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Couch Fiction: A Graphic Tale of Psychotherapy

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Every session is not presented in detail, but the intent is to demystify the process of analysis by showing it from start to finish. Being no stranger to the therapeutic process myself, reading this book was a little like having a magician show how she does a few of her simpler tricks. I often found myself pausing and making a special note of some terminologies and concepts, and that to me is the hallmark of a good book. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. The illustrated story follows their psychotherapeutic relationship and the breakthroughs of each through a year of therapy sessions together.

Patricia Phillips practices psychoanalytic psychotherapy (think Freud here, guys), but is not a perfect therapist. However, I can imagine that for therapy students, such a book could be a great introduction to the process of psychotherapy, and spark off interesting debates.

Publication dates are subject to change (although this is an extremely uncommon occurrence overall). In addition to private practice as a Jungian Analyst, he works internationally with parties and leaders as a political consultant.

I don't have the figures right now, but if you check into it, I think you'll find I'm right about that. Seeing the nuances of therapy, the missed moments and the overzealous comments made me cringe and chuckle in equal merit.Perry (she is a therapist herself) includes author's notes on almost every page that explain the importance of the scene depicted on the page. I really liked it - I think it would be interesting to therapists and people who've been to therapy (and curious others).

Singkat cerita, apa yang harus dilakukan lelaki ini nggak bisa sekadar "berhenti" tapi tau akar masalahnya. I was also thrilled and didn't fully twig until the end that the author of the book is none other than Philippa Perry, Grayson Perry's wonderful wife. Perry menekankan (lewat karakter Pat) bahwa psikoterapi nggak akan berhasil tanpa keinginan internal kliennya, mau sebagus apapun kualitas konselingnya.

Maybe I would've expected it to be more inclusive of the kinds of questions raised during therapy, but the limitation was imposed by the anecdote, which is understandable, but makes it fall short on certain accounts. Sedikit banyak membantuku meraba-raba apa yang terjadi di masa kecil dan bagaimana dampaknya bagiku sekarang.

I really looked forward to reading this, and it was an interesting read, but I thought it was shoddy. A wonderful insight into the psychotherapist's couch from the perspective of both the client and the psychotherapist. Her third book, The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (And Your Children Will be Glad That You Did) will be published by Penguin Life in April 2019.

Though I’m generally not drawn towards psychoanalysis it was good to see her take a range of approaches and to see that she doesn’t always get it right (she is after all human) and how it shows how those mistakes are able to be corrected etc. I read this thinking it would be an interesting comic and, as a comics fan of both popular and indie varieties, gave this a try. Because of this the comic never takes off as a story and heightens the sense that it is an introductory-type pamphlet on psychotherapy to those interested in it. Sunday Times bestselling book The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read was published in 2019 and has been translated into over 40 languages. As she notes, there's no such thing as a perfect therapist; and she doesn't hesitate to note her fictional counterpart's mistakes along the way.

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