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Recent therapy books I've read and enjoyed
| Posted on July 1, 2015 at 4:07 PM |
Wilfred Bion, Attention and Interpretation (Jason Aronson). I find Bion very difficult and often inscrutable, but I keep coming back to him. I admire how honestly he attempts to apply his intellect to understanding the work of being together with a patient in psychotherapy. William Lindsay Gresham, Nightmare Alley (New York Review Books Classics). Not a book about therapy, and maybe the most misanthropic novel I've ever read. A pulp classic that Milton Erickson said every therapist should read. Perhaps because it shows the the dark side of human nature. It's all about influence and manipulation, things Erickson knew a lot about, and sought to use beneficently. Leston Havens, Making Contact: Uses of Language in Psychotherapy (Harvard University Press). Brilliant. Irvin Yalom, The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients (HarperCollins). Inspiring advice to test oneself against. A very enjoyable book. I found myself agreeing with at least 80% of Yalom's views, maybe more, and being challenged by the rest of them. |
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