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

A scintillating collection of writings on the mysterious, controversial, and intimate process 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, includes: Janet Malcolm's * Mark Epstein's * Eric Fromm's * A. M. Homes's * Theodore Reik's * and others. The foreword by Irvin D. Yalom, author of , 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.