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Book: Voicelessness and Emotional Survival: Notes from the therapy underground
Dr. Richard Grossman:
Hi everyone,
Today, I published my book:
Voicelessness and Emotional Survival: Notes from the therapy underground
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1790164028
Here's the Amazon description:
What if the most powerful tool in a therapist’s "toolbox" is the relationship between client and therapist? And what if this tool is neither examined nor taught in therapist training programs? Voicelessness and Emotional Survival: Notes from the therapy underground, a short book by Dr. Richard Grossman begins by describing the author’s personal and painful experiences as a student, practitioner and patient in the traditional therapy world and then reveals what he learned from these experiences (including the importance of “character,” “subtext” and “repetition” in therapeutic relationships), how understanding and valuing the real patient-therapist relationship changed his practice of therapy and how this new approach significantly improves the lives of patients. CBS News calls this new approach "relationship therapy for one" (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-bachelorette-rachel-lindsay-and-relationship-therapy-for-one/).
About the author: Working and teaching in the outpatient psychiatry department at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School by the age of twenty-four, psychologist Richard Grossman found himself silenced by the dogma, politics and quest for status in the psychiatry world. He quit Massachusetts General Hospital when he was thirty and retreated to a small basement office where he spent the rest of his career discovering what human beings truly need and how he could be most helpful. As part of his work, Grossman created the popular Voicelessness and Emotional Survival website and message board--now with more than 100,000 posts--devoted to helping people free themselves from damaging relationships and find their own voice. Featured three times in New England Psychologist, Grossman’s work has also appeared in Psychology Today, Boston Magazine, The Boston Globe, and Cosmopolitan (UK).
The first half of the book is a memoir of my experience with voicelessness within the psychology/psychiatry world. The second half is what I did with this experience and how it shaped my beliefs about human beings, therapy and the world at large.
I'll appreciate all comments--both positive and negative--from those who choose to read the book. And, of course, feel free to post your comments on the Amazon website as well.
Thank you, in advance, to all people who choose to read the book! I very much appreciate it!
Richard
Hopalong:
Huge, heartfelt CONGRATULATIONS, Doc G!
From one of your very grateful voice-full guests.
love,
Hops
Twoapenny:
Oh Dr G! I'm so delighted to read that you have done this and will be ordering my copy later on today :) I will warn in advance that I am a slow reader but I look forward to reading it very much. I'm so pleased you have done this and, like Hops, I am endlessly grateful for everything you do and this space that you create.
Thank you,
Tup
Hopalong:
Just hit the Buy Now button on Amazon!
:)
Hops
Dr. Richard Grossman:
Thank you so much, Hops and Tup! I'm very much looking forward to hearing your thoughts about it, including the personal parts.
Richard
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