiz
Binnie Klein
Nina Gaby
Kevin McEnroe
Laura Bogart
Patti Davis
Beverly Donofrio
Sue Shapiro
Anna March
Liz Swados
Royal Young
Estelle Sobel