Name: On and off the Couch: Memoir of a Psychoanalyst, Paperback/Beverly Kolsky
Brand: Ipbooks
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Loving, beautifully written work. The author helps us understand how she, a child of the Sixties, became the woman she is today. And in a series of luminous and evocative portraits she shows us how patients suffering from a broad range of maladies can be helped to gain insight into themselves and thus lead happier and more fulfilling lives.-Constance Rosenblum, author of Boulevard of Dre ams: Heady Times: Heartbreak, and Hope Along the Grand Concourse in the Bronx When neither residence on an idyllic Greek island nor all-consuming romance can cure the restlessness of an empty self, Kolsky finds her way to the journey within, and she takes us along for the ride. This undaunted accounting from analysand to analyst is a testament to the enduring power of psychoanalysis to heal, and to the essential humanity we bring to the endeavor, whether on or off the couch.-Ashley Warner, MSW, LCSW, BCD-P, author, The Year After: A Memoir "In this jewel of a narrative of self-discovery, Beverly Kolsky takes us on a probing journey exploring the sweep of the psychoanalytic process in transforming her own life as well as her patients'. Those trying to decide whether psychoanalysis is for them will gain an appreciation of its power, while those who have benefited from it will be inspired anew. The book is beautifully layered with evocative images of people, places, and moments in time in New York, London, and Greece and the nodal e vents in Kolsky's arc in be coming the pe rson she w as meant t