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Hopalong:
Doc G, I apologize if this is the wrong forum (considered putting it on "What Helps?" but didn't think I had the chops to declare it helpful to others!).
Turns out it was helpful to me because it is: 1) amazingly written, 2) funny. Both #1 and #2 go a very long way to being a spoonful of sugar for the medicine, for me.
Enjoy! If it's enjoyable!
https://pessimisticshrink.blogspot.com/2017/06/if-you-dont-know-whats-broke-you-cant.html
Hugs
Hops
Dr. Richard Grossman:
Hi Hops,
No apology necessary! I read the post, and there were parts I agreed with and parts I disagreed with, for, alas (and as you know), I am far more pessimistic about the vast majority of therapists than he is—and my approach (i.e. “relationship therapy for one”) is far different and much further “out of the box.” My patient, Sara Field’s, book about our therapy, “The Mathematician and the Teddy Bear,” provides a brave and telling (in more ways than one!) example of my approach (https://www.amazon.com/Mathematician-Teddy-Bear-struggle-someone/dp/1514215772). The proof of significant life change should (IMO) come from the patient side of the room. Thanks for posting this!
Richard
Dr. Richard Grossman:
Hi everybody,
While we're on the topic of therapists writing about other therapists, I thought the article below might be interesting to some here. Alice Miller wrote one of the most popular and renowned psychology books of her era: The Drama of the Gifted Child ( https://smile.amazon.com/Drama-Gifted-Child-Search-Revised/dp/0465016901/ref=sr_1_1?crid=I61CQ2X197P7&keywords=the+drama+of+the+gifted+child&qid=1558021823&s=gateway&sprefix=The+Drama+o%2Caps%2C139&sr=8-1). In the article, her son, who also became a therapist and wrote a memoir about her, reveals who Alice Miller really was. Given my early experiences with therapists that I wrote about in my book, what her son reveals comes as no surprise.
"The Trauma of a Gifted Child Whose Mother was Alice Miller" by Maya Sela (https://www.haaretz.com/life/books/.premium-mother-dearest-1.5255078)
Richard
Hopalong:
Thanks, Richard...do you have a link to the article itself?
gratefully,
Hops
Dr. Richard Grossman:
Hi Hops,
Sorry, I meant to include it at the end of my post. Here's the link:
"The Trauma of a Gifted Child Whose Mother was Alice Miller" by Maya Sela (https://www.haaretz.com/life/books/.premium-mother-dearest-1.5255078)
Richard
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