Diary of a Country Therapist

ISBN-13: 9780789021168 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 288 str.

Marcia Hill

Opis

A response to anyone who has ever wondered about a therapist, and offering a glimpse into what it is like on the other side of the couch.

Spis treści

• INTRODUCTION
  
• But First, a Word from My Sponsors
  
• Welcome
  
• 1989
  
• Putting the Heart to Work
  
• Let Me Go!
  
• Professional Loneliness
  
• The Gift of Transference
  
• The Feminist Gets Nervous
  
• Be Careful What You Ask For
  
• Courage
  
• Failure
  
• Feeding the Soul
  
• Coming Home
  
• Christmas As a Defense Mechanism
  
• 1990
  
• Faking It
  
• The Witness Protection Program
  
• Visibility
  
• Weightlessness
  
• Identity
  
• Heal Thyself
  
• Doing It for Free
  
• Neighbors
  
• Zen Landscape
  
• What’s It Worth?
  
• 1991
  
• Back to Kindergarten
  
• The Bright Line
  
• The Cost of Silence
  
• Remembering What’s Sacred
  
• Pain Makes the Best Therapist
  
• Bending the Rules
  
• The Politics of Therapy
  
• Finally Getting the Drift
  
• 1992
  
• Spiritual Winter
  
• The Feminist Therapist Diagnoses Oppression
  
• How Magic Works
  
• A Surprise
  
• Working When It Hurts
  
• Ignorance
  
• The Delicate Balance
  
• Worth a Thousand Words
  
• Getting Done
  
• 1993
  
• A Known Evil
  
• Paying the Price
  
• One of the Perks
  
• The Expensive Gift
  
• Up from the Ashes
  
• It’s for You
  
• Pissed Off
  
• Trusting the Experts
  
• Living Outside the Lines
  
• 1994
  
• Nowhere to Hide
  
• A Slump
  
• The Curative Powers of May
  
• Hear What I Do, Not What I Say
  
• The War Against Women
  
• Soul-Searching
  
• Emotional Whiplash
  
• It Takes Guts
  
• 1996
  
• Ripped Open
  
• Managed Care Rears Its Ugly Head
  
• Life’s Vicissitudes
  
• For Love and Money
  
• Breath
  
• Transformation or Technician
  
• It Takes All the Running You Can Do
  
• And Now, a Word from Mother Nature
  
• Turning Gold into Lead
  
• The Therapist Finally Matures
  
• A Punch in the Gut
  
• Still Hurting
  
• 1997
  
• Trying to Stay Sane
  
• God Visits the Therapist
  
• There but for the Grace of God
  
• The Trauma Attack
  
• Leaving Where the Edges Are
  
• The Knowledge of Death
  
• Heroes
  
• Sucking the Soul out of Therapy
  
• Ode to November
  
• No Winners Here
  
• 1998
  
• Panic
  
• Keeping Perspective
  
• Grounded
  
• The Therapist Lets Go
  
• Working While Drowning
  
• Powerlessness and Joy
  
• Grace
  
• The Noose Tightens
  
• The Terror Time
  
• Darkness
  
• Hedonism Cures Overresponsibility
  
• Slipping the Bounds of Self
  
• Becoming Visible
  
• 1999
  
• The Truth About Sin
  
• On the Way out the Door
  
• Hard Work
  
• What I’ve Learned
  
• Invitation to Joy
  
• Honor
  
• Still Miles to Go Before We Sleep
  
• The Truth About Relationships
  
• The Lesson Repeated
  
• Choice
  
• Acceptance
  
• Taking Stock
  
• Authenticity
  
• 2000
  
• Coming to Terms
  
• The Existential Moment
  
• Forgiveness
  
• What to Do When You Don’t Like It
  
• Midlife
  
• Omnipotence
  
• Searching for the Truth
  
• The Other Path
  
• CONCLUSION
  
• Counting My Blessings
  

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