The Impossibility of Sex : Stories of the Intimate Relationship between Therapist and Client / Susie Orbach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Orbach, Susie, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychotherapist and patient--Case studies.

Psychotherapist and patient.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Taylor and Francis, 2018.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In these intriguing accounts, Susie Orbach, the celebrated author of Fat is a Feminist Issue, presents us with six imaginary clinical cases, including Adam, the serial seducer; Belle, the compulsive liar; and Joanne, the self-mutilator. Through them, Orbach presents an intriguing look into the hidden world of the consulting room. She demonstrates the way the therapist analyses her own feelings as well of those of the other person, making the therapy relationship a uniquely special place in which discoveries can be made, which enable the patient to change. Bravely, she details failure as well as success. The latter is not denoted by a triumphant denouement but by ensuring the patient is enabled to utilise new ways of thinking after therapy."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

COVER; Contents; A Room with a View; The Vampire Casanova; Belle; Footsteps in the Dark; Fat is a . . . Issue; Two Parts Innocent: Two Parts Wise; The Impossibility of Sex; And So; Reflections and Questions; Thanks; End Notes

Notes:

First published in 1999 by Allen Lane the Penguin Press.

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-429-92105-5

0-429-90682-X

0-429-48205-1

1-283-12611-7

9786613126115

1-84940-488-7

9780429482052

OCLC:

729166931