Inside Therapy Illuminating Writings About Therapists, Patients, and Psychotherapy

by Rabinowitz, Ilana; Rabinowitz, Ilana; Yalom, Irvin D.

• ISBN13: 9780312263423
• ISBN10: 0312263422
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-05-24
• Publisher: Griffin

Summary

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.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Foreword	xi
Irvin D. Yalom
Introduction	xvii
Ilana Rabinowitz
``Who Listens?'': The Woman Who Refused to Talk	1	(21)
Herbert S. Strean
Lucy Freeman
The Therapist's Personality	22	(10)
George Weinberg
The Making of a Psychiatrist	32	(22)
David S. Viscott
Freud's Invention	54	(13)
Leston Havens
The Third Ear	67	(14)
Theodor Reik
Bare Attention	81	(10)
Mark Epstein
Psychoanalysis: The Impossible Profession	91	(8)
Janet Malcolm
Feelings for the Patient	99	(17)
Gail Albert
Sometimes I Feel Like a Dirty Old Man: The Woman Who Tried to Seduce Me	116	(16)
Herbert S. Strean
Lucy Freeman
Dr. Neruda's Cure For Evil	132	(11)
Rafael Yglesias
Fine	143	(13)
Samuel Shem
In a Country of Mothers	156	(12)
A. M. Homes
Solitaire	168	(44)
Robert Lindner
The Taboo Scarf	212	(19)
George Weinberg
``I Never Thought It Would Happen to Me''	231	(9)
Irvin D. Yalom
When Nietzsche Wept	240	(15)
Irvin D. Yalom
About the Therapeutic Relationship	255	(11)
Erich Fromm
A Shining Affliction	266	(6)
Annie G. Rogers
Therapy	272	(5)
Steven Schwartz
Final Analysis	277	(10)
Robert U. Akeret
Copyright Acknowledgments	287	(2)
About the Contributors	289