![]() ![]() It Will Take Courage To Face Those Realities, And It Requires Creativity And Resourcefulness From Their Therapist. They Arrive, Sometimes Unwillingly, To Try To Overcome An Immediate Challenge In Their Lives, But Discover That The Source Of Their Suffering Is An Entirely Different Matter. Each Patient Presents A Mystery At First, One That Will Only Be Unpacked Over Years. The Five Cases Described Include A Successful But Lonely Musician Suffering Sexual Dysfunction A Young Woman Who, At The Age Of Eight, Had Looked After Her Two Siblings After Her Father, Likely A Murderer, Abandoned Them In A Rural Cottage A Glamorous Workaholic Whose Wealthy, Hideously Negligent Mother Had Greeted Her Each Morning With Good Morning, Monster An Indigenous Man Who'd Suffered Greatly At A Residential School And A Young Woman Whose Abuse At The Hands Of Her Father Led To A Severe Personality Disorder. In Therapy, Patients Have To Become Vulnerable By Stripping Away Their Defenses, But So Do Therapists, Who Cannot Hide Behind A Title, A Desk, Or Even Their Specialized Knowledge. With A Novelist's Storytelling Gift, Gildiner Recounts The Details Of Her Patients' Struggles And Their Paths To Recovery And Weaves In Her Own Tale Of Her Growth As A Psychologist. ![]() This Book Focuses On Five Brave Men And Women Who Overcame Enormous Trauma-in Her View, Heroes Who Should Be Celebrated. ![]() Catherine Gildiner Is A Bestselling Memoirist, A Novelist, And A Psychologist Who Practiced Privately For 25 Years. ![]()
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