After 35 years in practice, a prominent New York Psychotherapist questioned whether therapy made any difference in his patients\' lives.
Akeret finds that his journey has reshaped his ideas of what it means to have a rich and satisfying life..
Returning home with his story endings, Dr.
Like a brilliant psychological detective novel, this book tells stories in fascinating detail while raising fundamental questions about psychotherapy.
For example: Naomi, an abused young Jewish girl from the Bronx who transforms herself into a Spanish flamenco dancer named Isabella
Charles, the animal trainer who fell madly in love with a circus polar bear; and Seth, a man obsessed with sadomasochistic fantasies, yet drawn to the love-in culture of the sixties.
And what remarkable stories they are.
Akeret got into his van and set off to visit his Most Memorable former patients--a journey in search of story endings.
After thirty-five years in practice, prominent New York Psychotherapist and author Robert Akeret found himself in the thrall of a single question: Did therapy make a real difference in his patients\' lives? So on a sunny morning in April Dr.
Like a brilliant detective novel, this book tells its stories in fascinating detail while raising fundamental questions about psychotherapy.
Akeret got in his van and set off to visit his Most Memorable former patients--a journey in search of story endings.
So, on a sunny morning in April, Dr.
After 35 years in practice, a prominent New York Psychotherapist questioned whether therapy made any difference in his patients\' lives
