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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827198803321

Autore

Amada Gerald

Titolo

The mystified fortune-teller and other tales from psychotherapy  / / Gerald Amada with a new preface by the author

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Taylor Trade Publishing, , 2015

©1998

ISBN

1-63076-039-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Disciplina

616.8914

Soggetti

Psychotherapy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

The Mystified Fortune-Teller And Other Tales From Psychotherapy ; Contents ; Foreword ; Preface ; Introduction ; 1. A Very Bad Beginning: Mothers, Fathers, Sons, Daughters ; A Very Bad Beginning ; A Matter of a Few Dollars and a Suggestion ; The Defiant One ; The Woman Who Always Wanted More ; A Case of Theft ; A Case of Vandalism ; A Case of Unbending Self-Hatred ; ""You Know, I Think You're Right"" ; The ""Fuck You"" Alarm Clock ; Ruses and Excuses ; A Midday Repast ; 2. Working Through: The Problem with Professions ; The Dapper Hitman ; The Mystified Fortune-Teller

A Therapeutic Surprise 3. A Difference of Opinion: Relationships ; A Difference of Opinion ; All in a Day's Work ; A Very Brief and Very Stormy Therapy ; A Foxy Pretext ; The Artful Tantalizer ; A Rash and Regrettable Refusal ; Have a Coke? ; Eternal Hope ; The Misogynist ; A Bit of Shock Therapy ; 4. The Final Analysis: Suicide  ; A Poor Rich Kid ; A Bit of Serendipitous Therapy ; A Rash Decision ; Why? ; 5. Therapeutic Celebrity ; A Fractious Fray with a Frosty Fromm ; A Brief but Bad Brush with a Bumptious Bettleheim ; 6. Other Therapeutic Tales ; Under Siege ; The Barker

A Very Dangerous Incident A Very, Very Brief Therapy ; Two Cases of Acquaintance Rape ; A Case of Paranoia ; Stygian Darkness ; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

"A soft-spoken student who was once a violent hit man, a fortune-teller who finds his therapist inscrutable, a woman who can't get



satisfaction from her mother or her therapist ... These are just a few of the intriguing patients treated by Gerald Amada during nearly forty years of practice as a psychotherapist. From the ridiculous to the tragic, the tales of Amada's treatment of unusual patients are fascinating, disturbing, and utterly engrossing. Amada not only lets us peek into his office but also leads us into the hearts and minds of his patients and himself."--Back cover