Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board
Voicelessness and Emotional Survival => Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board => Topic started by: Dr. Richard Grossman on September 08, 2016, 12:29:54 AM
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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=a4f3e8015f16198ad5a2abb46d96975b
Bravo, Sara Field!
Richard
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Thanks for this book recommendation. Its sounds very interesting!
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Thanks, Doc G:
I'm drawn to honest accounts of this sort. Really appreciative of them.... what a wonderful journey to see from the inside out.
Lighter
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Thanks, Ales and Lighter.
When you’re talking about something as complicated as the brain with its billions of connections, psychological theories are all well and good—but I’d much rather read a highly improbable success story (with its inevitable “back and forths” along the way—as this one has) told in exquisite detail by a patient. “From the inside out” is a perfect description--the book is something we can all learn from!
Richard
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It's so new Amazon doesn't even have reviews on it yet, and I guess it's one of those fringe audience things. Very fringe.
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Hi Garbanzo,
... I guess it's one of those fringe audience things. Very fringe.
I'm sure the book was not written for entertainment purposes or to appeal to the general public. But if it helps even one other person…
BTW, I’m in the midst of writing a psychological memoir tentatively entitled “Voicelessness and Emotional Survival: Notes from the Underground.” Very “fringe” as well—I promise!
Richard
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Thanks for the rec, Doc G, the story of Field moves me already and I haven't read it yet. But I will.
But I'm excited-on-blast that YOU are writing a book, too.
Hugs,
Hops
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Hi Garbanzo,
... I guess it's one of those fringe audience things. Very fringe.
I'm sure the book was not written for entertainment purposes or to appeal to the general public. But if it helps even one other person…
BTW, I’m in the midst of writing a psychological memoir tentatively entitled “Voicelessness and Emotional Survival: Notes from the Underground.” Very “fringe” as well—I promise!
Richard
:) Hehehehe made me giggle, funny guy :P
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It seems right and good that you'd title your book the way you intend.
Yes.
Lighter
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Hi Garbanzo,
... I guess it's one of those fringe audience things. Very fringe.
I'm sure the book was not written for entertainment purposes or to appeal to the general public. But if it helps even one other person…
BTW, I’m in the midst of writing a psychological memoir tentatively entitled “Voicelessness and Emotional Survival: Notes from the Underground.” Very “fringe” as well—I promise!
Richard
I'm hoping this old laptop lets me stay on the Internet long enough to respond.
I like the title! At times, it feels like I'm an escapee on the Underground Railroad.
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Sounds like a great book to read in my current circumstances and while I have a winter to reflect on just what I'm designing for and wanting to create for, myself now.
We wait with baited breath for the earth-shattering, paradigm-dissolving "notes from the underground" sure-to-be-classic. No pressure, you understand? LOL...
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Sounds like a great book to read in my current circumstances and while I have a winter to reflect on just what I'm designing for and wanting to create for, myself now.
We wait with baited breath for the earth-shattering, paradigm-dissolving "notes from the underground" sure-to-be-classic. No pressure, you understand? LOL...
Hi sKePTiKal,
No pressure at all! If you do read "The Mathematician and the Teddy Bear," let us know what you think. Remember though, it's not been written for entertainment purposes, but rather as a means to better understand the human attachment process from a raw, vulnerable first-person perspective.
I'm about half way through writing the not-so-sure-to-be-classic. Thanks for the encouragement! I'll keep you up-to-date...
Richard