Hi everybody,
Finally, a book on therapy for aloneness has been written from the “patient side” of the room.
The Mathematician and the Teddy Bear: My epic struggle to let someone in is about a woman, Sara Field, who, due to life circumstances, never attached to another human being. At 36 years of age, she enters therapy and chronicles (via journaling) what happens over the course of a multi-year treatment. The results are exceptionally revealing of the human “attachment” process. Field is brave enough to tell us
everything that happens. This is remarkable, since few people would have the courage to reveal their innermost thoughts and feelings. (Field writes under a pseudonym in order to protect her identity and allow her the freedom to write such a book.)
There are plenty of theoretical books about therapy, but very few written by a patient while therapy is proceeding, and until now, none that I am aware of specifically about therapy for aloneness. The therapist, David (also a pseudonym), wrote the Foreword and Afterword and provides unusual and thought-provoking theoretical context.
And, of course, the most important point given the seriousness of the problem: The therapy worked!
Overall, this is a book that I would recommend to all therapists, therapists-in-training, and people/patients who feel alone in the world. It is that unique.
Here's the Amazon link:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1514215772/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1514215772&linkCode=as2&tag=richardgrossman&linkId=a4f3e8015f16198ad5a2abb46d96975bBravo, Sara Field!
Richard
